Monday, February 7, 2011

lauren: the specs


Age: 29
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Favorite Food: nachos

Strengths:
four-year varsity swimmer in high school, specializing in long distance events
an obsession with all things bike
free access to a swanky hotel gym/pool'
113% lung capacity for age, height, and sex (thanks to ten years of professional trombone playing)
a romantic partner(?*) with professional massage training
all the tenacity of a two-year-old with a vendetta against bath time

Handicaps:
has never run farther than a mile and a half at any stretch
C2 vertebrae finicky and in the re-alignment stages (thanks to physical therapy)
terrified of severing an Achilles tendon
20-25 lbs overweight for height and frame
complete and total financial instability
all the tenacity of a two-year-old with a vendetta against bath time

Personal accomplishments:
at age 12, won the swim-a-thon hosted by her club team by swimming over 13 miles over the course of two-hour sessions and five days
advanced degrees in music performance and musicology
climbed to the top of Sandia Peak in Albuquerque, NM and mountain surfed^ nearly the whole way down
once found $20 on the floor of the crew mess on the cruise ship she was employed on and spent the whole thing on crab legs and biscuits in Juneau, AK


What She Hopes to Achieve By Participating in this Tri
Total smokin' hotness
Professional Bad-Ass Badge
Completion


*the terminology here has yet to be determined
^a phrase coined by my friend Chris, mountain surfing is the act of allowing your forward momentum to carry you down a steep mountain trail rather than picking and climbing carefully.

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