Mike Lilly, Profile

Name: Mike Lilly
Hometown: Staunton Virginia
College: Glenville State College, University of Southern Mississippi, and Shenandoah University Degree: PE K12, Health 7-12, Drivers Ed and Safety 7-12, School Administration
What do you teach at SMS? PE and Health 6-8
How many years teaching at SMS?_7
What is your favorite thing about teaching? The energy of the kids
Hobbies & Special Interests: Nature photography, hiking, hunting, camping, reading non-fiction, and challenging myself
What type of music do you listen to? Hard rock
Pets: Cat, Jay
What is your favorite thing to learn about? Spirituality, Quantum physics, History
Why did you start running? In June of 2006, I was 215 pounds with skinny little legs and skinny little arms and a big ole belly! I felt horrible. SO I signed up for a ½ marathon on Labor Day. I knew it would kill me if I didn’t train. I lost 43 pounds for that race. I keep signing up for races because I am not someone who will run just to run. I love the positive energy I get from the crowd. Races are held at really cool places like the beach, The Great Wall of China…very cool!
What do you hope to gain from this trip? Besides running a race on the Great Wall, which is totally awesome, I want to introduce our kids to China. Our students will forever deal with the Chinese, so let’s get to know them. Also if there is something I can bring back from the Chinese schools we visit that will make SMS a better school, then that needs to happen.