The Jeremy Granger File

Age:

21

Major/Future Occupation:

Cell & Molecular Biology and Spanish; I want to be a medical doctor.

Native of:

Hobbs, New Mexico

Years running:

4 (didn't run my freshman and sophomore year of college)

Started running because:

I wanted to letter in Junior High

I knew I was hooked on running when:

I stopped running.

Favorite places to run:

Santa Fe on these hidden trails that only the locals know. I had to get a local to show me where they are.

Current weekly mileage:

65-70 before I got injured. Should be running again in a couple of weeks and hopefully get up to 80.

PR's:

29:13 5-mile, 29:54 at Mae Simmons after stopping to tie my shoe

Best or most satisfying performance ever:

Running a PR at the state meet in highschool

Most recent race:

Mae Simmons, my stinking shoe came off after the mile mark. I had to tie my shoe with frozen hands (it had to have been minus 45 or something like that)

Favorite race:

3200

One of my misconceptions about running was:

I thought that once I stopped running, I wouldn't miss it. I took two years off of running and couldn't stand it.

Any pre-race superstitions?

I run three laps around the starting area and chant mecka lecka hi mecka hiny ho.

Training philosophy/schedule:

Don't get injured. it stinks

Training diet:

It's too hard to keep a strict diet when you're a poor college student.

One piece of advice I'd give to other runners is:

Don't boost your mileage too quickly. You'll get injured, I promise.

If I could go on a social/training run with any person, living or dead, it would be:

Living

When nobody's looking, I like to:

Turn invisible. either that or daydream

In a movie of my life, I would like to be played by:

A mexican with an anglo last name. like me : )

Favorite restaurants:

Red Lobster

Favorite movie:

Princess Bride, The Matrix, Good Will Hunting

Favorite book:

The Bible, I and Thou (Martin Buber), anything by Rudolpho Anaya

My least favorite physical feature:

My hip flexors.

One of my hidden talents is:

Rolling my belly, playing piano and trumpet

My idea of a dream vacation is:

To live in a castle in Scotland for a year.

Other interests:

Medicine, people watching, rock-climbing, reading, making a website for my premed society

What was your first impression of Tech?

I felt like I was too close to home, but Tech grew on me very quickly. I was used to the dirt and flat land so the only real change was being around more people.

The most impulsive thing I've ever done is:

Drive to Oklahoma to see about a girl.

One thing that other track team members would love to know about me is:

I'm no where near as serious as I seem to be at practice.

Quote:

"What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

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