We are so excited to be running this very long race through Northern California. Here you will find updates from team players and information about the three day race.
First, Let us introduce ourselves!
Education/Work: B.S. Biological Sciences (UCSB) / Licensing Coordinator at Santa Cruz Biotechnology
Interests: running, hiking, snowboarding, reading, cooking
Shoe of Choice: Mizuno Wave Alchemy
Favorite Athlete/Runner: I'm not sure. I'll have to think about this one...
Interests: running, hiking, snowboarding, reading, cooking
Shoe of Choice: Mizuno Wave Alchemy
Favorite Athlete/Runner: I'm not sure. I'll have to think about this one...
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: pretzels & peanut butter / anything & everything I can get my hands on Never fail pump up song: Stronger by Kanye West
Favorite Running Movie: Run Fat Boy Run
Favorite Racing Distance: 10KInspirational Quote: Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars. -Les Brown
Education/Work: BIOLOGY :-) Interests: being outside, being outside and being outside.
Post: granola with tons of fresh berries, banana and milk! or cookies and milk!
Never fail pump up song: My current favorite, “Let It Rock” –Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne
Favorite Running Movie: Running on the Sun
Favorite Racing Distance: umm... probably 10 miles, it's just
right :-) Inspirational Quote: "Chin up, shoulders back and walk proud. Don't lick your wounds, celebrate them. This is a Lion's Fight. The scars you bare are the signs of a competitor; just because you didn't win doesn't mean you don't know how to roar." (The Chief from Grey's Anatomy)
Favorite Racing Distance: umm... probably 10 miles, it's just
right :-) Inspirational Quote: "Chin up, shoulders back and walk proud. Don't lick your wounds, celebrate them. This is a Lion's Fight. The scars you bare are the signs of a competitor; just because you didn't win doesn't mean you don't know how to roar." (The Chief from Grey's Anatomy)
Education/Work: Film/Graphic Design
Interests: film, music, adventures of all kinds, hound dogs, big sur Shoe of Choice: Asics Gel Cumulus
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Steve Prefontaine
Interests: film, music, adventures of all kinds, hound dogs, big sur Shoe of Choice: Asics Gel Cumulus
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Steve Prefontaine
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: Pre: toast / Post: cereal with milk
Never fail pump up song: Barracuda by Heart
Favorite Running Movie: Run Lola RunFavorite Racing Distance: so far, the half marathon, but we'll see how a full turns out in april!
Inspirational Quote: I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth -Steve McQueen
Favorite Running Movie: Run Lola RunFavorite Racing Distance: so far, the half marathon, but we'll see how a full turns out in april!
Inspirational Quote: I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth -Steve McQueen
Education/Work: BS Kinesiology at Cal Poly SLO, Licensing Coordinator Interests: Triathlon, hiking, travelingShoe of Choice: Asics GT-2130
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Lance Armstrong (he ran a marathon)
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Lance Armstrong (he ran a marathon)
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: bagel with peanut butter
Never fail pump up song: Eye of the Tiger
Favorite Running Movie: Cool Runnings (they started as sprinters)
Never fail pump up song: Eye of the Tiger
Favorite Running Movie: Cool Runnings (they started as sprinters)
Favorite Racing Distance: MarathonInspirational Quote:"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."
Education/Work: BA in Education / Teachers Assistant
Interests: running, people, cooking, the beach, laughing, music, pictures
Interests: running, people, cooking, the beach, laughing, music, pictures
Shoe of Choice: Nike
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Michael Phelps
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: Eggs and toast
Never fail pump up song: Kelly Clarkson - Since you've been gone
Never fail pump up song: Kelly Clarkson - Since you've been gone
Favorite Running Movie: Forest Gump
Favorite Racing Distance: 10K
Inspirational Quote: "Somewhere behind the athlete you've become, the hours of practice, the coaches who pushed you, the teammates who believed in you and the fans that cheer for you, is the little girl that fell in love with the game
Favorite Racing Distance: 10K
Inspirational Quote: "Somewhere behind the athlete you've become, the hours of practice, the coaches who pushed you, the teammates who believed in you and the fans that cheer for you, is the little girl that fell in love with the game
who never looked back. Play for her."
Education/Work: Master's in Environmental Microbiology...just graduated so I'm a bum until I find a job :)
Interests: adventures both planned and unexpected, running, reading, and my dogs just to name a few
Shoe of Choice: asics gel kayano
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Hmmm...don't know
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: Pre-run: a clif bar or luna bar Post-run: peanut butter and bananas and a smoothie
Never fail pump up song: Right Round- Flo rida
Favorite Running Movie:
Favorite Running Movie:
Favorite Racing Distance: 1/2 marathon
Inspirational Quote: I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. ~William Faulkner
Inspirational Quote: I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. ~William Faulkner
Education/Work: Student
Interests: Mountain biking, climbing and reading
Shoe of Choice: Asics GT 20 series
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Paula Newby-Frasier
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: Pre: Powerbagel with peanut butter and honey / Post: Fries
Never fail pump up song: Disturbia
Favorite Running Movie: Don't have one (I haven't even seen Chariots of Fire!)
Favorite Racing Distance: Marathon
Inspirational Quote: "Size matters not...look at me. Judge me by size, do you?" -Yoda
Education/Work: BA International Studies and Business Management/Account Executive at A&R Edelman
Interests: Traveling, Sailing, Snowboarding, Tennis, Hiking, Cooking and Running of course!
Shoe of Choice: New Balance
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Lance Armstrong
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: Toast with banana, almost butter and agave nectar on top / Jamba Juice soy protein smoothie...followed by an ahi tuna bowl with brown rice and avocado.
Never fail pump up song: "Let It Rock" --Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne
Favorite Running Movie: Run Fat Boy Run
Favorite Racing Distance: Marathon
Inspirational Quote: "Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." --Theodore Roosevelt
Education/Work: B.A. English, A.A. Graphic Design, Work as Real Estate Processor at local Credit Union in San Diego
Interests: lauging, goofing off, dancing, writing, poetry, running, yoga
Shoe of Choice: New Balance or Saucony
Favorite Athlete/Runner: not sure...
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: peanut butter on toast/cereal or yogurt with fresh fruit
Never fail pump up song: "I don't need a man" (pussy cat dolls)...even if you love your man, this is still awesome.
Favorite Running Movie: Run Fat Boy Run...cause it's the only one I know
Favorite Running Distance: still testing this one out..
Inspirational Quote: "wake me up strong in the morning"
Education/Work: BS Health Sciences, UCSC; currently attending Ostopathic Medical School at Touro University
Interests: Studying, working out, travel, food, music, art...
Shoe of Choice: Asics! (Asics Gel Cumulus to be exact)
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Flo Jo
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: I change a lot...anything that is not too big or too small and has lots of protein and some carbs; Post: anything
Never fail pump up song: Well right now I would have to say, "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga, because I think that that's what everyone should do..."Just dance!!"
Favorite Runing Movie: I know that Monica already said it, but "Run Fat Boy Run"
Favorite Racing Distance: I recently ran a 5k and kinda liked it, but 10K is good too.
Inspirational Quote: "Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true." - T.E. Lawrence
Education/Work: B.S. Kinesiology and M. Ed, both from UNH, and I currently teach high school Physical Education at Oakland Tech!
Interests: dancing, being outside in the sun, and playing :)
Shoe of Choice: the Nike Free 7.0
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Andrea Pesce
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: a Honey Graham Kids Cliff bar before and Chocolate Soymilk after!
Never fail pump up song: Blow the Whistle by Too Short
Favorite Running Movie: the Sandlot, when Benny runs from the Beast. :)
Favorite Racing Distance: None, haha.
Inspirational Quote: "Mind over matter, and if you don't mind, then it don't matter" --Coach Alphonso
Education/Work: Graduated from University of Illinois-Chicago with a PharmD, working for Kaiser as a pharmacist by day, workin for myself as an R&B singer by night.
Interests: currently, it's how to independently release your own album without goin bankrupt while maintaining sanity with active activities e.g. running. also, my finances.
Shoe of Choice: I've got Asics on now with the gelly stuff and I love it, though Saucony's and Brooks have also been kind to my feet.
Favorite Athlete/Runner: Michael Jordan, Walter Payton, Tarek Hararah
Preferred Pre/Post-run Food: I love a cup of coffee before a run definitely DEFinitely without milk. And after? I will eat the first thing I can find as my stomach becomes a bottomless pit. Do crave watermelon but I can never find it in time.
Never fail pump up song: Kanye West feat. Talib Kweli - Get High
Favorite Running Movie: Forrest Gump (love that guy)
Favorite Racing Distance: half-marathons are kinder to my knees
Inspirational Quote: "Why would you EVER run for a ridiculously long time and ridiculously long distance?" (friend)
Person who got me to run from my own will: None other than fellow teammate, Amy Lim. Whenever I felt too tired, I asked myself "Would Amy stop? No, because she's crazy and you can be too."
