Running Resume

If you have reached this page, I hope it is because there is some interest in working with me through an athlete sponsorship or ambassador program. Please find below some of my background information, experience, and highlighted running achievements.

Background

I am a Midwesterner (Quad Cities) who relocated to the East Coast (NJ) in 2006. I have been interested in trail running since before I realized I was a fan of running. Some of my most vivid and pleasant childhood memories are of sprinting on a dirt trail imagining I was Indiana Jones escaping from the Temple of Doom. Things have changed a bit since then, but not completely. I still do a good amount of imagining and daydreaming while trail running, but for the most part at a more sustainable pace.

I ran my first marathon in 2009. I began training for what I hoped to be my first ultramarathon in 2013. Unfortunately, as I began to increase my mileage I was hindered by an unrelenting pain in my hip every time I ran which lasted for several days following the run. After several visits with the doctor, x-rays, an MRI, and a visit with a surgeon I decided corrective surgery was the best option. The arthroscopic hip surgery repaired the anterior labral tear. According to the surgeon, my labrum was shredded due to a bone spur which caused a one way valve to form resulting in a painful cyst. Therefore, the shredded cartilage was cut out, the bone spur was shaved off, and the cyst removed. Two years later, I ran my first ultramarathon, the 2015 Blues Cruise in Leesport, PA.

Since then my passion for trail running and ultrarunning has only grown. I somewhat inadvertently ran my first 100 miler in 2016. The 2016 season was coming to an end and I realized I was the most physically capable of finishing a 100 miler than I had ever been. I decided to go for it and registered for a 100 mile race. It went far better than I had ever hoped it would. After several years of ultrarunning, I made my first attempt at a last person standing format race and won it. I eventually became more and more focused on backyard format races and made my primary running goal to earn a spot on Team USA at the International Backyard Team World Championship Competition. I achieved that goal in 2022 and ran a total of 62 yards or 258.33 miles at the event in Bell Buckle, TN.

I have years of experience managing a social media presence and promoting races and running related products. Since 2018 when I started as a BibRave Pro Ambassador, I have promoted a wide range of races from virtual format to an in person 150 mile relay format race. Additionally, I have promoted brands and products ranging from Buff to compression socks to Science in Sport nutritional supplements.