ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>SRR Profile: Jesse Morrow </title> <meta name="generator" content="BBEdit 6.0.2"> </head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="profile.css" type="text/css"> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#000000" vlink="#000000" alink="#000000"> <p>&nbsp;<p> <FONT SIZE="+3"><font color="#ACACAC">Who's Who in SRR:</font> <font color="#000000">Jesse Morrow </font></FONT><br> <p><hr noshade="#ACACAC"><p> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td width=250> <img src="pic_jesse_morrow.jpg" vspace=10 border=0 hspace=10 width=200 TITLE="Jesse Morrow "><p> </td> <td valign="center"> <font color="#999999">Interviewed April 10, 2010</font><br> <p> Name: Jesse Morrow <br> Age: 36<br> Residence: Cambridge<br> Birthplace: the ATL<br> Education: <br> HS: Boston Latin Academy<br> College: Allegheny College and Harvard Extension<br> Occupation: Office Administrator<br> Marital status: single<br> Children status: 0<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td COLSPAN="2" text align="left"><p> How long have you been running?: Off and on most of my life<br> What made you decide to begin running?: I got back into it when I realized I don't get up from contact sports as quickly anymore<br> Did you run competitively in high school? yes<br> Did you run competitively in college? no<br> When / why did you join SRR? Just a few weeks ago as a way to run with other people<br> Total number races: many<br> Favorite race distance: Half Marathon<br> Favorite runner: Edwin Moses<br> Favorite running shoe: the dryer pair<br> Average miles per week: 20-25<br> Most MPW Ever: 35<br> Best running memory: finishing my first half marathon or out sprinting my rival for the 2 mile high school championship<br> Worst running memory: scampering around the track at the old BU Armory trying to pick up the baton I dropped in the 4x400 while avoiding all the other runners and keeping the baton on the track.<br> Running PR's (when and where):<br><br> Khourys: 31:32 (2010) <br> 5 K: 22:03 (Jingle Bell Run, Somerville, 2009)<br> 10 K: probably 58 something (Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta, 1986)<br> 5 mile: 37:40 (City Run, Cambridge, 2010) <br> Half-marathon: 1:42:00 (Maine Half Marathon, 2009) Marathon: let you know in October<br> Favorite time of day: dusk<br> Favorite sport other than running: Cycling/Basketball (football in HS and rugby in college)<br> Favorite author: Erskine Caldwell<br> Favorite book: Cry, the Beloved Country<br> Favorite actor: Matt Damon<br> Favorite actress: Sandra Bullock or Nia Long<br> Favorite TV show: Pardon the Interruption <br> Favorite movie: Casablanca<br> Favorite musician: Toots and the Maytals<br> Favorite politician: Winona LaDuke<br> Favorite cereal: any of those shredded wheats with sugar glued to them<br> Favorite food: shwarma/doener/gyros<br> Favorite ice cream: Phish Food<br> Favorite cocktail: Leffe Brun<br> Favorite restaurant: Helmand in East Cambridge and Bukara in JP<br> Favorite car: my Trek touring bike<br> For the men: Ginger or Mary Anne? Mary Anne<br> Fill in the blank: I like it when: It rains briefly on an 85 degree day <br> I hate it when: It rains all day on a 35 degree day <br> Favorite quote:  You can never step in the same river twice Heraklitus<br> Philosophy:  It's not about salary/It's about reality  KRS-One <br> Other: globalcyclist.blogspot.com<br> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>