git push hangs and does nothing

Question

I'm new to git and testing it out. I've been able to clone a friends repository make small local changes and commit.

I'd like to now test pushing my local changes to the remote repository but unfortunately when I try to do a push

$ git push <my friends remote repository>
<---- hangs here waiting ..I break out by ctr-c

Here is some info showing my current status,

$ git remote show origin
Fetch URL: git://codaset.com/nickbmarine/nickspix.git
Push URL: git://codaset.com/nickbmarine/nickspix.git
HEAD branch: master
Remote branches:
Refactor tracked
master tracked
Local branch configured for 'git pull':
master merges with remote master
Local ref configured for 'git push':
master pushes to master (fast-forwardable)

Any idea's?