{"600611":{"#nid":"600611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CRC Member Spotlight - Liz Punch ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us a little bit about yourself.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EI\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Emarried 30 years ago and have two sons. I have one granddaughter who is almost 3. I am a construction manager working in construction for 35 years. I have been at Georgia Tech for almost 8 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow long have you been a member of the CRC?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI think I joined when I first got here... What got me coming was that I live in Woodstock, GA. It\u0026rsquo;s only 30 miles from here but it is I-75 and I-575 and I HATE traffic. There is nothing to me more nonproductive than traffic. So I leave my house every morning at 4:45am and I\u0026rsquo;m usually here by 5:25am. I swim on Monday and Wednesday then I run with some ladies on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. We run around campus, it is beautiful and you feel very safe when you are running with a group. Then I do spin class with my husband on Monday and Wednesday nights. \u0026nbsp;It is one of the nicest facilities in the city. You can\u0026rsquo;t go to an LA fitness and pay what we pay as faculty and staff.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhich \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hwb.gatech.edu\/mission-vision\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Edimension of wellness\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E do you feel most connected to while engaging with the CRC (professional, spiritual, social, physical, or emotional)?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI love the social aspect. I love making friends and getting to know people. I love the emotional aspect because it makes me forget about all of the stresses of the day. But the physical is one of my favorites because I tell myself \u0026lsquo;I\u0026rsquo;m giving you this hour so you need to make the best of it\u0026rsquo;. I get stronger and stronger and stronger. My husband, siblings and I do one triathlon a year and it\u0026rsquo;s kind of a family thing. This year we went to Gulf Shores. Every year we go somewhere different...\u0026nbsp;my sister and brothers do multiple marathons a year, they\u0026rsquo;re big runners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your favorite CRC story?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe most fun thing is the runs every morning with the ladies. Getting to know each other, and hearing different stories. We\u0026rsquo;re constantly trying to recruit more to come run with us.\u0026nbsp;I just started running with them maybe 6 months ago. The running thing for me is pretty new, when I would do\u0026nbsp;triathlons I wouldn\u0026rsquo;t really run I would walk.\u0026nbsp;I joined the Jeff Gallaway training which is on the weekends. Then I saw some ladies that ran every day and I kind of invited myself and now I run with them...The more the merrier. You know I thought I would hate running, I absolutely thought I would hate it. But we do the run\/walk, the Jeff Galloway, you know where you run for 45 seconds, walk for 30 seconds and it makes it manageable.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat else should we know that we have not asked you yet?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI think the biggest thing for me is that you just have to make a decision every day. Do I want to feel good or not? As you get older it gets harder and harder to be fit. I don\u0026rsquo;t want to not be fit, I want to feel good, I want to play with my grandkids.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMy mother is my absolute inspiration. She is 83 now, but when she was 76 she ran the Chicago marathon and came in 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;place in her age group. So I have a really really good family support mentor group.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETriathlete and Georgia Tech staff member, Liz Punch enjoys the social, emotional and physical aspect\u0026nbsp;of wellness that comes with being a CRC member. She uses her workouts as a way to block out distractions\u0026nbsp;and focus on herself. She credits her running group and marathon running mother as her inspiration to keep moving!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"We are pleased to announce the January CRC member spotlight - Liz Punch. 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