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Joshua 'Flash" Gordon	Name:  Joshua 'Flash' Gordon Gender:  Male Profession:  Negotiation Trainer / Consultant Age:  34 Height:  5'7" Current Weight:  172 lb Goal Weight:  160 lb Location:  Boston, MA Home page:  www.myspace.com/joshuagordon
About me:  I like to run. I really, really do. I work hard and play hard. But, I basically lead a simple life (when I am not saving the universe). Eat lots of burritos and just do what the mood says. Not really as simple as that but pretty simple, really...it's an OK start, anyway... "Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!" Gotta go... Why do I run:  Why do I run? With just a little thought, it should be evident that physical laws parallel those of the mind and the spirit. We know that the effects of training are temporary. I cannot put fitness in the bank. If inactive, I will detrain in even less time than it took me to get in shape. And since my entire persona is influenced by my running program, I must be constantly in training. Otherwise the sedentary life will inexorably reduce my mental and emotional well-being. So, I run each day to preserve the self I attained the day before. And coupled with this is the desire to secure the self yet to be. There can be no let up. If I do not run I will eventually lose all I have gained-and my future with it. However magnificent the achievement, without constant care the result was decay. I know the experience intimately. Victory is of the moment. It must be followed by another victory and then another. I have to run just to stay in place. Excellence is not something attained and put in a trophy case. It is not sought after, achieved and, thereafter, a steady state. It is a momentary phenomenon, a rare conjunction of body, mind, and spirit at one's peak. Should I come to that peak I cannot stay there. I must start each day at the bottom and climb to the top. And then beyond that peak to another and yet another. Through running I have learned what I can be and do. My body is now sensitive to the slightest change. It is particularly aware of any decline or decay. I can feel this lessening of the "me" that I have come to think of myself. Running has made this new me. Taken the raw material and honed it and delivered it back ready to do the work of a human being. I run so I do not lose the me I was yesterday and the me I might become tomorrow. Excerpt: Going The Distance by George Sheehan Why I started running:  I love the fact that running is competition in its purest form.