About
Events:
1500m (Personal Best: 3:49.25)
Mile (Personal Best: 4:12.24)
3k (Personal Best: 8:09.37)
5k (Personal Best: 13:52.56)
10k (Personal Best: 28:49.89 (track), 29:02 (road))
15k (Personal Best: 45:36)
20k (Personal Best: 1:00:33)
Half-Marathon (Personal Best 1:03:36)
Coach: Artie Gilkes
Year Started Running: 1994
First Race: Pittsburgh Great Race
Favorite Race Venue: Chiba Ekiden Relay
Favorite Race Event: 10k
Favorite Training Session: Hill Repeats
Least Favorite Training Session: Workouts in the snow
Why Do You Run?: I like to go out and blast workouts, run as fast as my body can take me in races, to me these things are fun. And for me as long as I am out there having fun running, I am going to continue to do it. You have to enjoy what you do no matter what it is.
Favorite Quote:
“Innumerable force of Spirits armed,
That durst dislike his reign, and, me preferring,
his utmost power with adverse power opposed
In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven,
And shook his throne. What though the field be lost?
And is not lost: the unconquerable will,
And a study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield,
And what is else not to be overcome?”
- John Milton Paradise Lost
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Ryan,
I seemed to have lost your email address. Awhile back I wrote and article for The Point Park Newspaper about you and your running accomplishments and the involvement with the Pittsburgh Marathon. I am in the process of organizing a 5k event for the recently crowned Miss Pennsylvania, Julianne Sheldon, a Pittsburgh Native who will be representing our state at the Miss American Pageant in Las Vegas in January of 2012. I was hoping we could talk further about this–I’m not sure when a tentative date for the event would be, but I was wondering if you could possibly make an appearance/run in the race. Please let me know if this could be possible. My email address is algoods@pointpark.edu – THANKS SO MUCH!