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<b>1. Why do you run?</b><br>
It's been said before, but I run because I can. I can be kind of anti-social and so team sports were never my thing. I played tennis all through high school and enjoyed being the only one responsible for whether I won or lost. With running it's always a race against myself (especially since I'm nowhere close to taking any AG prizes yet) and I enjoy the mental games I can play to push myself just that little bit further. I haven't been running for long but it's a valuable bit of alone time that I have come to really value.<br><b>2. What is your greatest accomplishment?</b><br>
Hopefully this is yet to come. I feel like I've been stuck in limbo for a while now and am not really accomplishing much.<br><b>3. What is your motto/theme song?</b><br>
Motto -- Be here now.<br>
Theme Song -- Rainbow Connection<br><b>4. How do you deal with bad runs?</b><br>
I just try to push through; I slow down, maybe walk for a minute and try to get my head back in the game. Usually going through a breathing meditation will make the run pass by even if it still feels like a bad run in the rest of my body. I'll also play mental games with myself, bargaining that I can shorten the run if I just make it to a certain landmark, when I get to that point I rebargain with myself and try to keep going just a little bit further and so on.<br><b>5. Do you reward yourself for good runs? How?</b><br>
Not really, I'm usually more tempted to compensate for a bad run because I feel bad about it when it's over. After a good run I'm usually on cloud 9 and don't need anything else.<br><b>6. Who do you admire most?</b><br>
My mom, she raised me on her own for the first several years of my life, put her life on hold for the good of her kids and her family for years after that and this May will graduate with her Masters in Biology at 48 while supporting our family after my dad lost his job last year. She taught me to be a strong woman, that I could do anything I set my mind to and the importance of being open-minded and having a lust for knowledge. I worry sometimes that I'm letting her down with how lost I am in life right now.<br><b>7. What is the greatest advice you have ever received?</b><br>
For some reason this is the only question that I've been having trouble answering. Nothing really leapt to mind that wasn't super hokey. I value the advice that my friends and family give me, I apparently just don't remember it very well...<img alt="roll_eyes.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/roll_eyes.gif"><br><b>8. What do wish you had learned younger?</b><br>
To like myself for who I am and that I'm not butt-ugly. I had terrible self-esteem throughout middle and high school. At some point mid-way through college that changed; I realized not everyone is ever going to like you and it's a lot more fun to have some self-confidence, though I'm still very shy in social situations with people I don't know.<br><b>9. What do you wish you could do but can't?</b><br>
Travel. I've seen a good bit of this country, but there's always more to discover, friends moving to opposite sides of the country that I need to visit and live music to savor, not to mention there's a whole world out there I've never been to. Unfortunately, finances and responsibilities generally preclude the ability to travel like I wish I could.<br><b>10. How would your friends describe your personality?</b><br>
I'm nuts, in a good way.<br><b>11. What do you wear running? favorite outfit?</b><br>
Usually a pair of black capri-length running pants and a wicking tanktop/long sleeve shirt depending on the weather. I think I usually kind of look like a hobo while running. Right now I'm really loving this tech fabric zip up jacket I bought on clearance that has sleeves long enough that they cover most of my hands and have little thumb holes sewn into the sides, perfect since I hate wearing gloves while running.<br><b>12. What has been your favorite race?</b><br>
I've only raced a couple of 5k's since starting running last spring, my favorite was my first race, a 5k "steeplechase" (no hurdles) put on by a local church last November. It was pretty small, everyone was super friendly and encouraging, we all get hand-made finisher's medals and there was tons of homemade soups and chilis waiting to warm us up at the end. A pefect first race.<br><b>13. Do you have a goal race right now?</b><br>
If I say it out loud does that make it real? I'm currently training for the Skunk Cabbage Classic 10k April 6th put on by our local running group. It'll be my first race at that distance and even though its a month away I'm already nervous...<img alt="uhoh2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/uhoh2.gif"><br><b>14. What makes you happy?</b><br>
Family, friends, good music, preferably all at the same time.<br><b>15. Tell us one interesting thing about you that you haven't said (at least not often) on this forum in the past.</b><br>
Umm...I was a DJ and Program Director for a very highly regarded college radio station for 4 years. My shyness doesn't extend to talking to total strangers when I don't have to see them staring back at me. (obviously as I'm typing this here... <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">)<br><b>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!).</b><br>
I'm another CR refugee and haven't been around here long enough to have any dirt on another member worth posting. Give me time, I know there's other Kickrunners in my area that I may meet someday.
It's been said before, but I run because I can. I can be kind of anti-social and so team sports were never my thing. I played tennis all through high school and enjoyed being the only one responsible for whether I won or lost. With running it's always a race against myself (especially since I'm nowhere close to taking any AG prizes yet) and I enjoy the mental games I can play to push myself just that little bit further. I haven't been running for long but it's a valuable bit of alone time that I have come to really value.<br><b>2. What is your greatest accomplishment?</b><br>
Hopefully this is yet to come. I feel like I've been stuck in limbo for a while now and am not really accomplishing much.<br><b>3. What is your motto/theme song?</b><br>
Motto -- Be here now.<br>
Theme Song -- Rainbow Connection<br><b>4. How do you deal with bad runs?</b><br>
I just try to push through; I slow down, maybe walk for a minute and try to get my head back in the game. Usually going through a breathing meditation will make the run pass by even if it still feels like a bad run in the rest of my body. I'll also play mental games with myself, bargaining that I can shorten the run if I just make it to a certain landmark, when I get to that point I rebargain with myself and try to keep going just a little bit further and so on.<br><b>5. Do you reward yourself for good runs? How?</b><br>
Not really, I'm usually more tempted to compensate for a bad run because I feel bad about it when it's over. After a good run I'm usually on cloud 9 and don't need anything else.<br><b>6. Who do you admire most?</b><br>
My mom, she raised me on her own for the first several years of my life, put her life on hold for the good of her kids and her family for years after that and this May will graduate with her Masters in Biology at 48 while supporting our family after my dad lost his job last year. She taught me to be a strong woman, that I could do anything I set my mind to and the importance of being open-minded and having a lust for knowledge. I worry sometimes that I'm letting her down with how lost I am in life right now.<br><b>7. What is the greatest advice you have ever received?</b><br>
For some reason this is the only question that I've been having trouble answering. Nothing really leapt to mind that wasn't super hokey. I value the advice that my friends and family give me, I apparently just don't remember it very well...<img alt="roll_eyes.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/roll_eyes.gif"><br><b>8. What do wish you had learned younger?</b><br>
To like myself for who I am and that I'm not butt-ugly. I had terrible self-esteem throughout middle and high school. At some point mid-way through college that changed; I realized not everyone is ever going to like you and it's a lot more fun to have some self-confidence, though I'm still very shy in social situations with people I don't know.<br><b>9. What do you wish you could do but can't?</b><br>
Travel. I've seen a good bit of this country, but there's always more to discover, friends moving to opposite sides of the country that I need to visit and live music to savor, not to mention there's a whole world out there I've never been to. Unfortunately, finances and responsibilities generally preclude the ability to travel like I wish I could.<br><b>10. How would your friends describe your personality?</b><br>
I'm nuts, in a good way.<br><b>11. What do you wear running? favorite outfit?</b><br>
Usually a pair of black capri-length running pants and a wicking tanktop/long sleeve shirt depending on the weather. I think I usually kind of look like a hobo while running. Right now I'm really loving this tech fabric zip up jacket I bought on clearance that has sleeves long enough that they cover most of my hands and have little thumb holes sewn into the sides, perfect since I hate wearing gloves while running.<br><b>12. What has been your favorite race?</b><br>
I've only raced a couple of 5k's since starting running last spring, my favorite was my first race, a 5k "steeplechase" (no hurdles) put on by a local church last November. It was pretty small, everyone was super friendly and encouraging, we all get hand-made finisher's medals and there was tons of homemade soups and chilis waiting to warm us up at the end. A pefect first race.<br><b>13. Do you have a goal race right now?</b><br>
If I say it out loud does that make it real? I'm currently training for the Skunk Cabbage Classic 10k April 6th put on by our local running group. It'll be my first race at that distance and even though its a month away I'm already nervous...<img alt="uhoh2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/uhoh2.gif"><br><b>14. What makes you happy?</b><br>
Family, friends, good music, preferably all at the same time.<br><b>15. Tell us one interesting thing about you that you haven't said (at least not often) on this forum in the past.</b><br>
Umm...I was a DJ and Program Director for a very highly regarded college radio station for 4 years. My shyness doesn't extend to talking to total strangers when I don't have to see them staring back at me. (obviously as I'm typing this here... <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">)<br><b>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!).</b><br>
I'm another CR refugee and haven't been around here long enough to have any dirt on another member worth posting. Give me time, I know there's other Kickrunners in my area that I may meet someday.
