Chapter
1
First, before we go too far
with the bio and blogging here we should probably clear up a few things
regarding those who have blogged before me:
Mr. “fresh meat” Bolas – the
man behind the pretty face you see on the FE website? Don’t trouble yourself trying to explain it
to our followers – they all get that it’s me!
You can call me Mama Kitty –
here’s my little rhyme about the Raleigh experience:
While
FE’s most eligible bachelor may be Mr. Cory
His
5K history is definitely going to be a short story. (The
End…That’s all folks!)
My
final words about Raleigh: I like to
take in a movie if possible before a race and in Raleigh my parents made the
trip to watch and decided to accompany me.
When this is the case I try to make it a comedy (don’t need blood and
guts or sex scenes when my mom is sitting next to me). However, there was no way to avoid the gore
in this one.
Movie
Review from Raleigh: Olympus has Fallen.
(or - Who needs North Korea?) Pretty cheesy and far-fetched, but entertaining
enough to take my mind off the race. I’ll give it 3 of 5 stars.
Moving
on. Most (All) of the people who know me
well would probably say that I am a person of few words and that no way are you
getting Cory to blog. An occasional
tweet, but no way is he writing more than 140 characters in one sitting. Truth be told – this will definitely be the
most I’ve written since I graduated just months ago. And yes, like college,
I’ve waited until the last minute to write this (I’m at my best in crunch
time). You’d get even fewer words if you
were looking for my opinion on OSU and my March Madness bracket. That being said I will, no doubt, be the
blogger who jumps all over the place and doesn’t stick to one topic too
long.
Currently,
we are all gearing up for Furman’s big meet – the Blue Shoes Invitational which
is just a few days away. Obviously (or
maybe not) I am a former Buckeye and while I was in college we had our big
outdoor meet – the Jesse Owens Classic at “home”. It was a meet where you could count on a few
things – friends and family there to cheer you on, Coach Gary pacing and
suffering from lack of sleep, rain and great races! Minus the rain, those staples are the reasons
I am looking forward to Furman’s Blue Shoes meet. Coach Gary will be hyped up
and running on caffeine, the sun will shine and you can count on great
races. The group is training hard and PRs
are going to be recorded – how many is yet to be determined. This is going to
be my first Blue Shoes and I am banking on it being memorable.
Finally
(I don’t want to say too much on my first blog – that would be like running a
3:50 mile early in the season and having to live up to some unrealistic
expectations). I do want to say that I am enjoying the Furman Elite experience. Don’t mistake that for its all fun and
play. We work hard. We have goals we
intend to reach. Someone famous (or semi-famous)
said something along the lines of “When I
think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed
to being at the mercy of what's out there.”
Furman Elite is in control.
Obviously, some of you won’t be able
to wait six weeks until my next post (where you’ll get an in-depth look into
what has made me Greenville’s most eligible bachelor). In the meantime, feel
free to follow me on twitter (cory_leslie) for a less insightful, less
entertaining look into my everyday life.
Curtains. -CJ
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