Ashley Peacock

1.). Where do you live and grew up ?Age? Family? How many brothers and sisters you have? And what school do you attend at?  I've lived in Jones County all my life. I'm 33 yrs. old. I have one brother, Taylor. My parents are Bob & Jan Peacock. I attended Tattnall Square Academy
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2.) How long have you been running? I have been running a little over six yrs.

3.) Why or how did you get started into running?In 2006 I had gotten to the point where I wasn't comfortable in my own skin. I had gotten out of shape and overweight(235 lbs.). Not being able to feel comfortable in my clothes, and being unhappy with my weight for years, I finally decided to make a change. I started walking at the track and did this for about 6 months it got to the point where it was really boring and I almost gave up, but I met some people who had been running for a while (Brian Grimsley),(Jerome Douglas) encouraged me to start running with them I was like yeah, right, but I gave it a shot and never gave up as bad as I wanted to, so I owe a lot of getting started running to those guys.

4.) What is it that makes running important to you?Running has helped me in so many ways! It helped me to loose 90lbs. And it took so much stress and worry off me. Running has changed my life for the better. I would never have thought there were so many great and inspiring people who run! I have made hundreds of new friends since I started running, and some of them I have really gotten close to!

5.) What's your favorite race(s)? My favorite races are: the Savannah Rock N Roll half Marathon, Macon Labor Day 5k, Cooper River Bridge Run10k.

6.) Your PR's and what race was those PR's at? My PR's are: Macon Labor Day Road Race 5k time 18:30, Jim Herrin 10k time 40:25, Savannah Rock N Roll half Marathon 1:26:07.

7.) What are your other hobbies?My other hobbies are mountain hiking, fishing, dirt track racing, and spending time with family and friends and watching football. I have always loved  and played football in school. I grew up in the 80's watching FSU. They are still my team! I have always admired Bobby Bowden. So, when I'm not running on Saturdays I'm usually watching my Seminoles!!e

8.) Do you know how many total races you have won?  I have won right at 10-12 races.

9.) What are your goal races in the future? I know you are training hard to qualify for Boston. Yes, my main goal is to qualify for the Boston Marathon!!  I would also like to get down in the 17's in future 5k's, which I plan to do in 2015 and breaking 1:25 next year in Savannah!

10.) What does your typical training week consist of? my training varies, depending on what distance I'm training for. For 5k's I try to at least get 30-40 miles a week in. One day at the track doing 400's and 800's, and doing 5 to 7 mile tempo runs, and usually a 10-12 mile run over the weekend. I do just about the same for 10k's, except instead of 400's and 800's at the track I'll do 1200's and mile repeats at race pace or a little faster. For half marathons what has helped me the most is going out on a run and try to hold a pace about 20 or 30 seconds slower than my race pace, and heel work. 

11.) Do you train alone or with a group?. Most of the time I train alone, but I do have a few training partners that I like to train with. 
  Good luck to you and see you on the roads and at the races

Mason "Mohawk" Smith

 

1. Where do you live ? On a long dirt road in Collins ,Ga. I've lived there my whole life. 

Age? 11 , will be 12 on Christmas Eve 

 Family? Yes

 How many brothers and sisters you have? 2 brothers and 3 sisters.

And what school do you attend at? Collins Middle School

2.) How long have you been running? 

4 1/2 years

3.) Why or how did you get started into running? My mom started the c25k program and I ran with her every day. When my mom completed the c25k we signed up for the Brooklet peanut run 5k. It was our first run and I got first place in my age group. I ain't stopped since. 

4.) What is it that makes running important to you? I love to compete , set records and I want to go to the Olympics 

5.) What's your favorite race(s)? Savannah Bridge run, Tybee run Fest marathon , And the Macon Labor Day road race 5k was awesome. 

6.) Your PR's ? 1 mile - 5:17, 5k- 17:55 , 10k - 38:35, 1/2 marathon- 1:37, whole - 3:16 

7.) What are your other hobbies? Football, basketball, track , fishing , hunting and playing the PS3 

8.) Do you know how many total road races that you have won? No, lots of age group wins and lots of overall wins. 

9.) What are your goals once you get into high school and beyond that? 

I want to set all my school and region distance records. Then I want to set the state records. I want to go to the Olympics to. 

10.) I see your name in the Georgia Road Race Record books a lot. How many records do you have? 14 State , 2 world and 2 national that I know of. 

11.) Also you have two world records in the 5k and 10k. How proud are your parents of you owning those two records ? Very proud. They tell everyone about me and how proud they are. 

12.)Example of your weekly training 

plan. Up to what race distance in training for but I Run a race(s) on about every Saturday , Sunday up to what I ran the day before but usually a 5k , Monday , 1 2 3 speed training ( 1 min fast, 1 min jog, 2 min fast 1 min jog, 3 min fast 1 min jog repeat 3 times), Tuesday -hard 5k on dirt and hills , Wednesday-  1 mile fast , 1 mile slow 1 mile fast , Thursday off most of the time but sometimes I speed train a mile , Friday always off. 

13.) Does your other brothers and sisters run also? Yes Abbie use to be very fast and still is pretty good but stopped running for a while . When she was 11 she ran a 6:32 mile . Now she's 14 and her mile time is 7:15. She's getting better every week and running cross country . They just qualified for state. I also train with the cross country team. There is one guy I can not beat yet , he's a senior this year but I'll catch up with him before long I think. Jaxon is 9 and has 8 state records . Rylie just turned 6 and ran a 8:01 Mile when she was 5 years old. She's gonna be really fast. I watch her run against all the boys in her class at school and she makes them look silly. She blowed them away at short and long distance . 

14.) Who are your running heroes? Steve Prefontaine  , Meb Keflezighi and Mo Farah

15.) You have a trademark now. The Mohawk. How did the Mohawk get started? Well I wanted one when I was little so as a joke on my mom my day cut me the Mohawk . I liked it and it's just been my thing. Everyone says they like it . Fear the Mohawk lol. 

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