I was about 14 and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son – who was more into basketball – didn't want to. It was amazing and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.
I spend up to two hours a day on correspondence. Hearing from fans on the Internet and being able to directly respond to the fan base is exciting. You can cut out the middle man like the fan club… before a recent appearance in Tyler Texas I had fans reaching out on MySpace offering their lake house Mavericks tickets. It was amazing.