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QUESTIONS</span></b><br><br>
1. Why do you run?<br><br><b>I started running after I burst my Achilles tendon and had it re-attached. I gave up my beloved team sports (hoops, soccer, ultimate, etc.) Nine months after surgery my Garmin 201 arrived via UPS and I started running on 1/2/04.</b><br><br>
2. What is your greatest accomplishment?<br><br><b>I worked my way through college, got a triple major and two degrees in 4.5 years and graduated with only $500 in debt. That was pretty challenging.</b><br><br>
3. What is your motto/theme song?<br><br><b>Fooling Yourself by Styx. The lyrics summarize the internal battle that's been inside my head since I was about 15 or so and provides me motivation to stay positive and focused.</b><br><br>
4. How do you deal with bad runs?<br><br><b>I slow down, swallow my pride and find my groove.</b><br><br>
5. Do you reward yourself for good runs? How?<br><br><b>Ice cream. I love ice cream and I'll usually only eat it after long runs now.</b><br><br>
6. Who do you admire most?<br><br><b>My Mom. She had 9 kids, worked as a nurse, overcame Eastern Equine Encephalitis, has been blinded by Glaucoma and keeps on plugging along.</b><br><br>
7. What is the greatest advice you have ever received?<br><br><b>"It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich girl as a poor girl." I didn't take it.</b><br><br>
8. What do wish you had learned younger?<br><br><b>It's okay to be poor when you're young as long as you are investing in experience.</b><br><br>
9. What do you wish you could do but can't?<br><br><b>Get a doctorate. Or two. Maybe someday.</b><br><br>
10. How would your friends describe your personality?<br><br><b>Forceful.</b><br><br>
11. What do you wear running? favorite outfit?<br><br><b>Asics shoes, nike socks, black shorts, blue tech-t.</b><br><br>
12. What has been your favorite race?<br><br><b>Chicago Marathon '05. I wish I had run better, but the experience was amazing.</b><br><br>
13. Do you have a goal race right now?<br><br><b>Eugene Marathon, May 4.</b><br><br>
14. What makes you happy?<br><br><b>Being out in the wilderness with friends, family or even just my dog.</b><br><br>
15. Tell us one interesting thing about you that you haven't said (at least not often) on this forum in the past.<br><br><b>I was pretty unbeatable in hula hoop contests in high school.</b><br><br>
16. Tell us one interesting thing about another user of this forum that has not been posted (at least not often) on this forum in the past (make sure the other person will not object to posting the info!).<br><br><b>SRLopez is very engaging around kids.</b> <i>I didn't ask, but I don't think he'd mind.</i>
QUESTIONS</span></b><br><br>
1. Why do you run?<br><br><b>I started running after I burst my Achilles tendon and had it re-attached. I gave up my beloved team sports (hoops, soccer, ultimate, etc.) Nine months after surgery my Garmin 201 arrived via UPS and I started running on 1/2/04.</b><br><br>
2. What is your greatest accomplishment?<br><br><b>I worked my way through college, got a triple major and two degrees in 4.5 years and graduated with only $500 in debt. That was pretty challenging.</b><br><br>
3. What is your motto/theme song?<br><br><b>Fooling Yourself by Styx. The lyrics summarize the internal battle that's been inside my head since I was about 15 or so and provides me motivation to stay positive and focused.</b><br><br>
4. How do you deal with bad runs?<br><br><b>I slow down, swallow my pride and find my groove.</b><br><br>
5. Do you reward yourself for good runs? How?<br><br><b>Ice cream. I love ice cream and I'll usually only eat it after long runs now.</b><br><br>
6. Who do you admire most?<br><br><b>My Mom. She had 9 kids, worked as a nurse, overcame Eastern Equine Encephalitis, has been blinded by Glaucoma and keeps on plugging along.</b><br><br>
7. What is the greatest advice you have ever received?<br><br><b>"It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich girl as a poor girl." I didn't take it.</b><br><br>
8. What do wish you had learned younger?<br><br><b>It's okay to be poor when you're young as long as you are investing in experience.</b><br><br>
9. What do you wish you could do but can't?<br><br><b>Get a doctorate. Or two. Maybe someday.</b><br><br>
10. How would your friends describe your personality?<br><br><b>Forceful.</b><br><br>
11. What do you wear running? favorite outfit?<br><br><b>Asics shoes, nike socks, black shorts, blue tech-t.</b><br><br>
12. What has been your favorite race?<br><br><b>Chicago Marathon '05. I wish I had run better, but the experience was amazing.</b><br><br>
13. Do you have a goal race right now?<br><br><b>Eugene Marathon, May 4.</b><br><br>
14. What makes you happy?<br><br><b>Being out in the wilderness with friends, family or even just my dog.</b><br><br>
15. Tell us one interesting thing about you that you haven't said (at least not often) on this forum in the past.<br><br><b>I was pretty unbeatable in hula hoop contests in high school.</b><br><br>
16. Tell us one interesting thing about another user of this forum that has not been posted (at least not often) on this forum in the past (make sure the other person will not object to posting the info!).<br><br><b>SRLopez is very engaging around kids.</b> <i>I didn't ask, but I don't think he'd mind.</i>
