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<b>Why do you run?</b><br><br>
Because....it's fun! Didn't we all feel that way about running as kids? Running is a way we can still feel childlike. I know that I do, particularly in the summer when I run through a sprinkler or two.<br><br>
I suppose that if I were ever psychoanalized, one reason I run might be because my Dad could not. He had polio from the time he was a small child.<br><br>
I remember as a teenager reading about the Kenyans (quack, quack) and how they ran everywhere and trained running up steep hills. So I would run a mile-1.5 mile loop from my house that included one incredibly steep hill. Sometimes I made it up to the top running, sometimes not , but it was a fun challenge for me.<br><br>
I continued to run as I got older but never for more than 5 miles at a time. I didn't get "serious" about it until I heard about a new local marathon called The Flying Pig and thought it was something I'd like to try.<br><br>
I somehow completed the first Flying Pig at age 42 in 1999... and I became the running addict that I remain today.<br><br><b>What is your greatest accomplishment?</b><br><br>
My first thought is to say something about my daughter, but my wife Maureen and Melissa herself have at least as much to do with that as I do.<br><br>
When you were a kid, did you ever think about how you would turn out as an adult? I know that I used to worry a lot about the adult DanQ. I just couldn't see myself being a successful adult.<br><br>
So, I suppose the fact that I have turned out to be a mostly well adjusted adult with a modest but comfortable income and a great family would have put litttle DanQ's mind at ease.<br><br><b>What is your motto/theme song?</b><br><br>
My motto: <i>Always do right. This will gratify some and astonish the rest....Mark Twain</i> It's at least something I strive for.<br><br>
Theme song? I don't really have one, just songs that seem to stay in my mental ipod as I run. <i>Sail On Sailor</i> by the Beach Boys is the one most prominent lately. It has a good beat for a training run and the lyrics are about perseverance in the face of obstacles, so it'll do.<br><br><i>I sailed an ocean, unsettled ocean<br>
Through restful waters and deep commotion<br>
Often frightened, unenlightened<br>
Sail on sail on, sailor<br>
I wrest the waters, fight Neptune's waters<br>
Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders<br>
Unrepenting, often empty<br>
Sail on sail on sailor<br><br>
Caught like a sewer rat alone but I sail<br>
Bought like a crust of bread, but oh do I wail<br><br>
Seldom stumble, never crumble<br>
Try to tumble, life's a rumble<br>
Feel the stinging I've been given<br>
Never ending, unrelenting<br>
Heartbreak searing, always fearing<br>
Never caring, persevering<br>
Sail on sail on, sailor<br><br>
I work the seaways, the gale-swept seaways<br>
Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked waters<br>
Uninspired, drenched and tired<br>
Wail on wail on sailor<br><br>
Always needing, even bleeding<br>
Never feeling all my feelings<br>
Damn the thunder, must I blunder<br>
There's no wonder all I'm under<br>
Stop the crying and the lying<br>
And the sighing and my dying<br><br>
Sail on sail on sailor</i><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZIqi9UnQH0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZIqi9UnQH0</a><br><br><br><b>How do you deal with bad runs?</b><br><br>
I don't dwell on them, but I do take a little time trying to figure out what went wrong, particularly if it was a race.<br><br><b>Do you reward yourself for good runs? How?</b><br><br>
Although a good run is it's own reward, lately it seems I've taken to attention whoring in here whenever I have a good run. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"><br><br><b>Who do you admire most?</b><br><br>
My parents for raising my sister and me to be normal functioning adults.They never complained about what ever setbacks life dealt them, but just did the best they could at whatever task was in front of them.<br><br>
My Dad died almost ten years ago to the day, but my Mom is doing well and will be 85 next January.<br><br>
I also like to read biographies and admire those who conquered their flaws enough to have lived great lives.<br><br><b>What is the greatest advice you have ever received?</b><br><br>
I don't know about the greatest, but some of the first advice I ever got I still use to this day. That being the stuff about please and thank you being the magic words.<br><br>
People appreciate being thanked, and it often surprises me what I can get people to do by adding "please" to my request.<br><br><b>What do you wish you had learned younger?</b><br><br>
Self confidence. It is hard for people to believe in you if you don't yourself. Through constant effort, I believe I have worked my way up from an inferiority complex to humbleness.<br><br><b>What do you wish you could do but can't?</b><br><br>
That could be a long list. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Wink"> I will just say that I wish I had access to Harry Potter's Floo network so I could be able to meet each one of you.<br><br><b>How would your friends describe your personality?</b><br><br>
Introverted but friendly, with a dry, sarcastic sense of humor.<br><br><b>What do you wear running? Favorite outfit?</b><br><br>
I wear....running clothes. We have four seasons weather here in Cincinnati and I dress accordingly.<br><br>
I don't have a favorite outfit, but I do have an orange shirt I wear a lot. I still need to find a pair of orange shorts, however.<br><br><img alt="" src="http://i2.tinypic.com/82mnb83.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"><br><br><b>What has been your favorite race?</b><br><br>
If I didn't say the Pig you'd all be surprised. It's the Pig. That's me running in the '07 Pig in the picture above.<br><br><b>Do you have a goal race?</b><br><br>
Not right now although I'll run a 5 mile race on New Year's Day. Then the racing scene get quiet here until March.<br><br><b>What makes you happy?</b><br><br>
Making people laugh. It makes them feel good, and their reaction lets me know I'm alive<br><br><b>Tell us one interesting thing about you that you haven't said on this forum in the past</b><br><br>
If you connect the moles on my back....oh wait. You said interesting.<br><br>
I have not been drunk in close to 20 years. Not that I'm morally superior or totally against drunkenness. I will still have a few beers when I go out.<br><br>
It has more to do with my wife growing up in an alcoholic home. Although I never have had a drinking problem, I just don't want her to ever see me drunk because it might bring back some unpleasant memories for her.<br><br><b>Tell us one interesting thing about another user of this forum that has not been posted in the past</b><br><br>
Don't worry folks...your secrets are safe with me!....For those of you that have never met Techgoddess, you're missing part of the picture. Articulate as she is in here, she also has the most expressive face of anyone I've met. She can make you laugh with a single look.
Because....it's fun! Didn't we all feel that way about running as kids? Running is a way we can still feel childlike. I know that I do, particularly in the summer when I run through a sprinkler or two.<br><br>
I suppose that if I were ever psychoanalized, one reason I run might be because my Dad could not. He had polio from the time he was a small child.<br><br>
I remember as a teenager reading about the Kenyans (quack, quack) and how they ran everywhere and trained running up steep hills. So I would run a mile-1.5 mile loop from my house that included one incredibly steep hill. Sometimes I made it up to the top running, sometimes not , but it was a fun challenge for me.<br><br>
I continued to run as I got older but never for more than 5 miles at a time. I didn't get "serious" about it until I heard about a new local marathon called The Flying Pig and thought it was something I'd like to try.<br><br>
I somehow completed the first Flying Pig at age 42 in 1999... and I became the running addict that I remain today.<br><br><b>What is your greatest accomplishment?</b><br><br>
My first thought is to say something about my daughter, but my wife Maureen and Melissa herself have at least as much to do with that as I do.<br><br>
When you were a kid, did you ever think about how you would turn out as an adult? I know that I used to worry a lot about the adult DanQ. I just couldn't see myself being a successful adult.<br><br>
So, I suppose the fact that I have turned out to be a mostly well adjusted adult with a modest but comfortable income and a great family would have put litttle DanQ's mind at ease.<br><br><b>What is your motto/theme song?</b><br><br>
My motto: <i>Always do right. This will gratify some and astonish the rest....Mark Twain</i> It's at least something I strive for.<br><br>
Theme song? I don't really have one, just songs that seem to stay in my mental ipod as I run. <i>Sail On Sailor</i> by the Beach Boys is the one most prominent lately. It has a good beat for a training run and the lyrics are about perseverance in the face of obstacles, so it'll do.<br><br><i>I sailed an ocean, unsettled ocean<br>
Through restful waters and deep commotion<br>
Often frightened, unenlightened<br>
Sail on sail on, sailor<br>
I wrest the waters, fight Neptune's waters<br>
Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders<br>
Unrepenting, often empty<br>
Sail on sail on sailor<br><br>
Caught like a sewer rat alone but I sail<br>
Bought like a crust of bread, but oh do I wail<br><br>
Seldom stumble, never crumble<br>
Try to tumble, life's a rumble<br>
Feel the stinging I've been given<br>
Never ending, unrelenting<br>
Heartbreak searing, always fearing<br>
Never caring, persevering<br>
Sail on sail on, sailor<br><br>
I work the seaways, the gale-swept seaways<br>
Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked waters<br>
Uninspired, drenched and tired<br>
Wail on wail on sailor<br><br>
Always needing, even bleeding<br>
Never feeling all my feelings<br>
Damn the thunder, must I blunder<br>
There's no wonder all I'm under<br>
Stop the crying and the lying<br>
And the sighing and my dying<br><br>
Sail on sail on sailor</i><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZIqi9UnQH0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZIqi9UnQH0</a><br><br><br><b>How do you deal with bad runs?</b><br><br>
I don't dwell on them, but I do take a little time trying to figure out what went wrong, particularly if it was a race.<br><br><b>Do you reward yourself for good runs? How?</b><br><br>
Although a good run is it's own reward, lately it seems I've taken to attention whoring in here whenever I have a good run. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"><br><br><b>Who do you admire most?</b><br><br>
My parents for raising my sister and me to be normal functioning adults.They never complained about what ever setbacks life dealt them, but just did the best they could at whatever task was in front of them.<br><br>
My Dad died almost ten years ago to the day, but my Mom is doing well and will be 85 next January.<br><br>
I also like to read biographies and admire those who conquered their flaws enough to have lived great lives.<br><br><b>What is the greatest advice you have ever received?</b><br><br>
I don't know about the greatest, but some of the first advice I ever got I still use to this day. That being the stuff about please and thank you being the magic words.<br><br>
People appreciate being thanked, and it often surprises me what I can get people to do by adding "please" to my request.<br><br><b>What do you wish you had learned younger?</b><br><br>
Self confidence. It is hard for people to believe in you if you don't yourself. Through constant effort, I believe I have worked my way up from an inferiority complex to humbleness.<br><br><b>What do you wish you could do but can't?</b><br><br>
That could be a long list. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Wink"> I will just say that I wish I had access to Harry Potter's Floo network so I could be able to meet each one of you.<br><br><b>How would your friends describe your personality?</b><br><br>
Introverted but friendly, with a dry, sarcastic sense of humor.<br><br><b>What do you wear running? Favorite outfit?</b><br><br>
I wear....running clothes. We have four seasons weather here in Cincinnati and I dress accordingly.<br><br>
I don't have a favorite outfit, but I do have an orange shirt I wear a lot. I still need to find a pair of orange shorts, however.<br><br><img alt="" src="http://i2.tinypic.com/82mnb83.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"><br><br><b>What has been your favorite race?</b><br><br>
If I didn't say the Pig you'd all be surprised. It's the Pig. That's me running in the '07 Pig in the picture above.<br><br><b>Do you have a goal race?</b><br><br>
Not right now although I'll run a 5 mile race on New Year's Day. Then the racing scene get quiet here until March.<br><br><b>What makes you happy?</b><br><br>
Making people laugh. It makes them feel good, and their reaction lets me know I'm alive<br><br><b>Tell us one interesting thing about you that you haven't said on this forum in the past</b><br><br>
If you connect the moles on my back....oh wait. You said interesting.<br><br>
I have not been drunk in close to 20 years. Not that I'm morally superior or totally against drunkenness. I will still have a few beers when I go out.<br><br>
It has more to do with my wife growing up in an alcoholic home. Although I never have had a drinking problem, I just don't want her to ever see me drunk because it might bring back some unpleasant memories for her.<br><br><b>Tell us one interesting thing about another user of this forum that has not been posted in the past</b><br><br>
Don't worry folks...your secrets are safe with me!....For those of you that have never met Techgoddess, you're missing part of the picture. Articulate as she is in here, she also has the most expressive face of anyone I've met. She can make you laugh with a single look.
