NAME: Heidi Theresa Rickard
E-MAIL ADDRESS: htr104@psu.edu
BIRTH-DATE: 01/14/81
HOMETOWN (ORIGINALLY): Altoona, PA
WHERE I LIVE NOW: Altoona
WHAT I DO IN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT: I am a freshman in college at the
Altoona PSU Campus majoring in Theater Arts. I also work as a lifeguard
17 hours a week and as a gallery assisant at the Southern Alleghenies Museum
of Art about 10 hours a week.
NON-RUNNING HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: I sew and design clothes (I
was supposed to go away to Richmond, VA to study fashion design but family
circumstances kept me local) I also swim, play the piano and try
to have a normal teenager life.
A FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE, TV OR RADIO SHOW: "Friends" TV show (how cheezy)
NICKNAME (AND WHY): "Dee" because my friends think it's funny to say
"Hi Dee"...(Heidi)
IF I COULD WRITE MY OWN EPITAPH: "Don't ask why"
I STARTED RUNNING (WHEN, WHERE, HOW...): When I was in junior highschool,
I tried out for the track team, but I couldn't afford running shoes.
The coach cut me and told me that I would never be a runner. That motivated
me to come back the next year (freshman in high school) and try my
damnest to be the best runner I could. It ended up I turned out to
the top runner on the cross country and track team by my senior year.
So I know what it is like to start at the very bottom and work your way
to the top.....
AVERAGE MILES PER WEEK: 30-40
A TYPICAL TRAINING WEEK: 4-7 miles during the weekday and LSD run on
Sundays. I'm training for the Philadelphia Marathon in November (my first
marathon!)
PREFERRED RACE OR RACING DISTANCE: 15K
NUMBER OF RACES PER YEAR: A LOT!!!
A GOOD 10K TIME FOR ME WOULD BE: under 45 minutes...but right now 46-47minutes
WHY I RUN: Basically I'm an addict.
PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT: I was formally employed as
a seamtress at Kaufman's and Sons. I have a tribal band tattoo around my
arm that I got a week after my 18th birthday (no, my parents did not kill
me...)
** DATE SUBMITTED: 9/5/99
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