Jerry LeVasseur is a busy man these days, what with a myriad of road races he weekly competes in.

Not to mention battling cancer — again.

And, the 75-year-old Brunswick resident and volunteer coach at Bowdoin College, is upping his considerable game this summer with plans to run and jump in several national and international venues.

“Two years ago I had prostate cancer. They told me it was wait-and-see and five months ago I went down to Boston to have it out.”

Later, it was determined that the doctors didn’t get all of the cancer and a bout of radiation therapy was prescribed. Prior to that a scan was done and “they found out my right kidney had cancer.”

However, someone who survived the horrific Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey circus fire of 1944 — where 168 people, including his mother Marion, perished in Connecticut — wouldn’t let this get him down.

Heck, he was out running several weeks after his kidney surgery!

Last summer, he had the radiation treatment, but his PSAs (Prostate Specific Antigen) numbers were still spiking, so he was put on hormones.

“It’s now under control and the kidney seems to be fine.”

Additionally, he’s always had problems with acid reflux, and following some tests two Thursdays ago, a pre-cancerous polyp in his esophagus was removed.

“I just got the lab report and it said nothing has spread.”

The following Saturday — just two days later — he ran the Close to the Coast 10K in Freeport. “But, I just jogged it. I ran it because they have pies and I wanted a pie.”

On the very next day there was the New England USATF Open and Masters Combined Championships in Weston, Mass. He ran the 3K and the 2,000-meter steeplechase, and competed in the triple jump.

“My times weren’t what they usually are, below the All- American standards, but the main thing was just to do one (steeplechase) and get my confidence back. I didn’t do anything last year because of the radiation … I was just afraid that I’d go to Nationals and just be so tired. But, I felt good. I jumped well.”

In two months he’ll go back in for more throat surgery (and go back three or four more times if necessary) to remove any cancerous cells, and he says the treatment is 90 percent effective.

How about this: he has over 1,000 track and field and running first places, spanning three decades. His yearly goal is to have over 50 percent first-place finishes for his age group and he’s there right now.

And think about this: since November, he’s competed in nearly 30 competitions and races, including the Cumberland 5K (another pie race), the Brunswick 10K, Father’s Day 5K, Murph Five-Miler in Bath, Hospice 5K in Auburn, Freeport for Habitat and the National Masters 10K in Massachusetts.

“But, in reality, I’m not running like I used to. Mainly, because of everything I’ve been through. The guys that I used to beat all the time, well, they beat me now and I just have to accept that.

“I did do the indoor National Masters in Landover, Maryland, in March with a third in the 3K and triple jump, and a fourth in the mile and 800. I exceeded the All-American Standard in the triple and mile.

“When I was 61, I had a goal to obtain 50 first places, which I reached by September, so some suggested to do my age. By year end, I ended with 65 first places.

“When I was 70, I mentioned it to someone and they suggested doing it again. I ended with 75 first places thanks to running Corporate track. These two years helped to get me over 1,000 wins over the past 30 years.

“Also when I was 70 I won the national indoor triple jump at Reggie Lewis in Boston, as well as four of us settingthe70-plus4X800 National and World records.

“Last year we set the 4 X 1600 70-plus indoor National and World mark. We also have the 60-plus mark.

“Over the past 15 years the only year I missed a National Masters Championship was last year due to the kidney removal and radiation. The year before I did do the World and National Masters five months after my prostate removal.”

This summer he plans on running in the National Masters in Kansas — 5K, 10K, steeplechase, triple jump and some relays.

“The one thing that I‘ve learned and that people tell me is that I do so much my times have suffered. But, I enjoy it. And, the problem is that at my age, I’m the only one registered for the 10K. Probably, because everyone else is smarter than me. I’ll just play this one by ear … if it’s early in the morning and not that hot I’ll run (the 10K). Otherwise, it would just ruin me for everything else.”

Not surprisingly because decade after decade he’s had his hands in something, whether acting as president to the New England 65-Plus Running Club or competing in the International Siberian Husky Club, claiming nine New England Sled Dog Championships.

This from a guy who didn’t take up running until the age of 30 when the certified public accountant would spend his lunchtimes running.

But there’s still more from this father of four girls and husband to wife Arden.

After Kansas is the National Senior Games in Cleveland, where he’ll run the 5K, 10K, 1,500, 800, etc. Arden will swim the backstroke and compete in the triple jump.

“What is nice about these multi-sport events is that we’ll both go and compete and make it like a vacation trip.”

The last big event for Jerry will be the World Masters Games in Italy in early August.

“These are not the World Championships for track and field. Those are down in Brazil in September and I won’t go to those. You can’t do both.

“I do it for the camaraderie and once in a while I’ll get lucky. Also, one of the thrills that I get out of competing is when someone comes up to you afterward and says ‘you made me work hard.’

“That’s more important than winning a medal.

“When I’m coaching at Bowdoin, I try to get across to the kids that when you leave here you don’t have to do the intensity that you’re doing now, but do something.

“I tell them about my cancer things and I tell them that if I wasn’t as fit as I am I wouldn’t be here today. I’m hoping that I’ve helped the kids and I’ll never give that up.”