BIRTH-DATE:
7/21/72
HOMETOWN (ORIGINALLY): Loma Linda, CA (from age 11)
WHERE I LIVE NOW: State College (West College Heights)
WHAT I DO IN LIFE AS WE KNOW IT: professor of adult education
NON-RUNNING HOBBIES OR INTERESTS: cooking (I’m a foodie), sustainable
agriculture, indie films, travel, Central America
A FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE, TV OR RADIO SHOW: The Brothers Karamazov; The Spirit
Catches You and You Fall Down; Isabel Allende’s books; religious watcher of
Daily Show, Colbert Report, & The Office; This American Life on NPR
NICKNAME (AND WHY): If you can rhyme, you’ll hit most of them.
IF I COULD WRITE MY OWN EPITAPH: ??
I STARTED RUNNING (WHEN, WHERE, HOW...): Spring of my junior year in high
school in So.
AVERAGE MILES PER WEEK: 30 – 35
A TYPICAL TRAINING WEEK: rest Monday & Friday, 6-7 Tues., Wed., Sun.; speed
workout Thurs.; something longer on Sat.
PREFERRED RACE OR RACING DISTANCE: depends; I like team relays
NUMBER OF RACES PER YEAR: 3-4
A GOOD 10K TIME FOR ME WOULD BE: around 41
WHY I RUN: it’s a legal high
PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT: I have about 50 *first* cousins. I grew
up speaking Spanish & English (born in