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Real Name:Dawn
Age:27
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Yahoo:dawn_soulchild@yahoo.com
 

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Who I Am...

    I've been running for as long as I can remember. I joined the track & field team my freshman year as a sprinter, and high jumper, and I've been hooked since. I was a sprinter in college, and after college I joined the Army. I've gone from sprinting to long distance running, hoping to compete at the professional level in some sport or another after parting ways with the military in 2012. I've run 9 marathons in my life, and upon my return from Iraq at the end of the year, I'll be ready to take on my very first triathalon! I just love to compete. I love imput from other runners/athletes, and I have some training advice of my own to share. Hope to see you out on the road. But be careful.......Baby D is faster than she appears. ;).

 

 

 

 

 

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My take on the Serena Williams "situation"

I just finished watching the video of Serena Williams' meltdown, and without question she was dead wrong. Now I've gotten that out of the way, I want to address what really disappoineted me, the comments that accompanied the video. I understand people have the right to say what they want, and they have every right to express their opinion. I dig that, I'm down with that,  in fact, I welcome it. But what do they say when a baseball player loses his composure, and is throwing baseball bats, and bases, and is in the face of an umpire screaming? Does anyone call for that player's head? Are they suspended? Or worse, does anyone start throwing around words like "ghetto"? My point isn't to defend what she did, or who she is as a person, because I don't know her personally. My beef is this firestorm of judgement and condemnation that has followed. People are so quick to rush to judgmet, and so reluctant to practice forgiveness. While she hasn't apologized, I doubt it would do much good if she did. Outcasting others makes some people feel better about themselves, and forgiveness is a virtue with sometimes a price too high. . A certain football player lost millions of dollars and spent time in jail for what he did. He was even blacklisted professionally BEFORE he was convicted of any crime. He has since apologized for his actions. Has he recieved much forgiveness? I wish I could say he has but that's not the case. Then again I think the protesters are just happy to have something to do on Sundays. On the same note another Super Bowl winning football player was accused of rape, and I don't think I heard too much about that at all. All the while Tupac turnin in his grave, and  Mike Tyson is fuming in the living room of his 1500 sq ft mansion. In the end this woman is human. She was losing, she wasn't playing her best, and she knew it. The lashing out at the line coach was an out for her. And what's with throwing kids into the mix, as far as her moral obligation to set an example on how to behave? I was under the impression that was the parent's job. Apparently Charles Barkley and Serena Williams aren't role models. I'm guilty of poor on-court conduct myself, being thrown out of a basketball game after a touch foul, when I was practically clotheslined by my defender on the previous play. My team still won, I had 18 points 9 assists and 4 steals, and nobody ever called me "ghetto".

Last Updated: Sep 14 2009, 03:17 PM
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Jun 26 2009, 08:03 PM, Cali Runr wrote:
Hows it goin, nice to see another military person here. Im in the Air Force. Im mainly a 5k - 10k guy but ill be running my first marathon in December. I would like to run around 2:40 or so. Well just thought i would make some conversation. Where you deployed to? I just returned from Balad not to long ago
 
Jun 24 2009, 08:04 PM, empb28 wrote:
Thanks. And soon you'll have one more blog to laugh your ass off to! (Since Colbie Caillat is [sadly] relasing a new album soon)
 
Jun 23 2009, 01:18 AM, empb28 wrote:
What
(I'm guessing you're probably going to leave a comment stating "Chicken But" or "You've got 5 minutes to get rid of that word" on my profile now. :-D)
 
May 21 2009, 12:25 AM, Luis Camacho wrote:
Hola... perdon.. no me pude conectar... debido a que estaba ocupado.. pero nada.. te voy a dejar mi num.. pa q me avises cuando t vallas a conectar.. me gusta conversar contigo.. bye...
1-787-642-4210
 
May 20 2009, 02:02 AM, Luis Camacho wrote:
Het pasando a saludar y para ver si te conectas al messenger un dia de estos para hablar denuevo... cuidate y suerte por alla... bye!! kisses
 
May 18 2009, 04:08 PM, Luis Camacho wrote:
Hola, espero q estes bn... corri el 10k... me detuve en los 5k.. no me sentia muy bien... hiba a buen ritmo pero no me sentia bn... y tu q has hecho?
 
May 17 2009, 01:46 PM, Luis Camacho wrote:
espanol - genial... hoy para mi tambien es un dia bueno... es mi primera carrera de 10k en este "year" .. esperando lucir bien ya que vengo de una lesion... nos veremos pronto bye!!


english - great... today is a good day for me.... I will run my first 10k of the year... I Hope to feel greate in the race and do a good performance because i came from a lowerback injure.... so i hope to see you soon... bye!!!
 
May 17 2009, 02:03 AM, kevin wrote:
I almost forgot, Happy Armed Forces Day! Your friends and family are thinking of you today! Be safe!
 
May 16 2009, 01:24 PM, Luis Camacho wrote:
bien bien... y usted como esta???
 
May 12 2009, 03:33 PM, Luis Camacho wrote:
Hi, I'm Luis ... track and field athlete from Puerto Rico.. I wish I can share experiences and other things via RS with you... so I hope to be hearing from you soon... bye!!!
 
 

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