SNRGY Athlete Brandy Peterson
Brandy PetersonOccupation: Social Worker
Family: Just me and my dogs:)
Sports: Mountain Biking
Planned event for 2010 you're most excited about:
My goal for 2010 is to compete in my first full Xterra. I am excited because I have never competed in all the events and I am excited to see how I do.
What is your favorite event?
Favorite route?
Favorite training workout?
If you could go anywhere you have been before, tomorrow where would it be and what would you do?
What is your biggest reason for pursuing your athletics?
What is the best thing that has happened to you through your athletics?
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Is there a race/day, training day, injury, or event that you'd like to forget?
What is your favorite food? Any type of pasta
What do you eat for breakfast on race day? Anything I can get down.
What is your favorite vice? Dr. Pepper
Have you read any good books lately you'd like to recommend? "History of the American Empire"
Have you seen any good movies you'd like to share? Loved New Moon:), I am a total Edward fan
SNRGY Athlete Michelle Blankenship
Michelle BlankenshipAny nickname: Old Friends and family still call me "Kiki"
Occupation: Landman - ConocoPhillips
Family: Husband-Jason, and three wonderful cats
Sports: Swim-Masters, Downhill Skiing, new to Mountain Biking and Trail-Running
Planned event for 2010 you're most excited about:
Four Corners XTERRA Triathlon. I participated on a relay team last year at the same event, and just did the swim leg. I'm excited to do the entire event - it will be quite an accomplishment for me!
Favorite route? I love Ray's Ridge off lift 8 at Purgatory - Durango Mountain Resort.
Favorite training workout? I enjoy swimming a bunch of short sprints -- like 30 50's.
If you could go anywhere you have been before tomorrow where would it be and what would you do? Banff, Canada -- Ski at Sunshine Village
What is your biggest reason for pursuing your athletics? The physical challenge, and the conditioning of the body.
What is the best thing that has happened to you through your athletics? Confidence and health.
Do you have a person who has been instrumental to your development as an athlete? or that you find really inspiring? No one person. I'm inspired by the many amazing athletes with whom I've come into contact. These people inspire me to learn something new and excel at it.
What is the most epic or crazy or challenging thing you've experienced while training or racing?
My first ever attempt at mountain biking was in Aspen (Spring of 2008) on the Rim Trail - a somewhat advanced trail. Instead of being discouraged by it, it inspired me to get into the sport.
What accomplishment are you most proud of? No single event. I'm just proud that even though I've always kept myself in shape, at the age of 41 I'm as strong as I've ever been in my life, and I'm challenging myself in ways never before imagined.
What is your favorite food? I don't really have a favorite, but love real authentic European cuisine (especially Italian, Spanish, and French).
What do you eat for breakfast on race day? Cereal and toast
What is your favorite post event food? Pasta
Where is your favorite place to eat? Can I be biased and say "The Kennebec" in Durango, where my husband is the Chef? Other favorites: Guidos, Cosmos, Seasons, Cyprus, and East by Southwest.
What is your favorite vice? Wine
Have you read any good books lately you'd like to recommend? If you like Forensic type thrillers, I've just read Kathy Reichs: "Death Du Jour" and "Deja Dead".
Have you seen any good movies you'd like to share? Although it didn't get great press, I really enjoyed "Seven Pounds" with Will Smith.
SNRGY Athlete Matthew Blackmore
What is your favorite event? Half Marathon - a combination of both speed and endurance.
Favorite route? Bike ride down to La Perouse Bay, Makena, Maui. Beautiful setting, hills and ocean by your side. Tough to beat!
Favorite training workout? Anything to do with speed. I have to be on my game and I feel like it makes a difference!
If you could go anywhere you have been before tomorrow where would it be and what would you do? Let me think about that one!
What is your biggest reason for pursuing your athletics? With an active work and family life, my athletics is MY time and MY passion that helps me better balance the other two demanding parts of my life.
What is the best thing that has happened to you through your athletics? I got into running on a dare in 2006 when my best friends wife signed him up for the Phoenix Marathon and he asked me to join him. We ran the first half of that marathon together and as I look back, it was the most rewarding and pleasurable 13.1 miles I have ever done.
Do you have a person who has been instrumental to your development as an athlete? In recent months, I have trained with my boss who is 15 years older than me but gives me a serious butt-kicking in swimming, biking and running. As most people see age as a limiter and a mental block, I use him as a goal for future years.
What is the most epic or crazy or challenging thing you've experienced while training or racing? A relatively rookie on the bike, I rode from Paia to Hana and back, roughly 80 miles of the most twisty, turny, up and down roads on Maui.
What is the most memorable encounter with wildlife while training or racing? I have thankfully managed to avoid anything memorable with wildlife!
What accomplishment are you most proud of? Completing the Ironman 70.3 Hawaii in May, 2009 having had no prior swim or bike experience before starting training.
Is there a race/day, training day, injury, or event that you'd like to forget? 2008 Honolulu Marathon where, after heavy rains during the night, it had started to clear prior to the 5 am start time. I was focusing so hard on not getting wet before the start but about 15 minutes before the gun went off, in search of the shortest line to a portable toilet, I put my foot in a foot-deep puddle. Not a good start!
What is your favorite food? Sushi
What do you eat for breakfast on race day? Banana and a bagel.
What is your favorite post event food? Pizza and some rum and coke.
Where is your favorite place to eat? Flatbread, an organic pizza restaurant in Paia, Maui.
What is your favorite vice? Ice cream.
Have you read any good books lately you'd like to recommend? Other than Born to Run that I just finished, I am thoroughly enjoying OPEN, Andre Agassi's autobiography.
SNRGY Athlete Kristy D. Lanier
Any nickname: K'bean
Occupaton:Cafe, Bike Shop & Wellness Center Owner
Family: The pack o'dogs, Puna, Ellie, Lu, Squeeky
Sports: Xterra, Mountain Bike, a little CX and Running
Planned event for 2010 you're most excited about: Just returning to the elite field in Xterra and going back to Worlds on Maui. Because of broken ribs and stomach problems, I missed the season and my annual "homecoming" to Hawaii.
What is your favorite event? Xterra Worlds, Maui. I race well usually and Hawaii is home to me. It is a very special place. While I currently live in WV and call it my second home, I look forward to racing back in Hawaii.
Favorite route? On the road, Marlinton to Cass up over Snowshoe Mountain and across the Scenic Hwy. LOTS of climbing!
Favorite training workout? Hill repeats up Tantalus on Oahu. Haven't done this in a couple of years, would like to soon!
If you could go anywhere you have been before tomorrow where would it be and what would you do?
Anywhere I HAVE been, The Big Island. Ride and Surf.
Anywhere I HAVE NOT been, India. Visit the Himalayas, Study Ayurveda in Pune at the University there.
What is your biggest reason for pursuing your athletics?
Sanity. As long as I don't over do it, athletics keeps me in tune with my mind and body. I feel strong, healthy and happy. I learn a lot about my capacity physically and mentally.
What is the best thing that has happened to you through your athletics?
Racing has provided me a lot in very indirect ways. I have met great people, traveled throughout the states and to France for mtb marathon world champs. It has provided me a living through my bike and coffee shop and allows me to help others with their fitness goals through years of learning. Racing has been a springboard for just about everything positive in my life.
Do you have a person who has been instrumental to your development as an athlete? or that you find really inspiring? Faye Saiki from The Bike Shop Hawaii has been a person I have respected for quite some time. She provided me employment, inspiration to race as well as open my own shop. Her business has remained in place for 35+ years through good and bad times.
Also my former coach Jacob Fetty. He encouraged me to go to France for Marathon World Championships during an extremely difficult personal time in my life. I probably would not have gone if he had not pushed me and helped me rally some $$.
What is the most epic or crazy or challenging thing you've experienced while training or racing?
WV weather.
What is the most memorable encouter with wildlife while training or racing? The bear I almost T-boned on my road bike heading down Black Mountain on the Scenic Hwy at 40mph. We made eye contact. Thankfully he moved. He would have won.
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Racing and maintaining my business during a very difficult divorce.
Is there a race/day, training day, injury, or event that you'd like to forget? Being all too optimistic about it, no. I think everything including bad races and injury happened for a reason and I hope I learned and made the best out of them even if it was a bummer at the time.
What is your favorite food?
Dirtbean SuperCookies. sushi or any nutbutter, don't make me choose.
What do you eat for breakfast on race day?
SuperCookies
SuperCookies, Sushi and a Pipeline Porter
Cafe Pesto in Hilo
Coffee
Have you read any good books lately you'd like to reccomend?
Lots of books on Ayurveda, if you are into holistic health, diet and weight loss, I would recommend Dr. Scott Gerson's "Ayurvedic Approach to Diet and Weight Loss"
Have you seen any good movies you'd like to share?
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