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 Location: The Bridge
(Cambridge, Ontario)E-mail: lisammain@yahoo.ca Occupation: Teacher, hopeful/occasional Artist Height: 5'5" Weight: 120 Birthplace: Cambridge, Ontario Date of birth: 06/23/80 Running since: 1995 PRs: 800m 2:21, 1500m 4:57, 3000m 10:57, 5k 18:43, 25k trail 1:49. Shoes I run in: Saucony Grid Hurricane 7's and Saucony Shadow Trails Favourite running surface: Through crowded malls in zebra spandex Some events I have completed: Most of the 25ks in the OUSeries, as well as the Run for the Toad and Paradise Lake trail races. Best performances: 2003 4x800m relay while running for York U (bronze at the Ontario Champs), OTFA Junior Gold medal at 2000m steeple chase 1999, 2002 Run for the Toad 25k - overall female win in my first 25k. Running achievements: See above and also getting married last year in running shoes. Event I would like to do but haven't yet: Haliburton, and I want to try an Ultra. Typical training week: Two Harriers practices, One long run with mandatory coffee after at Melville Cafe, two easy runs with Oscar (the marathon mutt), and maybe some road cycling. Injury history: Lots -stress fractures, hip problems, but none recently...woo hoo. Favourite ultra/trail foods: Expresso flavoured Hammer Gel. Favourite ultra/trail beverages: Sporty-drinks and water during, beer after. Things I like most about ultras/trails: Using my legs as a dirt-toboggan on downhills, and the rush when crossing the finish line...gotta love runner's high. Things I hate most about ultras/trails: The fear of being hunted by really bad hunters (that's why I never wear my zebra spandex while running in the woods). What got me started doing ultras: George & Peggy Sarson and Don McFarlane when they were planning the first Run for the Toad in 2002. They encouraged me to give it a try. Being from a mostly track and road-racing background, I didn't think I could run 25k. I did it, and I was hooked! A big thanks to them. Ultra heroes: There are so many really friendly and supportive people involved in trail and ultra running. I keep meeting more and more. My trail running posse (Greg, George, Howie, Rob, James and the Sarge) are also my heroes in man-spandex. Ultra quote: Pile on the Miles! Aug 2005 |
