| SlowTwitch Username |
pennib |
| Living in |
Boulder Creek, CA |
| Birthday |
1951-01-05 |
| Years racing |
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| Occupation |
Race Event Production and Race Timing |
| Goals for 2008 |
- Stop getting hurt and finish Ironman Wisconsin (I was in a car accident two months ago and then broke my foot the past week...so I will only do the swim at CDA this year)
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| Future challenges |
- Continue to grow my business
- Continue training
- Reduce my run times
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| Favorite races |
- Ironman Coeur d'Alene
- Vineman Half
- Pacific Grove
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| Proudest tri moment |
Finishing my first Ironman after taking a DNF in my first attempt (broken bike).
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| Pet peeve |
really rude and arrogant age groupers |
| Favorite prerace foods |
- Scrambled eggs
- Odwalla Protein Drink
- coffee
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| Favorite postrace foods |
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| Favorite indulgences |
- massage or facial followed by a pedicure and foot massage
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| Favorite songs |
- about 4000 pure rock n roll songs and a few more mellow items - I'm kind of a parrot head too
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| Triathlete heros |
- my friend and training partner Mary - she constantly amazes me with her strength and endurance
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| Favorite workouts |
- Masters swim at 6 am, followed by a bike ride from Santa Cruz to the Monterey area
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| Volunteering |
- Volunteer at a lot of local races
- Volunteer at the center for violence against women
- Sports coaching for kids
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| When I'm not working out you can find me... |
- spending time with my husband and black lab
- flying our little airplane around to other airports for lunch
- trying to grow a vegetable garden (but I'm feeding the deer as fast as I'm planting stuff most of the time).
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| What I'd do if I won the lottery |
I'd buy this little house I saw in Couer d'Alene across the street from our rental and share it with all my racing friends. I'd also fund a Sports Scholarship fund for low income kids so they could participate in more races. |
| Quotes |
- Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. -- Dali Lama
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