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2008
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Location:

St. George,UT,AmericaUSAEarth

Member Since:

Jun 13, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Short-Term Running Goals:

St. G marathon w/ my good friend Mike.

Long-Term Running Goals:

not to run any more marathons.

Personal:

Yes, I am a Virginia Tech Hokie.  I pretty much live and die with VT football, so hide the pups indoors this fall if the season goes south.

I grew up in NJ, competed in middle school XC, was primarily a 400m sprinter (& XC) in h.s., and an 800/400m mid-distance runner at Virginia Tech.  Graduated VT with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and currently am involved with the youth.

This blog is dedicated to my family and friends.  I have 2 (er 3, sorry Tambo!) wonderful sisters and 2 very supportive parents.  Kim is a Graphic Designer in D.C., and at one time rode and trained horses; Melissa is an English Lit teacher at an all-girls h.s. in NJ, in addition to being the XC/track coach.  She really likes comma splices.  Tammy is an Elementary Teacher and a crazy good soccer/basketball athlete, lives across the block from my parents, and is very funny.  All 3 have run at least one marathon.  I believe Tambo has run more marathons than I have.  I am ok with that.  I am very proud of them all.  Oh yeah, also 2 screwball huskies, Apollo and Zeus.

 

"It's ok kids, you've tried your best and you failed.  The lesson is, never try."  --Homer Simpson

 

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.  It knows that it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed.

Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.  It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death.

It doesn't matter if you are a lion or if you are a gazelle.  When the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

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Total Distance
6.50

Easy 6.5 miles on the track.  3pm, Hot!  Right shin no real issues past several days.  I need a haircut, else pretty soon I might as well be sporting a mullet.

Comments
From missee on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 16:07:07

Love your lion/gazelle story.

From josse on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 16:51:35

Welcome to the blog. I don't know if you will be able to get that long term goal, it is very addticting. But good luck with that.

From erichokies on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 18:41:18

Thanks guys! My college coach read us the Lion and Gazelle story, it has been imprinted on my mind ever since.

From Melissa on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 21:05:10

If you ever sport a mullet I will end you.

From erichokies on Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 23:48:55

Let's see. No mullets, no split infinitives. Got it sis!

From Kim on Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 08:40:05

Personally I'd like to see a mullet on you. Oh and what's this about no more marathons Mr. "I just ran 10,000,000 miles in 2 hours anybody up for wiffle ball" :p

From walter on Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 13:19:36

Welcome to the blog. The lion and gazelle is right on for me! Im going to use it!

From erichokies on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 07:38:01

Thanks Walter. Congrats at Bear Lake, very nice win!

From erichokies on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 07:39:18

Kim, Kim, Kim. 10,000,000 miles is probably half way to the sun.

Hey, I saw the pics of Canyon, very cute. I'm totally thinking mullet too. I mean, it worked for Tom Cruise.

From Kim on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 20:48:42

Actually I believe half way to the sun is approx. 46,500,000 miles since the average distance between the earth and the sun is approx. 93,000,000 miles, but I'll give it to you this time and we can cut a couple of zeros off of the original number if you like :)-

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