What's your greatest non-running related accomplishment or experience?

rode my bike across America - alone.

I wrote a treatise on the use of orthotics in children that was published in the American Journal of Pediatrics (I used a fake name)

I'm hesitant to publicly confess my greatest non-running accomplishment in detail, but maybe your mother will spill the beans if you ask.

Probably becoming a Presidential Scholar.

A high school thing. How sad is that?

Started multiple college xc/tf teams. (Well, it's not related to *my* running.)

Wish I could say I'd won championships with them...

Getting out of school.

my first black chick

I made it on my own after a tough childhood. I left home and started a new life in another country.

Recently I signed a book deal for my first novel, sold a screenplay, and finished other projects.

I also got a kick out of passing the Mensa test in my non-native language.

I bowled 30 strikes in a row one time.

kid rich, teenage millionaire wrote:

my first black chick

awwhh, you know you've never had a chick, let alone a black one.

Eagle Scout before age 14

Qualified for oly trials in swimming at 16-only to quit at 17 and not get any college money

Started my own business at 22 & made a million by 26, yet bankrupt at 29.

Married the hottest chick in town at 22, still married 18yrs later, and we hate each other.

pittman wrote:

rode my bike across America - alone.

I did not do it alone, but I did it too.