Annie Feldman

Annie Feldman is a lifelong runner – running competitively in high school and college (800 meters). A long way from the half-mile, these days she enjoys running 10K’s, half marathons and marathons, as well as competing in triathlons during the summer months (she’d love to do an Ironman one day). She trains with the Pacers Arlington group and frequently organizes long runs on the weekends with members of that Fun Run group. Fairly new to marathons, her first being the 2008 Marine Corps, she has a lot of lofty goals for the coming year and beyond. Her greatest running accomplishment was her 2009 Boston Marathon – her second marathon ever and a PR of 3:15 after coming back from an ankle injury. She recently added Bikram yoga to her training regimen as she ramps up for the 2010 Boston Marathon. She hopes to run sub 3:10 this year.

Annie is a graphic and web designer for The Motley Fool in Alexandria, VA. She also works on the side as an assistant Pastry Chef and owns her own catering company. She lives in the heart of Clarendon (Arlington, VA) with some friends.

Favorites Race: Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run

Running Location: Capital Crescent Trail / C&O

Favorite Shoe: Newton Stability Trainers

Motto or Advice: Gotta go with Teddy Roosevelt on this one: "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

My Pacers Spot: Pacers Arlington - Clarendon