Amy Marxkors

Get-to-Know Me:

• Nicknames:
  "Rodrigo"
• Date of Birth:
  July 26, 1983
• Training Distance:
  Anything between a 5K and a marathon
• Years Running:
  10
• Favorite Locations to Train:
  Anywhere as long as I'm running with friends.
• Favorite Race:
  St. Louis Marathon (Lots of friends and family are around, and the marathon is a cool way to see St. Louis.)
• How you got started running:
  My dad was a runner and I needed to stay in shape for hockey... so I joined my dad on some runs. And voila!
• Favorite foods:
  Chocolate chip cookies, broccoli, bread, and pretty much anything from Starbucks!
• Favorite movies:
  BBC's 5-hour version of Pride and Prejudice, A Night at the Museum, Disney's animated Robin Hood, and any old movies from the 1930s and 1940s.
• Best experience through running:
  Having "casual" running buddies turn into the closest of friends. ...And all the goofy, insane stories that arise from running miles and miles with the same people.
• Running traditions you may have:
  Discovering at the end of the run that I've locked my keys in the car.
• Craziest moment through running:
  Having 8 angry, barking, hunting dogs chase me down a quarter-mile stretch of country road. Also, the 2007 Chicago Marathon was quite an experience.
• Most exotic running location you've been to:
  The early-morning streets of downtown Edinburgh, Scotland, and the top deck running track of a ship sailing the Caribbean Sea.
• Favorite cereal:
  Honey Bunches of Oats, Frosted Mini-Wheats, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
• Favorite ice cream flavor:
  As long as it's ice cream, I'm happy. (Well, except I don't like ice cream with cherries and walnuts in it.)
• Prefer trails or roads?
  I like to mix it up, but if I had to choose... roads.

 

2008 Races:
Snowball Series 20K - 1:30:00
GO! StL 26.2M - 3:23:10
Run for Sight 5K - 19:54
Race for Miracles 5K - 19:55