ING Miami Marathon New Balance Pace Team 2008: Pacer Bios

3:20
Bruce Choi
Bruce lives in Jacksonville Florida. He has run 41 marathons and one 50 mile ultra marathon. He thinks that he is a little addicted. He has paced as 3:20 pacer three times in past 2 years. Miami last year and 2 times in Shamrock marathon in Virginia Beach in 2006 and 2007.

3:30
Eric Teets
AKA Pacer Eric. He is 37, married with two wonderful girls. As a member of the Manasota Track Club in Sarasota Florida, he loves to talk about training and racing. He looks forward to helping his group achieve their marathon goal, and perhaps help a few get their Boston qualifying time to earn the coveted trip to "Bean-town."

Joshua Grzegorzewski
Joshua is a Highway Engineer with the US DOT who was first inspired to attempt distance running while attending the 2004 Boston Marathon. He runs, with the support of his opera soprano wife Beth Grzegorzewski, in honor of those who cannot, to inspire those who have not (yet), and in appreciation of those who enable us to run freely and safely without fear.

3:40
Jeff Horowitz
Jeff is an attorney, writer, personal trainer, and marathon coach living in Washington D.C. with his wife and their 2-year old son. He has run 132 marathons, including at least one in every state, and all over the world, including Antarctica.

Bill Sanders
Bill says that serving as a marathon pacer has been very rewarding over the years. He is the father of three young children; Brennan, Griffin, and Avery. They along with his wife are his treasure. Bill’s favorite running experiences have been the early Saturday morning winter long runs with his wife and running club friends. He loves to run and loves the friendships that have been developed while running. Run with Bill. You will have a blast!

3:50
Clark Gloyeske
Clark is an electrical engineer by profession, but enjoys doing almost anything outdoors from gardening to skiing. Trail running is his favorite. Clark’s running goal is to be under 3 hours for a marathon this year. Besides running, family, friends and church are a big part of his life. He looks forward to pacing at Miami and helping you achieve your goal!

Gary Morgan
Gary lives in Clarkston, Michigan a northerly suburb of Detroit, Michigan. He has lived in Michigan his whole life. Gary was a 1988 US Olympian in the 20k Racewalk. He has competed in 6 Olympic Trials (1984-2004) and I won 17 National Racewlk titles. Gary carried the Olympic torch in 1996 and 2002. He has run 44 marathons and my PR was 2:35:40 in 1981. He started pacing races in 2005 and has paced 11 marathons.

4:00
Aaron Schneider
Aaron grew up less than a mile from Lake Michigan in Door County, WI; a picturesque vacation area of Wisconsin filled with many shoreline trails perfect of running. After being heavily involved in running during high school, Aaron chose to play college soccer. Since graduating in 2001 he has once again picked up running and has been doing marathons ever since.

David Patlan
David lives in Miami, Fl. and completed 14 marathons including Dallas, New York and Miami. His greatest edurance challenge was training for and completing a fifty mile Ultramarathon in under eight hours.

4:15
Marie Bartoletti
Marie have two sons, 22 and 23 years old. She teaches elementary school physical education where she promotes running and triathlons (13 kids did the kids tri last summer) and also does ultra running. Marie took first place in the Mother Road 100 and also completed the Western States 100 miler last summer. She does charity work as well, coordianting the Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart events and raising around $10,000 each year at her school for the American Heart Association. She LOVES pacing and does about 25 marathons a year, pacing almost all of them. Marie has completed over 100 marathons, but has lost count after 100! (maybe 115?) She has paced over 50. Marie’s accomplishments: Won age division in Ironman Triathlon, 3rd overall and 1st female in the Mother Road 100 race, completed the Western States Endurance 100 mile run, 1st place and 3rd female finisher in Burning River 100 miler, won numerous 50-mile ultra runs and did the Pikes' Peak double last summer.

Magnus Jennemyr
Magnus is Swedish, 36 year old and has been living abroad most of his adult life. He moved to Miami with his wife Chelsea for a better quality of life in 2004. He only began running 3 years ago and now he just can’t stop. Magnus is an enthusiastic Marathoner and Triathlete and ING Miami will be my # 11.

4:30
Mike Okun
Mike currently resides in scarsdale New York. He is married and has three boys ranging from ages 11-4. He has run seven marathons and two ultra marathons. His favorite marathon is the NYC which he has done four years in a row. This past year he paced a group of friends who wanted to finish under four hours. “It was a great feeling to help them. I am really excited about pacing in Miami,” Mike said. He is 36 years old and currently resides in Scarsdale, NY with his family. He owns two True Value hardware stroes which his wife helps him run. Running helps Mike relieve stress and is a great way to stay in shape.

Jonathan Hamel
Born in Washington, DC and moved to Miami in 1997. Used to rely on my wife, Laura, to accompany me on her bike for my long runs, but I now push my twin two-year old boys, Benjamin and Jonah. After running twice in the ING Miami marathon, the arrival of our boys virtually eliminated running for a year, but after their first birthday and the purchase of a double jog stroller, I'm back on the road again. The 2008 ING Miami marathon will be the starting point for more intense training this year and, hopefully, an ironman race in the not too distant future.

4:45
Nancy Stuparich
Nancy is a native Floridian, and will be completing her 49th race of marathon distance in the race where it all started in 1986, when she ran her first marathon in Miami. During the day, she is an attorney with the firm of Weiss, Serota, Helfman, et al. On the weekends she travels to running, biking, and triathlon events. She is training for ironman Austria in July 2008 and can speak Italian and Spanish. She has raced in Venice and Florence, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico City.

Veronica Ghoghos
Veronica was born in Argentina and currently resides in Plantation, FL. She is a certified RRCA marathon/half marathon coach for Friends in Training running group. Marathon PR 4:17 at NCY marathon 2005. Occupation: Accountant. She practices hatha yoga in addition to running.

5:00
Kristi Shepard
Kristi is a Miami Native who loves the social aspect or running as much as the challenge. She has run 5 marathons including Athens, Greece two months ago. When she is not running she is biking or swimming to train for her first Ironman in August, 2008.

Kerilyn O'Donnell
Kerilyn is from Chicago, Illinois. She has 6 marathons under her belt and this Miami Marathon will be her 7th, but her first in FL. So far her favorite was the NYC marathon. She has recently developed an increased interest in longer distance triathlons, and last year did a half-Ironman distance triathlon. She is excited to help the running community by pacing for the Miami Marathon but is also using this race as preparation for a possible full Ironman distance triathlon endeavor of her own.

5:30
Marcella Todd
Marcela works at the Motorola Wellness Center in Plantation Florida as the Program Manager. She loves her job! She is also a Fitness Instructor, and an RRCA Certified Marathon Training Coach. In addition, Marcella is the Head Coach for Friends In Training, a growing Marathon Training Group in Ft Lauderdale. She is originally from Bogota, Colombia and currently resides in Davie, FL. She is really excited as ING Miami Marathon as it will be Marathon #20!! She was also a part of the official ING Miami Marathon pace team last year and totally LOVED IT! :) Her favorite Marathon and one of her biggest accomplishments was the Pikes Peak Marathon, also known as the America's Ultimate Challenge. They only take 800 runners and most of them are men. She had to go up, over an altitude of 14,000 feet, and it was snowing up on the top, but she had a blast! Marcella loves running and really enjoys being a pacer as it gives her the opportunity to support and encourage others to reach their goals, which is very gratifying. Thanks ING Miami Marathon for the opportunity! :)

Marie Weston
Marie has been marathoning for the past 10 years; recently completed her 30th marathon and placed first in her age group there. She loves the social aspect of training and running marathons, and the energizing health benefits. She has never "hit the wall" during a marathon, and has enjoyed every single one; get happiest during the last 6 miles! Marie has finished the Pikes Peak Marathon, 1/2 Iron Duathlon, and Bike across Switzerland in 9 days! :)

Alternates
George Haddad
Paul Miller