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Posted at 04:43 PM on February 25, 2008 by jaycarbon
Welcome to the official blog of U.S. marathon runner Josh Cox. Check back every other Wednesday for his latest entry and for more information about Cox, also please visit: www.joshcox.com In '97 Cox ran and won a 50-mile ultra, in '99 he ran his first marathon making him the youngest Trials qualifier. The following year he clocked 2:13, which opened the door for him to train with the world's best in Kenya. Cox has tried his hand at Reality TV, been all over magazine covers and is a fixture in the sport. TEMET NOSCE "If you wish it, wish it now If you wish it, wish it loud If you want it, say it now If you want it, say it loud." - "Lifeline" by Angels & Airwaves "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that." - Dr. Howard Thurman, Author, philosopher, preacher and civil rights leader We've all seen the movie. Thomas "Neo" Anderson... Read More »
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| Name: | Jay Carbon |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of Birth: | August 9, 1975 |
| City: | Laguna Beach, |
| State: | Alabama |
| Hometown: | San Diego |
| Web Site: | www.joshcox.com |
| About Me: | Check out the new blog: http://www.thefinalsprint.com/category/elite-athlete-blogs/josh-cox/ |
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| Favorite Books: | GK Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, The Everlasting Man, and Orthodoxy; George MacDonald's Phantastes, Diary of an Old Soul and Unspoken Sermons; Johnny Cash's Man in White; MLK's Measure of a Man; Fight Club - Palahniuk Thr3e - Dekker, My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers; The Treasury of David- CH Spurgeon, The Barbarian Way; anything Dallas Willard; Søren Kierkegaard's Either/Or and Fear and Trembling; Wild at Heart, Waking the Dead, The Way of the Wild Heart and Sacred Romance by John Eldredge; Velvet Elvis, The Confessions of St. Augustine, The Alchemist, Acts, The Left Behind Series, Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Case for Christ,The Surrendered Christian Athlete, The Notebook -Nicholas Sparks, Once a Runner, The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis, Doctor Faustus (a play by Christopher Marlow), Captured by Grace - Jeremiah, I have read everything C.S. Lewis has written but particularly like Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, and The Screwtape Letters. The Space Trilogy and the Narnia Series are great studies in subtext and even better tales, Tolkien's books ---> LOTR is the Great Novel about the Greatest Story, JRRT's Book of Letters. Peter Pan and Wendy (JM Barrie's converted play), Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, most of Grisham, This Present Darkness - Peretti, and probably the most intriguing read was Evidence for Christianity by Josh McDowell-more of a resource than a book - a great tool. |