Josh Cox

Josh Cox (left) together with Moses Tanui (right)

Josh Cox (August 9, 1975) is an American long-distance runner. He is the American record holder in the 50k.[1]

Cox, a four-time US Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and three-time U.S. National Team member, has been the top American marathon finisher at the World Track & Field Championships. Cox was named the USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week in January 2009 for breaking the 50k record by four minutes at Arizona’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, and again in January 2011[2] for winning the P.F.Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon, en route to breaking his own 50k American Record[3] by three and a half minutes, running the second fastest time in history, and missing the world record by 7 seconds. In 2009 and 2011, Cox’s 50k time was the fastest in the world.

Cox set a course record at the 1997 Mountain Masochist 50-mile trail run in Virginia at the age of 22; at 23, he ran his first marathon (2:19), making him the youngest qualifier for the 2000 Olympic Marathon Trials. In his 4th Olympic Marathon Trials in 2012 Cox finished in 14th place with a time of 2:13:50, a new personal best by one second.

His other running accomplishments include a course record at the 2007 Air Force Marathon, winning the 2008 Rocket City Marathon, and a runner up finish at the 2009 California International Marathon, (2:13). In April 2010, the day before the Boston Marathon, Cox won the Boston Athletic Association 5k.[4] A week later he won the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee. In December 2010 Cox won the Zappos.com Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon.[5]

Outside of his 140-mile week training regimen, Cox has starred on ABC's Bachelorette show, and, for the past four years, has offered his perspective for NBC Universal Sports.

Cox is active as a speaker and writer. He is a contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.[6]

Cox grew up in San Diego, graduating from Christian High School in 1993 and Virginia’s Liberty University in 1998. He currently lives in Mammoth Lakes, California.

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References

  1. ↑ "Cox breaks own US 50K record". USA Today. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Cox Named USA Track and Field Athlete of The Week". USA Track and Field. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cox wins marathon and falls eight seconds short of breaking 50K world record". Arizona Republic. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Cox Wins BAA 5k, Baddeley takes invitational mile". Boston Globe. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Cox, Gruca 1st-time winners at Las Vegas Marathon". ESPN. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  6. ↑ Canfield, Jack; Mark Victor Hansen; Amy Newmark (2010). Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners. Simon and Schuster. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-935096-49-8.

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