NAME: Larz Selmer-Larsen
E-MAIL ADDRESS: larz2@hotmail.com
BIRTH-DATE: 9/29/80
HOMETOWN (ORIGINALLY): Surry, Maine
WHERE I LIVE NOW: Mill Hall, PA during the summer, and Biddeford, ME
during the school year at The University of New England
WHAT I DO IN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT: Run, study, eat, sleep, study, run!
NON-RUNNING HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: Macintosh Computers, Playstation,
Soccer, Basketball, Loud Teenage Music!
A FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE, TV OR RADIO SHOW: X-Files, Saturday Night Live,
ESPN SportsCenter
NICKNAME (AND WHY): None that I know of!
IF I COULD WRITE MY OWN EPITAPH: Larz, a kind and caring person who
ran his heart out every time he ran.
I STARTED RUNNING (WHEN, WHERE, HOW...): Junior year in high school
during track season when I was sick of playing soccer three seasons a year.
AVERAGE MILES PER WEEK: 30-40
A TYPICAL TRAINING WEEK: Two days at 9 miles, 1 or 2 track workouts
(200-1600m reps)
PREFERRED RACE OR RACING DISTANCE: 10K
NUMBER OF RACES PER YEAR: 9 XC and 7 road
A GOOD 10K TIME FOR ME WOULD BE: 35:00
WHY I RUN: I love competition and improving my race times as well as
training for cross country.
PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT: I've only been running for
two years, and I plan on training for the 2004 Olympic Trials at 5000m
with my running partner in crime Mike Ward.
** DATE SUBMITTED: 5/26/00
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