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Timeline

• Started running distance in 5th grade with local summer track program & AAU; competed in cross country in middle school, high school, and college.
• All Region Cross Country in high school (3 years), All Conference in middle school (3 years) and high school (4 years), All Conference in college (1 year), 25th in the State of TN was best state finish.
• Competed in 1st marathon in 2004 and has competed in multiple races since then including the 2009 Boston Marathon.
• Completed first ultra-marathon (50K) in 2009.
• Competed in 1st triathlon in 2005 and has competed in multiple races since then – upcoming race is Augusta Half Ironman in September (the full Ironman will be in 2010 hopefully).
• Joined Team ROC Gear/4LPH4 1337 in May 2009 by a chance meeting.

Bio

BACKGROUND INFO: Stefanie has been a lifelong runner. Due to several injuries along the way, she picked up multisport racing to give her legs a rest. A chance meeting while running with a friend of 4LPH4 changed her entire outlook on life. She was introduced to the crazy world of AR and is now hooked.

OCCUPATION: VP of Administration

HOMETOWN: Morristown, TN

# OF YEARS RACING: Running – 18; Triathlon – 5 years, AR - 1 year

AVG. HRS SPENT TRAINING PER WEEK: 10-15 hours

GOALS: Compete in an expedition race within the next 2-3 years / compete in the full Ironman Triathlon in 2010 / Go sub 3:20 in the marathon this year.

FAVORITE INDULGENCE: Chips and dip

FAVORITE AR NUTRITION: Beef Jerky, Fig Newton’s, Laffy Taffy, Gushers, Oatmeal Cream Pies, and REDBULL!

NON-AR ACTIVITIES: Spending time with my fiancé Jamin and encouraging him to run his first half marathon.

FAVORITE POEMS:

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year. 

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of the easy wind and downy flake. 

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep. 

                  --Robert Frost 

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy and wanted wear;
though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
in leaves no feet had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference
                  
                   --Robert Frost 

Equipment

Past Races/Performances

• 2009
  • Odyssey One Day (Josh, Joanna, Laura, Stefanie): 4-person coed 3rd out of 8, 4th overall out of 52
  • Lionheart 24 (Josh, Jack, Stefanie): 3-person coed 11th out of 14, 22nd overall out of 30