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| Name: |
Amanda Shuman |
| Location: |
Santa Cruz, CA |
| Age Group: |
Female 40 - 44 |
| About Me: |
http://people.ucsc.edu/~ashuman |
| What I do to pay the bills: |
PhD student, slave to the university (TA) and part-time web programming and server monkey® |
| Who defends the ranch when I'm out training: |
Two other roommates who also like to hike, go rock climbing, mountain biking and all the other fun outdoorsy stuff. |
| Short term triathlon goals: |
Improve swimming technique. Get stronger overall. |
| Long term triathlon goals: |
Go longer... like to an Ironman. But it has to be a fun Ironman. Is that possible? |
| Fantasy triathlon goals: |
Win or place at an Ironman with cash awards. |
| Three favorite albums: |
U2 - How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, All That You Can't Leave Behind, Best of 1980-1990. It's hard to go wrong with U2.
Tiesto - Just Be (house/trance)
Jamie Cullum - Catching Tales (vocal jazz)
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| Favorite book: |
Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), Fountainhead (Rand), Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut), Siam Mapped (Thongchai), Silencing the Past (Trouillot), Training the Body for China (Brownell), Les Jeux Sont Faits (Sartre) |
| Favorite movie: |
L'Auberge Espagnole. |
| Chocolate: |
at least once a day, and often again before and after dinner. |
| Garlic: |
yum |
| Blue Cheese: |
allergic to milk and cheese |
| For breakfast, I usually have: |
cereal with fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, etc) or protein bread with either soy nut butter and organic low sugar strawberry preserves (healthy pb & j) or with fresh avocado and some turkey on top. A soy latte if it's in the budget and if not french press coffee or stove top expresso. Don't mess with my caffeine. |
| After a long day of training, my favorite meal is: |
Nutella and banana crepe for dessert. Soy chocolate soy milkshake. Salmon, rice or quinoa with cherry tomatoes, green beans, or squash. But if I'm eating out it will be Los Pinos or Tacqueria Vallarta: pollo tostada, pollo tacos, tortilla chips and fresh guac and salsa. |
| My best triathlon advice is: |
Don't worry, the swim isn't really that bad... sort of. [start of my first tri in the pacific: "Once you get past the swell it isn't that bad"]
You learn to like the pain so much it is no longer pain but pleasure. Seriously. |
| My best non-triathlon advice is: |
Enjoy yourself! Don't do anything you really don't like to do and this should include your job.
Enjoy being outside and in nature as much as possible! |
| What was I thinking when I signed up for my first race: |
Swimming can't be that hard to learn.... it's just like running and biking, right? |
| Everything I need to know I learned from: |
my mom, dad, and the cat |
| My deepest, darkest secret is: |
the first concert I ever went to was NKOTB.
and the truth is, the next concert I go to may also be NKOTB. Funny how that works... |
Race Summary
| Race Type |
# Done |
PR Race |
PR |
| Bike - Metric Century |
1 |
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| Run - 5 km |
5 |
GMU Victims' Rights 5k (Apr 12, 2005) |
0:22:14 |
| Run - 5 Mile / 8 km |
2 |
Alexandria Turkey Trot 5 Miler (Nov 24, 2005) |
0:37:52 |
| Run - 10 km |
4 |
Rotary Resolution 10K (Jan 1, 2005) |
0:47:55 |
| Run - 10 mile |
2 |
Backyard Burn - Wakefield (Spring, 10 mile) (Apr 17, 2005) |
1:31:58 |
| Run - Half Marathon |
1 |
EX2 Off-Road Half Marathon (May 1, 2005) |
2:15:30 |
| Run - Marathon |
3 |
Marine Corps Marathon (Oct 30, 2005) |
3:36:02 |
| Duathlon - Sprint |
3 |
Greeting of the Geese (Oct 24, 2004) |
1:21:03 |
| Duathlon - International Distance |
1 |
ITU World Championship - Short-course Duathlon (Sep 24, 2005) |
2:52:00 |
| Triathlon - Sprint |
1 |
Charlottesville Sprint Triathlon (Jun 19, 2005) |
1:30:09 |
| Triathlon - International Distance |
6 |
Diamond In The Rough (Jul 8, 2006) |
2:20:26 |
| Triathlon - Half Ironman |
1 |
Eagleman (Jun 13, 2004) |
5:53:43 |
Race Schedule
| Date |
Name |
Type |
Results |
| Time |
O.A. |
A.G. |
| May 8, 2004 |
Mantua Raccoon Run 5k |
Run - 5 km |
View |
| 0:22:32 |
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2 |
| Jun 13, 2004 |
Eagleman |
Triathlon - Half Ironman |
View |
| 5:53:43 |
1027 |
11 / 19 |
| Jul 25, 2004 |
Riverwatch Duathlon |
Duathlon - Sprint |
View |
| 1:39:32 |
64 / 190 |
1 / 6 |
| Aug 29, 2004 |
Reston Metric Century |
Bike - Metric Century |
View |
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| Sep 12, 2004 |
Reston Triathlon |
Triathlon - International Distance |
View |
| 2:32:41 |
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| Oct 2, 2004 |
St. Leo's 5k |
Run - 5 km |
View |
| 0:23:40 |
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1 |
| Oct 24, 2004 |
Greeting of the Geese |
Duathlon - Sprint |
View |
| 1:21:03 |
64 / 185 |
1 |
| Oct 31, 2004 |
Goblin Gallup 5K |
Run - 5 km |
View |
| 0:22:45 |
113 / 743 |
2 / 28 |
| Nov 13, 2004 |
Richmond Marathon |
Run - Marathon |
View |
| 4:12:00 |
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| Nov 25, 2004 |
Alexandria Turkey Trot 5 Miler |
Run - 5 Mile / 8 km |
View |
| 0:39:28 |
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| Dec 11, 2004 |
Rudolph's Red Nose 10k |
Run - 10 km |
View |
| 0:48:16 |
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8 / 83 |
| Dec 12, 2004 |
Fall into Winter 10K |
Run - 10 km |
View |
| 0:23:52 |
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| Jan 1, 2005 |
Rotary Resolution 10K |
Run - 10 km |
View |
| 0:47:55 |
12 / 158 |
3 / 6 |
| Apr 3, 2005 |
Virginia Duathlon |
Duathlon - Sprint |
View |
| 1:33:31 |
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8 / 19 |
| Apr 12, 2005 |
GMU Victims' Rights 5k |
Run - 5 km |
View |
| 0:22:14 |
10 |
1 |
| Apr 17, 2005 |
Backyard Burn - Wakefield (Spring, 10 mile) |
Run - 10 mile |
View |
| 1:31:58 |
55 / 144 |
7 / 21 |
| May 1, 2005 |
EX2 Off-Road Half Marathon |
Run - Half Marathon |
View |
| 2:15:30 |
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2 / 30 |
| May 14, 2005 |
Mantua Raccoon Run 5k |
Run - 5 km |
View |
| 0:22:41 |
22 / 157 |
2 / 14 |
| May 22, 2005 |
Columbia Triathlon |
Triathlon - International Distance |
View |
| 2:42:32 |
50 / 393 |
4 / 19 |
| Jun 5, 2005 |
Backyard Burn - Hemlock Overlook (Spring, 10 mile) |
Run - 10 mile |
View |
| 1:47:00 |
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| Jun 19, 2005 |
Charlottesville Sprint Triathlon |
Triathlon - Sprint |
View |
| 1:30:09 |
29 / 275 |
2 / 113 |
| Jul 9, 2005 |
Diamond In The Rough |
Triathlon - International Distance |
View |
| 2:36:29 |
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| Sep 11, 2005 |
Reston Triathlon |
Triathlon - International Distance |
View |
| 2:35:27 |
171 |
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| Sep 24, 2005 |
ITU World Championship - Short-course Duathlon |
Duathlon - International Distance |
View |
| 2:52:00 |
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| Oct 30, 2005 |
Marine Corps Marathon |
Run - Marathon |
View |
| 3:36:02 |
1244 |
56 / 1516 |
| Nov 24, 2005 |
Alexandria Turkey Trot 5 Miler |
Run - 5 Mile / 8 km |
View |
| 0:37:52 |
50 / 1080 |
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| Apr 17, 2006 |
Boston Marathon |
Run - Marathon |
View |
| 3:45:33 |
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| May 21, 2006 |
Columbia Triathlon |
Triathlon - International Distance |
View |
| 2:47:20 |
70 / 390 |
12 / 61 |
| Jul 8, 2006 |
Diamond In The Rough |
Triathlon - International Distance |
View |
| 2:20:26 |
7 / 97 |
2 / 20 |
| Jan 1, 2007 |
Rotary Resolution 10K |
Run - 10 km |
None |
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