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Hometown:

Now - Long Beach, CA Raised - San Jose, CA

About Me:

1. I love Chi Running!!! Wooo Hooo!!!
2. I'm a special education teacher for Los Angeles (LAUSD) orthopedic disabilities 6-8th grades.
3. I'm moving on to Long Beach (LBUSD) to teach Kindergarten-1st grade to students with Autism.
4. I've started trail running this summer and I absolutely LOVE it! I know what it means not to like the pavement too much anymore! I must say the bridges aren't as difficult!!!! :-)

Favorite Races:

The ones where I set PR's and am not sore the next day!

Personal Records (PR's):

2 hours and 10 mins Long Beach Half 2005

Favorite Place to Train:

In the hills! On the beach!

Website:

http://myspace.com/heywoman

Completed Races:

Long Beach Full Marathon - 2007 (5 hours 23 minutes 12 seconds) w/a smile!
Long Beach Half Marathon - 2005 (2hours 10 minutes)
Santa Cruz to Los Gatos

Running Goals:

Mt. Baldy Sept. 2007
LB Full Marathon Oct. 2007
Catalina Eco-Marathon Nov. 2007
Mud Run 2008
International marathon....somewhere!
Complete a mini-triathlon (maybe Long Beach Sept. 2007)
Complete a triathlon
Keep up the trail running (WAY FUN!)

Post run indulgance:

Pizzzza!!! Or some breakfast at Schooner or Later!

Other sports I like to do:

Yoga
Swimming
Hiking
Basketball
Weight Training
I'd love to try surfing more!

What I'm reading:

Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling...Harry Potter guys......
Ten Things you Can't Say in America by Larry Elder
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Scientific American magazine
Chi Running by Danny Dreyer (review)

Music picks:

Latest Favorites:
1. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
2. Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine
3. Woman - Wolfmother

DMB, JEM, John Prine, K.C. Chambers, Neil Diamond, The Stones, Otis Redding, Patsy Cline, Jurassic 5, Morcheeba, Johnny Cash, Susan Tedeschi, Rachel Yamagata, Percy Sledge, Norah Jones, Everclear, Sublime, No Doubt, Tupac, Jewel, Beethoven, ICP, Hootie, Mozart, Al Green, Eminem, Aretha, Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Coldplay, Eagles, Jack Johnson, ....

Far too many to list!!!!!!

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Trail by moonlight

Tuesday 9/25/07 was a glorious trail run! I haven't been trail running in a month as school started, new job, and all the "other than running" jazz gets in my way. But with a paper due Thursday for graduate class and no motivation to do it, I opted to go trail running followed by some yoga practice. I made a good decision.

Only three of us showed, Jake, John S, and Angie K (me). John was still sick and hadn't been trailing in a year, I was tired, and Jake...well you guys know Jake, a ch… Continue

Posted on September 26, 2007 at 4:42pm — 1 Comment

Best run of my life today!

Today was my longest and best run ever! I couldn't have done it without the support of the team. 24.5 miles in exactly 5 hours! YAY!

On my long runs I tend to shed a couple tears at the last bridge. I can't help it. Often I'm so moved that I've run that far, tears will stream a little....but always followed by a nice "Woooo hoo!!!"

Slow and steady. I had a few highs along the way but worked to temper them in order to maintain a steady pace. We had nice group of nine, then a sas… Continue

Posted on September 15, 2007 at 8:22pm — 4 Comments

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At 4:58am on December 8, 2007, Jake Sanchez said…: Angie,

I'm running around, but not in America. I've been in India for the past 6 weeks and will not return home until the new year.

At 9:03pm on December 5, 2007, Jane said…: Thanks for the compliment! So nice of you. You're a teacher in LAUSD too?!?

At 9:22pm on November 30, 2007, Amy said…: Thanks for the warm welcome, Angie. Good luck on your upcoming race!

At 10:01am on November 12, 2007, Kris Vandemore said…: Bill & Darlene are signed up, I'm hoping for a comp bib. If I don't have soon I'll get signed up though.

Yeah, glad your going to join us.

At 5:14pm on November 11, 2007, Kris Vandemore said…: There are a few of us running Surf City Half: Darlene, Bill, Kimmy, Me, a few others. I'm sure Mark and Connie will come down to the finish line too.

At 11:59am on November 11, 2007, Kris Vandemore said…: Hi Angie, So good to see you last weekend. I love your infectious smile and positive attitude.

You running Surf City Half??

At 1:39pm on October 16, 2007, Bernice said…: Hi Angie! Just wanted to let you know I crossed the finish line on Sunday... RUNNING & SMILING!!! We haven't really met face to face yet.. but thanks so much for the encouragement! And congratulations too!

At 6:02pm on October 15, 2007, Sean Blake said…: Yep, I'm a pretty big trail runner, actually... Ran with Gary twice. * inflates chest * By 'with' I mean I said "Hey Gary!" in the parking lot and quickly fell behind.

Getting lost isn't so bad...roots and grubs are part of the 'Raw Food' diet.