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Greg Bennett
Hilliard, OH Family includes a girlfriend, a cat named O'Malley and a red standard poodle named Grady Training for which race(s)? Running or walking? Training for Columbus Marathon - Running really slow and steady! New MITer or alum? How many seasons have you trained with MIT? This is my second season with MIT - I trained for and ran the Paceline Dash for Donation 1/2 Marathon last summer - my first one ever! Have you done that race before? Share your finish time? Any stories about that race? I originally was training for the Columbus Marthon last year, but decided to take smaller steps to that goal by completing a half marathon or two first. Do you have a goal for this race? To get across the line laughing, smiling and triumphant. # of years running? A bunch. Lets go with 12 years - my sophmore year in college is when the running bug bit me. Why did you start running? (walking) Why do you run? I started running as a way to lose weight and try to stay fit. I found out that running has been way more than that. It provides a time to be alone and honest with yourself - a time to reflect on one's life: where we have been, where we are, and where we want to go. Why did you join a training group? I joined MIT because I recognize that every once in a while, we each need a fire lit under out butts to make things happen, and MIT helps with that because everyone enourages others to break through their personal obstacles and acheive their goals. Plus, it is an awesome way to stay educated on the right and wrong way of approaching this sport and life. Favorite time of the day to run? Definitely a night runner - anywhere between 8-10pm. Health benefits you've enjoyed because of running? Well, I know running consistently helps keep off the pounds. Secret running ritual? I always put my left shoe on first. Does that count? If money was no object, what running gadget/gear would you get? An entire closet full of my running shoe in case it was ever discontinued. I already have too many running gadgets. Do you use an on-line running log? Which one? Yes - I prefer Nike's training log (not the nike+... the regular one). Available at: http://insidenikerunning.nike.com/category/training/ Which running-related websites do you like to browse? Runnersworld.com Tips to prevent chafing? Repeat after me: Bodyglide is our friend. • Ideal running weather conditions? 50-65 degrees, light breeze, partly cloudy. What shoes do you run in? Asics Gel-Fortitude • Treadmill or Dreadmill? I have a treadmill, but prefer to run outside. Sometimes nature forces us indoors. Crosstraining? Cycling and Kayaking Radio, mp3, listen to nature, talk? Usually just listen to my surroundings and body. Occasionally the iPod. What do you do with your race bibs? Medals/plaques? Hang the race bibs on my cubicle wall at work - it is a reminder to me to not stop running and that with a bit of work, I can fill the cube walls up. Strangest thing you've seen during a run? A plane crash. Seriously. Last summer when a plane had engine trouble and had to crash land in a field off Hayden Run, I was out on the Heritage Rail Trail between Hilliard and Plain City doing a ten miler. I heard the plane fly over head and listened as the engine started sputtering, that earie sound of a plane gliding without power, the crash, and the sound of sirens shortly after. My heart sank in an instant. Fortunately, I found out later when I got home that the occupants of the small plane were both safe. It is hard to describe all the thoughts that went through my head that night. |
