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Nickname(s): Willy, Jon, Williams, Willis |
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Born:
May 25, 1979 in beautiful Hartford,
Connecticut |
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Raised: West Hartford, CT |
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Parents:
Bill and Patricia Williams
(my mom passed away of breast cancer in 1998) |
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Siblings: Mary…she’s a little bit older
and married to Geoff, who’s a real cool guy |
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Education:
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Conard High School, 1997, West Hartford, CT |
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Fordham University, 2001, BA in Philosophy and
Political Science |
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University of New South Wales, 2003, Master in
Professional Ethics |
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Employment prior to the run: Red Bull
Energy Drink promo (I love the stuff…it def works) |
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Favorite Movies: Fight Club, Office Space,
American Beauty, Without Limits, Braveheart, Gladiator, Happy Gilmore,
Goonies…I see a lot of movies and have fav’s from all genres. |
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Favorite Books: The
Lord of the Flies, Williams Golding; 1984, George Orwell;
anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Palahniuk, Daniel Quinn, Once a
Runner, John L. Parker…and many more
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Favorite Music: Classic rock, DMB, LIVE,
Tool, Beastie, some cheesy pop stuff |
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Play: Running, Baseball (go Yanks!),
sports in general, philosophy, hanging out with my beautiful
girlfriend |
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Favorite Sports teams:
Yanks since day 1, Whalers (I know they don’t exist anymore but they
are still my fav.), Pats (I know it’s kindda bandwagon but hey…whatdaya
want), and no one for b-ball…I like college.
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Running BIO
Years of running:
11-12 (since 1993)
Teams I have run for:
Conard High School 1993 – 1997, Fordham University 1997 –
2001, University of New South Wales 2002
Reason I started running:
Coach P., Conard High X-Country coach from 1997-2001
Coach
P. saw me running a relay at 8th grade field day, came up to me
and said, “What sport are you doing next year?” I replied, “soccer or
football.” He firmly stated, “No you are not…you are running for me.” And
that was that…I became a runner.
Fav. Running Philosophies/Advice:
Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) – Coach P., high school coach; Be
Consistent – Sean Williams, coach in Australia
Fav. Runner(s):
My father, Coach P., my teammates at Conard, Fordham and in
Australia, the athletes I helped to coach in spring 2004, Prefontaine,
Shorter, Salazar, Rodgers, Webb and everyone who gives it a go.
Fav. Distance(s) to race:
3k, 5k, 10k
Hardest Race(s) ever:
the marathon (that last 10k hurts), the Mt. Washington Rd. Race (7.6 miles
uphill)
Funniest race ever!
60m at Rutgers (by the time I came out of the blocks, the other guys were
half way done with the race)…hey, I gave it a go
Running goals for life:
stay healthy and keep improving
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