Name: Jessica Zall
Age: 29
Residence: Medford, MA
Birthplace: Amherst, NH
Education:
         HS: Hollis, NH
         College: Bates College, Lewiston, ME
         Graduate: UNH, Whittemore School of Business (continuing elsewhere)
Occupation: Financial Consultant
Marital status: Single
Children status: None

How long have you been running? Since I was 13 years old.
What made you decide to begin running? My mother was an avid marathon runner and road racer.
Did you run competitively in high school? Yes
Did you run competitively in college? Yes
When / why did you join SRR? June 2003.
Total number races: Too many to remember.
Favorite race (and why): Boston Marathon — I live off of the crowds!
Favorite race distance: marathon
Favorite runner: Prefontaine
Favorite running shoe: New Balance 1220
Average miles per week: 40
Most MPW Ever: 60
Best running memory: Doing a cartwheel at mile 22 of the Kona Marathon Hawaii 2002.
Worst running memory: Passing out at mile 3 of the Gobble, Gobble, Gobble this year (2003) — something I'd RATHER forget.

Running PR's (when and where):
         Khourys: 30:30 (and still going)
         5K: Usually around 21:00, not a lover of 5k's though
         10K: Tuft's 10k (approx. 42:30)
         5 mile: 35:03 (Marathon Sports 5 miler, July 2002)
         Marathon: 3:30 (Ocean State Marathon '02)

Favorite time of day: Sunrise
Favorite sport other than running: Surfing
Favorite author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Favorite book: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Favorite actor: Al Pacino
Favorite actress: Sarah Jessica Parker (my sister's name is Sarah and my mother cannot get our names straight, so she calls me this — get the picture?)
Favorite TV show: CSI, Las Vegas
Favorite movie: Scarface
Favorite musician: Eddie Vedder
Favorite song: "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town"
Favorite politician: Ingrid Betancourt
Favorite cereal: Autumn Wheat — my roommate says it tastes like paper, but I seem to be OBSESSED with it!
Favorite food: Paella
Favorite ice cream: Pure vanilla
Favorite cocktail: Scotch on the rocks (preferably Glenfeddich)
Favorite restaurant: Sushi One
Favorite car: H2
For the women: Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan? By far Sean Connery!

Fill in the blank: I like it when your eyes did I meet when we passed on the street. I hate it when there is no love.
Favorite quotes:
         "If you asked me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud." — Emile Zola