When he's not running, John enjoys swimming and, what can only be described as, "intense badminton." John enjoys the activity of carbo-loading the night before a race; it is rumored that he is able to consume his body weight in spaghetti. John is rarely caught in public without at least five articles of Under Armour clothing and accessories.

John is relatively new to running, having only picked it up during spring of his sophomore year. Running most of the fall unheralded for Arlington High School, John established himself as one of the faster runners in the Dual County League as he quietly picked up several victories in September. John capped off his fall campaign with an 8th place finish at the Eastern Mass Championship.