Melissa Bay

I love to RUN but I can not spell to save my life-Have fun reading

“Live in the moment and enjoy your life. Things are allways changing.”

City: Colorado Springs State: CO

Favorite Shoe: new balance-for now Size: 8

Age: 37.3 years old

Marital Status: none

Family members:
Two beautiful, smart daughters

What I do for work:
ed-tech-Penrose hospital and anesteshia tech-Memorial hospital
single mom, part time student

Places I’ve called home and why I like where I am now:
Walsenburg,Co
I live near Cheyenne Canyon area, love the wildlife and single track runs.

When I started running and what got me started:
Did some road races-realized i did not like the roads and hit the trails. Trained with the incline club after signing up for my first BTMR. I have done well on the trails. Progressivly I take trail running more serious and get better.

What does running mean to me:
It grounds me. The club has added a lot to my passion for trail/mountian running. Finding out how hard I can actually push myself and what I can acomplish keeps running fun. Thank you incline Club

Running accomplishments:
flatt roads to love for the hiily mountains.
2008-BMTR 4th place age group- 16th female( first time running that race)
2008-ADT 1/2 Marathon 2nd in age group (First time doing a half marathon race)
2008 Fall serries-1st in age group( first time doing that series)
2010-Dirty Thirty 12mile 3rd in age group

What I like about trail/mountain running:
I love to play with the different types of strides, jumping and lateral moves for a quick pace up and down the hills. Kicking out my elbows for a down hill turn and overall balence over some unstable surfaces at a fast pace is exciting. I can't wait to push my self on a lenghty incline only to treat myself to the short rolling hills afterwords and then let loose on a flatt. Pure bliss!!! Not to mention when there is a great tempo song playing and I get lost in the whole ordeal watch out I feel unstoppable.

Favorite running trail and why:
Pushing myself on any trail-just to be able to enjoy some well earned good grub.

Favorite trail/mountain race and why:
BMTR- i like a true trail race not dirt road/trial race
Dirty Thirty-like the single track and technical trail

Best running experience:
Trainng with the incline club and CRUD- for preparation of any race-you guys keep me paced well.

Worst running experience:
Running too hard in the heat!!

Neatest thing found on a run:
A natural crystal rock- section 16 parking lot, found while stretching

Running pet peeves:
People not picking up thier dogs poop. Leaving it to smell as you wisk buy. YUCK!!!!

Something non running related that no one would guess about me:
I was into Barrel Racing when I was a kid.

Other stuff:
I want to keep my running at a level that I always enjoy and not push my self so hard that I make an excuse not to run the next day. But then agin all I do is push myself so I will take it run by run.

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