Michael Selig

What are some of your lifetime running goals?:

A lifetime of good running and racing is always the goal.

Do you have a claim to fame?:

An old running hat



Do you have any vices?:

Fast Food Eating/Running Races

What makes you tick as a runner and in the real world?:

The good people I continue to meet in running and all of my adventures.

What drives you to run?:

The words of an old friend....and, quite frankly, I think it is a serious addiction.

What is your favorite movie?:

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

McGurk; it was given to me by good friends with the reason that every family needs a McGurk.

What's the longest you've gone without sleep? Why?:

In a Straight Shot: 59 hours - Ran Open mike contest at a music festival in Ithaca, NY. Straight nights with less than 3 hrs: 40 nights in Spring of 2009 - not good, not good

If you had to be named after one of the 50 states,
which would it be?:

Not Ohio!!



What did you have for lunch yesterday?:

Sloppy Fries from Simply Sloppy Joes; they are an awesome pre-race food!

If you could hook up a thought monitor to your head,
would you see pictures, hear words or would music be
playing?:

A constant stream of all three.

What really scares you about trail running?:

That my old housemate, Max King, will soon dominate the mountain racing scene....wait and see....it will happen...

If your life was made into a movie, what would it be called?:

This Running Stuff Really is Questionable Behavior

Where would you live if it could be anywhere in the world?:

Ithaca, New York or Edinburgh, Tristan da Cunha

What's your worst encounter on the trail?:

Oh, please, we do not need to go there, it is just not appropriate.