BIRTH-DATE: 4-28-81

HOMETOWN (ORIGINALLY): Chevy Chase, Maryland

WHERE I LIVE NOW: State College

WHAT I DO IN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT: grad student in biology, evolution of

influenza virus, skipping class for Thursday track workouts

NON-RUNNING HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: ride horses, play soccer, hike, climb, ski

-- anything to get outside and away from my computer

A FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE, TV OR RADIO SHOW: Godfather (I & II); funny movie:

Some Like it Hot; read Anna Karenina 3x - must like it

NICKNAME (AND WHY): min/minnie (my initials) (middle name Irene)

IF I COULD WRITE MY OWN EPITAPH: she must have been adopted....

I STARTED RUNNING (WHEN, WHERE, HOW...): freshman year high school because

I'd pulled my hamstring playing field hockey and my doc said I couldn't play

high school soccer and travel team soccer at the same time; hated track and

cried the whole first week; ran a bit in college and still hated it; ran NYC

marathon my senior year, got hospitalized, but announced to the world I

loved running -- finally

AVERAGE MILES PER WEEK: 30-50

A TYPICAL TRAINING WEEK: run, Meyer Dairy; run, Meyer Dairy....

PREFERRED RACE OR RACING DISTANCE: anything from 3000m to marathon

NUMBER OF RACES PER YEAR: two marathons, lots of little stuff in between

A GOOD 10K TIME FOR ME WOULD BE: under 40?

WHY I RUN: beer and ice cream

PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT: I have a four-leaf clover tattoo on

my left ankle because I, my grandmother, and my great-grandmother find them

all the time (I found two yesterday on campus); I had a British accent as a

kid (I really must have been adopted!); you'll have to go on a long run with

me to find out the rest....

** DATE SUBMITTED: 4/25/06

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