BIRTH-DATE: Nov.3 ,1983
HOMETOWN (ORIGINALLY): Upper Darby, PA (Philadelphia suburbs)
WHERE I LIVE NOW: State College, PA
WHAT I DO IN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT: wrapping up my career as a Penn State student, work at Otto's Cafe in Kern and as a Research Assistant
NON-RUNNING HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: yoga, mt. biking, hiking, strength training, reading, painting, drawing, classic, alternative and indie rock fanatic, traveling, visiting every bar in state college with my friends, getting good grades, daydreaming
A FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE, TV OR RADIO SHOW: Breadgivers by Anzia Yazerska, Anchorman: the legend of Ron Burgundy, anything on vh1 and the history channel,and I don't really get to listen to the radio anymore
NICKNAME (AND WHY): Poof (I have poofy hair apparently)
IF I COULD WRITE MY OWN EPITAPH: the sun never sets on a badass 
I STARTED RUNNING (WHEN, WHERE, HOW...): It goes back to 4th grade when I ran the 200m for st andrew's, I'd been doing track  all throughout middle school but halfway through high school I decided I wanted to concentrate on painting and quit the team (really bad choice looking back) After gaining the freshmen 20 I started to work out again but I didn't officially start running until Junior year for the Club Cross Country team at Penn State. I've been running since.
AVERAGE MILES PER WEEK: 30-50
A TYPICAL TRAINING WEEK: one long run 10-20 miles, 1-2 workouts like track workouts, intervals or hills, then 4-7 miles any other day with one day of rest
PREFERRED RACE OR RACING DISTANCE: 5k's and half-marathons
NUMBER OF RACES PER YEAR: 15
A GOOD 10K TIME FOR ME WOULD BE: I've never ran a 10k =( 
WHY I RUN: because that's my idea of fun
PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT:  I just learned how to do a headstand last summer