IL Runner's profile   



What I want is not to win, but to push past the pain threshold of an elite runner and still win is what I want.
Gender: Male
Height: 1.63 m
Current Weight: 49.9 kg
Goal Weight: 54.4 kg
Location: Minooka, Illinois
About me: 
4:49 1600 2:08 800 16:10 3 mile 17:02 5k(hily course) 54.9 400
Why do I run: 
I run. There have been many times where I've wanted to give up running for all kinds of things. Soccer, friends, and countless others. Everytime a weekend goes by and I don't race I get hungrier and hungrier to race. And then when I do, I don't have enough victory to taste. I have to keep going. It's a bit like doing drugs. You do it once and you get this high. And then after that you just keep wanting it all the time. But there is a difference. Racing you will eventually reach that state you want. You just really need to work and work and work. And one day you'll achieve that goal. Whether its to run 1 mile, or a 200 mile ultra marathon, a sub 50 400, a sub 4 1600, a sub 15 5k, or a sub 30 5k whatever it is, this will push true competitors past the social acceptability level and personal pain threshold barrier to achieve what we both need and want. That is why I run.
Why I started running: 
Jeaulous of my older brother. Started racing AAU racing in 2nd grade. Started school cross country and track in 5th grade and haven't looked back since. And I don't think I ever will til the day I die, and I won't regret a second of it.