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 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.
[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.
[6] Cox grew up in El Cajon, California which is in East San Diego county.
He played soccer, ran cross-country and competed in track and field events at Christian High School San Diego and graduated in 1993.