Sally Sawyer

SlowTwitch Username TriSally
Living in Merriam, KS
Birthday 1959-11-05
Years racing
  • Swimming: 42
  • Running: 26
  • Triathlon: 4
Occupation Personal Trainer
Goals for 2008
  • Improve enough on IM times to finish in top quarter of age group at IMAZ (November)
Future challenges
  • Kona slot, October 2009 in 50-54 age group?
Favorite races
  • 2001 New York Marathon
  • 1993 Las Vegas Marathon
  • 2008 California 70.3
Proudest tri moment top ten finish 2006 Hotter Than Hell 1/2 IM
Pet peeve Women who roll down the waist of their shorts and expose midriff fat rolls.
Favorite prerace foods
  • Brach's Mello-Crème Candy pumpkins
Favorite postrace foods
  • whole-wheat pasta with marinara sauce and chicken breast
Favorite indulgences
  • chocolate
Favorite songs
  • Motown Hits of the 60s - 80s
Triathlete heros
  • me
Favorite workouts
  • brick of a 2.5 mile swim, 120 mile bike, 30 mile run
Volunteering
  • Board member, Kansas City Track Club - helping organize 15-20 road races per year
  • Past volunteer for Literacty KC - teaching adults to read
When I'm not working out you can find me...
  • Reading
  • Writing
What I'd do if I won the lottery Feel more secure about retirement and living the last 50 years of my life more comfortably than the first 50 years.
Bonus Info I am daily involved in helping my mother extend my 85 year-old father's life. He is fighting a losing battle with bone-marrow cancer.
Quotes
  • "Those who want something will find a way, those who don't, will find excuses" -- author unknown

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