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Josh Cox: The Library
(Part I) - “A Dream”
(Elite Athlete Blog Entry 10)

Posted July 5th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Josh Cox

Section: News & Results, Elite Athlete Blogs, Josh Cox

Welcome to the official blog of U.S. marathon runner Josh Cox. Every other Wednesday visit http://joshcox.thefinalsprint.com for Cox’s latest blog entry and for more information, also please visit: www.joshcox.com

Not too long ago you had a dream - this dream as a matter of fact. Don’t feel bad, you just forgot, most do. How many of us remember our dreams? How many attempt to remember them – try to revive them – try to bring them back? We dream, but then we wake, reality sets in, and our dreams are forever lost. It’s understandable, we’re busy, we have things to do, obligations, you know. Sometimes we remember bits, pieces even, occasionally we think about dreams but most times they just slip and slide away, unless you’re in the habit of writing them down – as I am. I do this while I’m still dreaming, I know it sounds odd, but it’s for the best. Author George MacDonald described this moment in the first strides of Phantastes: “I awoke one morning with the usual perplexity of mind which accompanies the return to consciousness.”

It’s the moment when your dream still has a pulse but it’s faint and fading fast. This is when we must write – before the dream dies. If only more people remembered their dreams. Forgotten dreams, dreams forgotten. What could be more tragic?
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Josh Cox: Temet Nosce
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #1)

Posted January 24th, 2008 at 4:00 PM by Josh Cox

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Olympics, Elite Athlete Blogs, Josh Cox

Welcome to the official blog of U.S. marathon runner Josh Cox.
Check back every other Wednesday for his latest entry and for more information about Cox, also please visit: www.joshcox.com

In ‘97 Cox ran and won a 50-mile ultra, in ’99 he ran his first marathon making him the youngest Trials qualifier. The following year he clocked 2:13, which opened the door for him to train with the world’s best in Kenya. Cox has tried his hand at Reality TV, been all over magazine covers and is a fixture in the sport.

TEMET NOSCE

“If you wish it, wish it now
If you wish it, wish it loud
If you want it, say it now
If you want it, say it loud.”
- “Lifeline” by Angels & Airwaves

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that.”
- Dr. Howard Thurman, Author, philosopher, preacher and civil rights leader

We’ve all seen the movie, The Matrix. Thomas “Neo” Anderson enters the Matrix to meet the Oracle, find his destiny, and figure out who he is in an attempt to touch the future. He meets a kid. The kid bends the spoon with his mind only to explain that there really is no spoon. Neo walks into the kitchen and is greeted by the Oracle:
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Podcast 99: JOSH COX on Faith, Love, Hope … and the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials

Posted October 31st, 2007 at 6:00 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Olympics, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Episode 99 of The Final Sprint Podcast, the most listened to running podcast in North America, features my interview with American marathoner and Olympic hopeful JOSH COX.

In the interview Cox offers intimate details about his absence from racing and the emotionally and mentally trying journey that began in late 2005 when his father was diagnosed with cancer. Cox went to care for his father, ceased most of his training, and was by his side until he passed away in July 2006. Although a painful journey, it also led to a once unthinkable metamorphosis; enabling the father and son to repair what had been a tumultuous relationship and find forgiveness, as Cox says, “On this side of eternity”.

His personal and athletic life now back on track, Cox is ready to “let it rip” at Sunday’s U.S. Olympic Men’s Marathon Trials; a race he says he’ll been running for both his Heavenly and earthly fathers.

Download the podcast to hear Cox discuss these experiences, the Trials, as well as, having his “butt handed to him daily” when he arrived in Mammoth, the “adventure” of earning his qualifier at the Air Force Marathon, what he believes is the “true gold” in athletics, his new video about Ryan Hall on GodTube, and Team Running USA: their strong group dynamic despite stark contrasts in personalities and how a common faith binds them together.

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Host: Adam Jacobs | Guest: Josh Cox
Producers: Greg Cherniet, Adam Jacobs
Musicians: Ryan Ahlwardt, Darnell Perkins
File Size: 25.0 MB | Length: 36:26 MIN

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