Name: Kerri Patterson
Age: 25
Residence: Somerville, MA
Birthplace: Seoul, S Korea
Education:
         HS: Hudson High School, Hudson, NY
         College: University of California
         Graduate: Hopefully soon (if I can get my act together)
Occupation: Pharmaceutical Research
Marital status: Single
Children status: None

How long have you been running? On and off for about 12 years, but recently since March.
What made you decide to begin running? I was too uncoordinated for most other sports.
Did you run competitively in high school? Technically yes, but to say I was "competitive" is laughable.
Did you run competitively in college? No.
When / why did you join SRR? November 2004 (although it took me a few months to actually participate). I realized I needed to work out more consistently when I could barely fit into my fat jeans. And I figured, while I'm at it I might as well try and qualify for Boston. As far as SRR, I chose it because it had the best website.
Total number races: 6
Favorite race (and why): New Bedford Half Marathon, because of the chowder and fish sandwiches.
Favorite race distance: Half marathon? I'm too inexperienced to say.
Favorite runner: I have no clue.
Favorite running shoe: Asics Gel-Landreth, Brooks Radius
Average miles per week: 35
Average MPW ever: About 50 (this only happened once, and only because I got lost in the woods while trail running).
Best running memory: I'm always so astonished/ecstatic that I finished a race in one piece (see below), that every successive finish surpasses my previous as my best running memory (seriously — I'm not just trying to sound profound).
Worst running memory: There's always a point in every race where I don't want to go on and I feel like I'm going to keel over and die at any moment.

Running PR's (when and where):
         Khoury's: 29:08 (14Apr05)
         5K: 20:28 (Pittcon Fun Run, Orlando, FL, Feb05)
         5 mile: 36:41 (Doyle's 10Apr05)
         Half-marathon: 1:41:12 (New Bedford 20Mar05)

Favorite time of day: dawn
Favorite sport other than running: soccer
Favorite author: Dave Sedaris, Don Delillo, Michael Chabon
Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird, Great Expectations
Favorite actor: Paul Newman
Favorite actress: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Favorite TV show: The Daily Show, Best Week Ever
Favorite movie: The Graduate
Favorite musician: David Bowie
Favorite song: "Beast of Burden" by the Rolling Stones
Favorite politician: Not W, nor Arnold
Favorite cereal: McCann's steel-cut oatmeal
Favorite food: oysters, pickles
Favorite ice cream: I'm lactose intolerant
Favorite cocktail: Patron Silver Margarita, although I'm mainly a beer and wine drinker.
Favorite restaurant: Zuni Café (San Francisco), East Coast Grill (Cambridge)
Favorite car: Saab 9-3 Viggen
For the men: Ginger or Mary Anne? For the women: Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan?
I'll take Mary Anne and Sean.

Fill in the blank: I like it when I make someone happy. I hate it when I don't understand something.

Favorite quotes:

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." —George Bernard Shaw

Philosophy:

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." —Camus