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Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor stress fracture...	Name:  Rick Gender:  Male Profession:  Insurance Loss Control Rep. Age:  41 Height:  6'0" Current Weight:  180 lb Goal Weight:  170 lb Location:  Southeast MI Home page:  runningforcassy.blogspot.com
About me:  I am the husband to a great wife, the father to 2 great young women, 17 and 13, a volunteer paid-on-call firefighter and EMT-B in my community. I love God, Jesus, my family, my friends, and my community. I enjoy camping, fishing, boating, water-skiing, and bow hunting. Why do I run:  If I don't, I get fatter. Why I started running:  Inspired by my oldest daughter who has been running since junior high and as a freshman, ran in the Michigan State Division I XC race. Go Chels! Also, it helped me to kick the habit (I smoked for 17 years), lose some weight (I was a burgeoning 202 pounds when I started), overall health benefits, and to stay in cardio-vascular shape for my firefighting and EMS duties as the number one cause of firefighter deaths annually is heart attack.