- Home Activities Joining PARC Communications Newsletter 2002/05 (PDF) Governance Running Links Local Long Runs Credits PARC Application Feedback In the summer of 1986, two runners, John Bird and Jeff Wildfogel, approached the Recreation Department of the City of Palo Alto about starting a running club. They got an enthusiastic response from department staff, especially Ann Cribbs and Tom Osborne.www.parunclub.com