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Where are you from?
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Aurora,
IL
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Current
P.R.
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3:37
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Typical pace
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Marathon
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Number
of marathons
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12 Full and 1 50 miler
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Occupation
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Electrical
Engineer
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Favorite
marathon
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Chicago
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Hobbies
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Is this
a trick question? Running, of course!
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Favorite
Running Food
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Chocolate Peanut butter Ice-cream!
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What are you reading now?
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Ready to
Run by Dr. Kelly Starrett, I am a big fan of the Supple Leopard
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Who do
you train with?
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Pacer Bob, Jenny and Amanda from Glen Ellen
Runners.
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Personal goals
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Break
3:30 for Marathon
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Boston
Qualify
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More OCR races
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A
quotation you like…
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Don’t Be WEAK!
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Why do
you run?
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There are many reasons that I ran, the peace
and quiet in the morning, a quick way to tour a new city, catching up with
friends, decompress from a long day at work, but mainly running made me
realize I am not a nerd, but a bad A$$!
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Describe
your best marathon memory.
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My best marathon memory was actually from 2015
Chicago Marathon, when I was sidelined from an injury but decided to
volunteer at aid-station. I remembered
watching the elite group flew by like feathers, and the last group of runners
with the cleaning crew just few feet behind them. They both inspired me and made me realized
running is the only sports that it really doesn’t matter if you are fast or
slow. But what matter is you try and
give your best!
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Why do
you pace?
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To help and motivate other to reach their
goals like many have done for me!
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Tell us
your best pacing experience.
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I believe it was 2012 or 2013 Fox Valley
Marathon, I was running with pacer Bob, I was amazed to listen to all the
stories from his 90+ plus marathons while still be able to lock on a solid
9:09 like clock work. And he let me
carried the flag for 2-3 miles. I had
the taste of “power” and decided one day I want to be like pacer Bob.
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Why
should someone run in your pace group?
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I am fun, I am loud, and I care! Physically I am confident that I have what
it takes to lead the group to the promise land. Mentally I am one tough nut and will never
let anyone quit. I can and will be
your BFF at mile 23! Did I mention
that I am fun and loud?
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Any tips
for runners about to join your group?
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Trust your training! Run Smart, Run
Relaxed, Run Hard. NEVER start out
FAST!
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Anything
else you’d like to share?
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Where do I begin? I am Chinese immigrant moved here in 1990,
if you haven’t noticed the accent. I
tried out for American Ninja Warrior!
I have my own FB running group!
Wait, who doesn’t? Oh yeah, ask
me about the push up incident.
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What
philanthropic activities do you have?
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Besides pacing for the GER and occasional
volunteer work at races, I haven’t really done many other philanthropic
activities. That’s probably another
reason that I like to be a pacer so I can give something back to a sports
that has given me a lot!
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