3:55 Goal Finish Time CIM Pace Team Leader
Name: Rick Santos
E-mail: ricksa@vsp.com
Phone: 916-599-4635
Home: Rancho Cordova, CA
Age: 48
Occupation:VSP Auditor
Date and name of first marathon: 2003 CIM
Number of marathons completed: 14
Number of CIMs completed: 7 & 2 CIM Relays
Marathon PR: 3:18:06 Napa 2010
Marathon awards: Completing a marathon is the award, right?
Marathon finish of which you are most proud: '05 CIM. I ran under Tim Twietmeyer's 3:20 pace and qualified for Boston. Man that was an awesome feeling! Also ran Boston '07, MCM '07, NYC '08, Chicago '10.
Number of ultra marathons completed: 24
Ultra marathon awards: Four 100 mile buckles including Umstead 100, Tahoe Rim Trail 100, Leadville Trail 100 and Western States 100.
Event finish of which you are most proud and why: The 2010 Leadville Trail 100 Mile Run. Running 100 miles at altitude is very difficult. The run tested my will and limits.
How many Boston Marathons: 1 - '07, cold, windy and rainy
Other pacing experiences: I paced CIM 4:05 in 2008-09; CIM 3:45 in 2010; CIM 3:55 in 2011. Urban Cow Half 1:50 in 2010-12.
Other hobbies: I officate girls ASA fast pitch softball.
Anything else you think your Pace Group would like to know about you: Running and completing a marathon is truly an epic adventure. I love to run with people and I am truly looking forward to meeting and running with you! Rain or shine you will have stories to tell (of your journey) for the rest of your life.
Rick Santos
