Pushing Through Hypothermia
\xb7 College mathematics professor for 20 years, receiving tenure 2 years ago at El Camino College in Torrance CA. \n\n\xb7 Born and raised in Los Angeles, currently living in Hermosa Beach.\n\n\xb7 Bachelors and Masters degree from Loyola Marymount University.\n\n\xb7 For almost 12 years, I was a \u201cfreeway flyer\u201d teaching at 3-4 colleges a semester, just trying to make ends meet. I was FINALLY lucky enough be hired full time as a Professor at El Camino in 2013.\n\n\xb7 During that time, I was spending more time in my car than anywhere else. Just driving, teaching, eating, driving, teaching, eating\u2026eating junk food on the run all day. I was probably 25-30 pounds heavier than I am now.\n\n\xb7 My sister asked if I would run a 5k with her in 2010. I trained my butt off and while my time was less than stellar (36 minutes. My current PR is 20:06!), I was hooked. I ran track in grade school and loved it, but nothing after that. The 5k in 2010 was what started this entire triathlon thing.\n\n\xb7 In 2012 I ran my first half-marathon (Orange County Marathon) in 2:36. It was slow but steady. I was so proud of myself and at the same time it was beyond my comprehension how someone could run TWICE that. It boggled my mind.\n\n\xb7 In 2014 I did a \u201creverse\u201d tri in Los Alamitos (called \u2018Race on the Base\u2019). I literally had to borrow someone\u2019s bike, swim cap and bathing suit. Even though it was a \u2018super sprint\u2019 race, I was absolutely in love with the sport. I felt that if I could really get into it, it would allow me to be active longer in life by biking and swimming instead of running all the time. Less pounding on the joints.\n\n\xb7 Since 2014, I\u2019ve gone on to complete countless half-marathons, sprint and Olympic distance triathlon races, 2 Gran Fondo bike races, 7 half-Ironman races (PR of 5:26 at 70.3 Santa Cruz in 2018), 1 full Ironman (Ireland 2019 - now THAT is a hell of a story), Chicago Marathon (where I BQed with 3:39 finish) and named an Ironman All World Athlete in 2018 and 2019 (Top 5% in my Age Group).\n\n\xb7 I will be running the NYC Marathon in November for charity (Team Autism Speaks). It\u2019s been such a humbling experience raising the money for this great cause. Running the race for a cause bigger than myself is going to truly be something special.\n\n\xb7 Non-athletic fun fact: In college I was the drummer in an all-girl pop/punk band who was produced by one of the members of the 80\u2019s band The Go-Go\u2019s.\n\n\xb7 2019 sponsors/team member:\n\no Wattie Ink Hit Squad Team\n\no SBR Product Ambassador\n\no NUUN Ambassador\n\no BOCO Gear MVP Team\n\n\xb7 Local club affiliations:\n\no LA Tri Club\n\no South Bay Running Club\n\no Tower 26