Larry Schrecker is a typical all-around nice guy. He is the president of the Charleston Running Club, as well as a family man who loves to play golf, fish and coach soccer.

He likes to cook barbecue and work in the yard on the weekends and enjoys his job at UBS as account vice president.

His son Will has Angelman Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by developmental delays, speech limitations and motor difficulties.

Originally from Hanahan, Larry currently lives in Mount Pleasant with his wife Julia and their three children: Will, 10, Henry, 6 and Kate, 5.

Q: What makes your children wonderful?

A: The two little ones are only 11 months apart, so it's kind of like having twins, but they're different. They're a lot of fun. Watching them learn and grow every single day is really neat. Will has his own special set of characteristics. One being that he's always in a good mood. He's happy all the time. When he's getting a shot (at the doctor), he's smiling. He's up at 3 a.m. in the morning, but for the most part he's usually playing and just thrilled to see you.

Q: Tell me about Angelman Syndrome.

A: It's a genetic disorder. There are probably 2,500 known cases between here and Canada. That might be an outdated figure. But it goes misdiagnosed a lot. He's missing a portion of his 15th chromosome. Some of the characteristics are developmental delay. He's 10, but mentally operating like a 1-year-old, maybe. Lack of communication. He does walk, but didn't start until he was about 5 or 6 years old. We still need some assistance. We do keep a wheelchair. He had seizures early on, but we've pretty much got that under control now. Sleep disorders go along with it, too. The one characteristic that I think keeps us going is his unusually happy demeanor.

Q: I hear you're an avid runner. Tell me about that.

A: I'm the president of the Charleston Running Club. We do a fundraiser once a year. It's called the Charlie Post Classic. That's our big event. We do monthly meetings, most social, but some are educational toward running and road racing. We have group runs where people get together. A lot of people want to get involved but they're like, "I can barely run a mile," or "I'm slow," so we have a lot of different ranges, for anybody. And then we also sit on the board of the (Cooper River) Bridge Run : we're part of the five different groups that put together the Bridge Run.

Q: Have you ever run in a marathon?

A: I've run three. I did the Chicago Marathon in 2006, which qualified me to run the Boston Marathon in 2007 and then I ran the Kiawah Marathon this past year in 2008.

Q: How long did you have to train for them?

A: The Chicago one was the longest because that was the first one. You need to have a good base of running to begin with, but I think I did about a 16-week schedule building up to it. Boston was 13 or 14 weeks because I already had a good, elevated base to begin with coming off of Chicago.

Q: What's your favorite thing to do on weekends?

A: I actually enjoy working in the yard. That's been taking up time here in the spring, but I'm trying to get it all under control so once the kids are out of school I just do the regular maintenance and I'm done with it. I like golf. I like going to the beach, fishing.

Q: Tell me about your best golf game.

A: I have shot under 80 three times. Probably the best was the first time I shot a 78. I did shoot an 84 at the Ocean Course (at Kiawah) one time, which wasn't my best score, but it's a very hard course, windy conditions, so you know I'll put that 84 up against a lot of my other scores.

Q: What should every parent know?

A:That kids grow up quickly and that you only have a relatively short amount of time to enjoy seeing them grow. They're only 5 once. They're only 6 once. That's probably something you want to keep in mind. It's a lot of work keeping that in mind myself.

Q: What should every parent have?

A: A dependable go-to babysitter that you can get a hold of on short notice. Very important.

Q: What's your favorite TV show?

A: Probably right now "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart.

Q: How did you meet your spouse?

A: We both waited tables at Applebee's at Divine and Fort Jackson while in college at University of South Carolina.

Q: What would you take from your childhood and give to your children?

A: One of my best memories was we used to take the boat up to Capers Island before it became a boat parking lot. It was a pretty good boat ride to get there, and then we'd spend the day and be relatively isolated. We'd fish, throw the cast net and do all that kind of stuff.

Q: What was your first job?

A: I worked at the Oaks Golf & Country Club in Goose Creek. I did everything from busing tables and catering to cutting the greens and changing the pin placements on the golf holes. I did everything. I worked there for about five or six years.

Q: Have you met any celebrities?

A: I met Magic Johnson a few years back while on a business trip to Charlotte. It's amazing how big he is. You see these guys on TV and don't realize it.

Q: What do you have on your nightstand?

A: A big glass of water. My glasses those are always there. I can't function without contacts or glasses, so that's the first thing I reach for in the morning.

Q: What's the best book you've ever read?

A: I like anything written by Michael Crichton. One of the things I say every year for my New Year's resolutions is that I'm going to read more for pleasure, and I never do it. Because in my job I read news stuff all the time, so the last thing I want to do is read (for pleasure).

Q: What's your favorite part of your job?

A: Working with people in a personal matter. Handling their investments and their future. It's a big responsibility. I like the fact that I have that responsibility and people trust me. I also like making money for people. As you know, it's been a little trying in the last year and a half :

Q: What has life taught you?

A: I don't know, it sounds like a cliche, but it may always seem the grass is greener but it isn't necessarily.

Q: What surprised you most about being a parent?

A: The biggest surprise was the difference in how much time there is between having two kids and three kids. I felt like the workload and everything about having kids increased. One to two it doubles. One to three, I think that it more than triples. It seems like time-wise, money-wise everything just went up exponentially between two and three. That was a big surprise. Maybe it has to do with the fact that the kids outnumber you at that point. You have to switch from a one-on-one to a zone-type defense.