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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http://www.georgiaroadracerecords.com