name Derek Parra
skarted speed skating Starteed skating on rollerskates, the old quad skates when I was 14. When inline skates came I was 21-, 22-ish and I started to skate on them. Longtrack ice skating I have done since 1996.
Other activites Work and golf.
What keeps me going    -My legs.
What keeps me going would be the want to push myself, getting credit for my work, proving people  who have doubted me wrong.
 
Derek's HOT and NOT list
  HOT NOT
Food Italian and Mexican Raw meat and anything in general that looks like it shouldn't be eaten. Like eyes ect.
Sweet -Ice cream
-Oatmealraison cookies
-Reeces Pieces
*Derek is thinking very hard*
... Too rich chocolate!
Color Blue Colours that glow in the dark, but in daytime. Fluorescent.
Music Anything with a good beat for my workouts. The words don't really matter. Gangster Rap
Celebrity Tiger Woods (Sport)
Michael Jordan (Sport)
Keven Spacey (Acting skills)
Tom Hanks (Acting skills)
Harrison Ford (Acting skills)
Celebrities who don't remember that their fans got them to the spotlight.
Derek's favorite
Possession My daughter
Clothing My jeans and the make Nike
Time of day Morning. Everyday is a new day and anything can happen.
Memory My daughter looking at me for the first time, and the first time she said "Daddy". -So many moments.