RUN- Iv’e Been Tagged
Jobs I’ve held-
1. Personal Trainer/Running Coach
2. Gymnastics Coach
3. Accounting Clerk, SeaFirst Bank
4. Assistant Manager of The Gap
Movies I Can Watch Over & Over-
1. Serendipity-(love John Cussak)
2. The Santa Claus-(love Tim Allen)
3. Harry Potter-(just entertaining)
4. Tequilla Sunrise-(love Raul Julia and Kurt Russell)
My Guilty Pleasures-
1. Pedicures - Frenchy’s in Madison Park is The Best
2. Massages - Rita & Jaimie are The Best
3. Red Wine - Cabernet
4. Mindless TV
Places I Have Lived-
1. Bellevue, WA
2. Roseburg, OR
3. Seattle, WA
4. Mountlake Terrace, WA
Shows I Enjoy-
1. CSI (Original, NY or Miami)
2. My Name Is Earl
3. The Office
4. Heros (Sometimes watch this with my son)
You thought of when you saw your significant other for the first time?
1. Guy’s Guy(competitive, doesn’t want to be beaten by a girl)
2. Up For Anything Fun!
3. Smart
4. Good Guy
Places I have Been on Vacation-
1. Canada, Victoria and Vancouver
2. Carribean, St Thomas, & St John
3. Mexico, Cabo San Lucas & Puerto Vallarta
4. Hawaii, Kona
Favorite Foods-
1. Steak and Baked Potato
2. Veggie Pizza
3. Chopped Salad
4. Fajitas
Websites I visit Daily-
1.Blogs
2. Seattletimes.com
3. Runnersworld.com
4. PTonTheNet (professional web-site for trainers)
Body Parts I have injured-
1. Elbow - Jumped out of a swing at a campground landed on a broken coke bottle. (9 or 10 years old)
2. Concussion - thrown from my horse, hit my head on a tree (15 years old)
3. Broken Rib - Really bad cough (1998)
4. Classic Overuse Injuries - Stress Fracture, (2002) Plantar Fasciitis (Currently Recovering)
Awards You’ve Won-
1. Star Employee, Bellevue Place Club
2. Red Cross 5k in 1998 - 22.02 (overall winner)
3. Semiamoo Salmon Run 5K in 1998- 22.54 (overall winner)(Joan Benoit Samuelson won the 10k, I have her autograph in her book)
4. M.A.D.D. 8k in 1995,- 35.02 (overall winner)
Nicknames you’ve been called-
1. Lis- Most People
2. Lil Tot, which became Lil Tote (my big brother)
3. Mona, (ex-brother in law)
4. Bird, (My favorite aunt after Lady Bird Johnson)
Now I get to pick 4 other blog buddies to do this!
2. Runningman
3. Borderco
Although I got a late start, I’ve been a serious runner since 1994. I ran my first marathon in 1995 on my 30th Birthday. It’s been my goal to run the Boston Marathon since then. I missed qualifying by 12 minutes that year. I needed to run 3:40 and ran 3:52. Running in the most prestigious marathon, is the ultimate for most runners. The fact that you have to qualify, only fueled my competitive juices.
Over the next 9 years I ran 6 more marathons. I love running so much that I became a