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Athletes Melisa Angelone Age: 39 Occupation: Full-time wife and mom of two
What I do: I am a full-time wife and mom of two – Johnny, age 12 and Frankie, age 10. I also work from home for the Marketing department of a major luxury hotel brand. In my free time (is there free time?) I train. I’ve run five stand-alone marathons and I just completed Ironman Florida. I am now working on getting prepared for Ironman Coeur d’Alene in June of 2007. Favorite Race: I’d have to say my most favorite race ever was the New York Marathon. I ran with Fred’s Team and it was the most amazing experience – every single part of it – the people, the course, the city, the weather. I ran with a friend of mine, we started together and finished together after high-fiving every child we could find along the route. It was the perfect day and the perfect race. Every marathoner should run New York at least once. Hardest Race: You might think I’d say Ironman was the hardest, but to be honest it was my first marathon. I was under trained and under prepared. The night before the race, it rained like crazy and washed out the course, so we ended up running five five-mile loops. I started out too fast and ended up hitting a major wall at mile 18. It was so windy, at one point, I think the wind was actually pushing me backwards, and right about mile 20, I developed killer ITB pain. The minute I hobbled across the finish line, I looked at my husband and said, “I am never doing that again”. Famous last words… Favorite Food: I eat a heck of a lot of peanut butter. I don’t know that it’s my favorite, but it sure works well during training. My most favorite food in the whole world, though, would have to be my mom’s spanakopita. If you want to know more, you can read all about me here: http://mommelisa.blogspot.com |
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