Name: Mary Dyan
Age: 30
Residence: Somerville, MA
Birthplace: Tuxedo Park, NY
Education:
         High School: The Hotchkiss School
         College: Boston College
Occupation: Education/Project Specialist (truly, I am an aspiring camp owner/director)
Marital status: Married
Children status: none

How long have you been running? I did my first 10K (the Tuxedo 10K) in 6th grade! So 19 years and man, does that make me feel OLD!
What made you decide to begin running? It was one of the winter sports options in junior high and the only one that was outside!
Did you run competitively in high school? Yes.
Did you run competitively in college? One season of X-C
When / why did you join SRR? Last November; wanting structured workouts and to find people at a similar pace.
Total number races: No idea.
Favorite race (and why): Really enjoyed Big Sur as a destination race. Locally... either the Somerville Homeless Coalition 5K, the Tufts' 10K or Iron Man Lake Placid.
Favorite race distance: They all seem to have their pros and cons!
Favorite runner: My HS running coach, Mrs. Noyes
Favorite running shoe: Asics 2090
Average miles per week: 25-30
Most MPW Ever: not much more than 30!
Best running memory: In recent memory, discovering the trails behind Walden Pond with fellow SRR runner, Becky. In racing, I cannot pinpoint a BEST memory. I am really bad with superlatives (best, favorite, etc).
Worst running memory: Muscle spasms in my calf for the last 3 miles of the Philly Marathon in 2003 and missing a BQ time by 15 seconds.

Running PR's (when and where):
         Khoury's: 29:17 (Winter Challenge, 2004)
         5K: 21:29 (Somerville Homeless Coalition 5K, Oct 2003)
         10K: 46:09 (Cranberry Country Triathlon, 2005 — prior to this I never kept track of 10K times!)
         25K: 2:05:58 (Cape Ann, Sept 2005)
         30K: Only did Stu's course as a training run last winter, no clue on the time.
         4.12 mile: 28:44
         5 mile: 34:35
         10 mile: 1:14:24 (Yankee Homecoming, 2004)
         20 mile: 2:30:44 (Eastern States, 2005)
         Half-marathon: 1:36:05 (Hyannis February 2005)
         Marathon: 3:28:39 (Big Sur, 2005)
         Triathlon (ironman): 13:12:56 (IronMan USA, Lake Placid, 2005)

Favorite sport other than running: swimming, biking, sailing, tennis
Favorite author: Barbara Kingsolver, John Irving
Favorite book: The Corrections, Kite Runner (really hard to narrow this down to a few)
Favorite TV show: Simpsons, Seinfeld, Scrubs, ER
Favorite movie: Finding Nemo
Favorite food: Cereal, bread, I am the Anti-Atkins!!!
Favorite ice cream: Green Monster (mint Oreo with fudge)
Favorite restaurant: Dali, Diva

Fill in the blank: I like it when I take the first sip of diet coke after a run or race. I hate it when Someone forgets to have a diet coke waiting for me at the end of a race!