Aric W. Manning

Personal Blog: http://leavenothing-manners.blogspot.com/

1.     Date of Birth: 07/09/1971

2.     Place of Birth: Ogden, UT (in the shadow of the Wasatch mountains)

3.     Places Lived: Utah, Oregon and Washington

4.     Job: Dad and CS Manager for Smith Optics and Team Pearl Izumi-Smith Team Director

5.     Marital Status: Married to Melony

6.     Children: 2 beautiful girls (Sami 12 and Aspen Skye 4)

7.     Pets: Umm Zoo! (3 dogs, 4 cats, 4 finches, parakeet, Cockatiel, Turtle, 2 ferrets and 3 rabbits)

8.     Your races for 2010: Moab Red Hot 50k, Buffalo Run 50, Squaw Peak 50, El Vaquero Loco 50k, Grand Teton 50 and the Bear 100

9.     Goal(s) for 2010: PR every distance for me and Run Rim 2 Rim 2 Rim (anyone wanna go) oh ya and learn to brew my own beer

10.  Favorite Movie: Tommy Boy and The Big Lebowski….dude

11.  Favorite TV show: Survivorman, Bones and ESPN

12.  Favorite music: Dave Matthews Band and the Indigo Girls

13.  Hobbies (other than running): Playing Wii with the family, learning guitar, brewing my own beer (learning) and golf

14.  Favorite Quote:  Finish what you started.

15.  Weekly mileage: 40-70 (depends on race schedule)

16.  Most memorable race performance: Finishing my 1^st 100 miler- Wasatch 2008

17.  Favorite food: Right now its beans, rice and veggies (diet’s suck)

18.  Favorite Race: The Human Race—nah… Probably Squaw Peak 50

19.  I can’t hit the trails without my: Pearl Izumi Fuel XC’s!!!!

20.  Role Models: My Dad- Wayne, Lewis and Clark (frontiersmen) and my wife

21.  Best running advice you were given: Take chances. -BFish

22.  Anything else someone may want to know about you: Probably not.