California International Marathon

Name: Karyn Hoffman
E-mail: karyn25@gmail.com
Phone: 916-606-8750
Home: Folsom, CA
Age: 48
Occupation: Dr. Pepper Snapple Region Manager
Date and name of first marathon: May 23.1999 San Diego Rock n Roll 3:46:59
Number of marathons completed: 25+
Number of CIMs completed: 13
Marathon PR: 3:25:09 San Francisco Nike 2005. 4th in age
Marathon awards: Great medals from every event!
Marathon finish of which you are most proud: All of them really, but mainly the ones I have not had to go to the medical tent afterwards!
Number of ultra marathons completed: 35+ including seven 100-milers (5 Western States, 1 Tahoe Rim and 1 Leadville)
Ultra marathon awards: 12 awards for age groups including a 7:53 PR at American River 50 and five 100-miler finisher buckles.
Event finish of which you are most proud and why: 2009 Ironman Cozumel. An amazing experience that reconfirmed the body is an amazing machine. I smiled for 140.6 miles! Having had a fear of the open water I learned that the fear was only in my mind and you can do what you set your mind out to do! Could not have done it with the support of some great friends!
How many Boston Marathons: 3
Other pacing experiences: 5 yrs pacing CIM,  Cowtown/Urban Cow Half Marathon, Clif Bar Pace Team: Eugene and Grandma's Marathon
Coaching experience: I lend advice at no cost so others can enjoy the thrill of getting fit and the thrill of finishing what they set out to do.
Other hobbies: Anything that makes my heart beat!  4x Ironman Finisher
Anything else you think your Pace Group would like to know about you: I will be ecstatic for each of you who get to the Start line and high-fiving you when you finish! Lets have fun, chat, smile and enjoy YOUR day!  It's all about YOU and getting YOU to your goal. Let me do the driving and managing the time and you just need to have fun, smile and run.