Living the Dream

Fittingly, my first post of 2010 should be about someone chasing their dream.

About three years ago I met this runner at race. He seemed to be full of boundless energy and motivation both in his work and his running. His name was Cody Angell. He worked at Run for Your Life at the time but later he moved over to TrySports where he has been an integral part of pushing the Charlotte store to new heights.

Over the past couple of years, I have watched as he learned about running and himself.

He pushed himself to the point where his times have gotten extremely fast.

Then, last summer he took up the challenge of the Duathlon and qualified for the World Duathlon Championship here in Charlotte. Leading up to the race he and his wife hosted an elite runner from Australia.

This Elite Duathlete would later invite Cody to come over for a month and work with him in Perth, Australia. During this time, I was able watch many of his exploits in Australia via his blog post. He seemed to excel with this opportunity.

Cody just arrived back in Charlotte from this trip before Christmas.

After arriving back in Charlotte, Cody posted that he has some big news to announce.

Today, I got a chance to chat with Cody about his big news for a few minutes.

This elite runner that invited him over to Australia for a month had now offered him a job.

Cody has accepted his offer and plans move to Australia to work full time for him. In addition he already entered in a Thailand Duathlon in March as a professional so obviously Australians are seeing the same thing that we have know about Cody for a while.

Cody has called this opportunity "Living the Dream" and I couldn't be happier for him. He has an opportunity to shine while doing the things we do as an after work task full time.

Cody heads back to Australia in February for good.

If you get a chance, stop by TrySports to say bye and wish him luck.

 

 

Best Wishes from the Cool Down Runner.