| May 2002 Newsletter |
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Where Are They Now?
[Note from the editors: Boy, nothing we like better than a suggestion for a regular feature, AND a story to go with it. Shawn McDonald wonders if we have a "Where Are They Now?" feature about ex-FLRCers. Well, Shawn, we do now-thanks for the idea, and for the first contribution!]
"Hi Diane,
I was checking out the FLRC newsletters on-line today, and thought I would send you a little news update about my life. As you may or may not know I have lived in San Diego since 1995. For the past 2 years I have worked as a scientist at a biotech company just north of San Diego. We have an ultrarunning club here in San Diego, called the San Diego Ultrarunning Friends (SURF), the web site is http://www.movinshoes.com/surf. I have directed two different 50 mile trail races over the past 6 years, the Pacific Crest Trail 50, and Smuggler's 50. Both are held on hiking trails east of San Diego. It has been very fun directing races again after my experiences with race directing with the FLRC during my graduate school days, and I learn a lot with each race I direct.
As far as my running goes, I have not done a lot of road races lately. I did run the Rock N Roll marathon here in San Diego last June, in 3 hours 9 mins., and ran it as part of Team In Training so I raised money to support their efforts at patient services and cancer research. The last 2 years I ran a 24 hour track race here in San Diego, winning the race in 2001 (132 miles) and finishing 3rd place last year (130 miles). I will be running a 50 mile trail race near Palmdale, CA this next weekend (April 20th) and hope to run a 12 hour track race and a trail 100 mile race at the end of the year.
The big news is that I am getting married in July. I met my fiance on the Internet, via the on-line dating service match.com We have dated for 3 years now. She supports my running and I have helped her to train for walking 2 marathons with Team in Training (at Honolulu and Portland, OR). My fiancee's name is Leslie, and she grew up in Oregon, and now works in marketing for a local pharmaceutical company. Possibly next summer (2003) we will be back east for a vacation and might get in a short trip to Ithaca as part of a New York state tour.
I've enjoyed reading the newsletters you have put on the FLRC web site. Please feel free to include any or all of this note in the newsletter, I'm not sure if you have a "where are they now ?" section. [Editor's note:now we do!]
Best regards,
Shawn McDonald"
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