In this section, our fourth profiled client of the month, Phillip Cooper, answers our Seven Super Questions! Congrats Phillip and keep up the good work! Philip is coached by Patrick McCrann

1. Town, State: Rochester, NY
   
2. Training Focus: Full marathon ? the thought of an IM has started to creep into my mind recently ? but I think that my body doing the talking.
   
3. Your "A Race" for 2005: The Toronto Marathon. Having set a PR in Toronto of 3:25 after just completing the Twin Cities Marathon 2 weeks beforehand.
   
4. #1 goal: Since I just can't seem to have just one, here's two: Qualifying for Boston is still eluding me - so that's my #1 goal - but that should be accomplished in January at the Disney Marathon - my ultimate fitness goal is to run a sub-3 hour marathon.
   
5. Athletic Accomplishment You Are Most Proud Of: That I'm running at all. Having weighed over 300 lbs. 2 1/2 years ago - running a marathon is not exactly something I thought of doing - let alone becoming addicted to. One year ago I signed up for my first marathon in Columbus, OH, hoping to get that nonsense out of my system, but that lead to running #2, 3 and 4 all in one year. Looking back, insanity may be my only defense.
   
6. Favorite Snack/Food: Training: Dried fruit, yogurt and bananas. Post race reward: Any kind of chocolate decadence that's at least 3 layers deep, impossible to eat in one sitting - and yes, with full-fat ice cream.
   
7. I'd rather be: Living in Park City, UT training full time - but this thing called "work" (i.e. the need for a paycheck) keeps getting in the way of that plan.

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