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1. Personal Data:       
          
 
 
Name: Gaggi DeStefanis
 
Age: 34
 
Family: Married, no kids
 
Occupation: Account Manager, Software
 
Where do you live now: Arlington, Massachusetts
 
Where did you grow up: Belmont, Massachusetts
 
2. Running Profile:


When/How did you start running?
Age 7

When/How did you join CSU?
My father ran for CSU in the 70's and 80's. After I graduated college in the early 90's, Martin Duffy talked me into joinging CSU.
What are some of your personal bests?  
Marathon:
5K:
400m:
3:18
19:57
58.8

What is your favorite race distance?
10 milers and 1/2's

What are some of your favorite training routes?
  Winchester by the Fells

What are your favorite pair of running shoes?
 Adidas

What is your training like (weekly mileage, specific workouts)?
 Speed on Tuesdays, hills on Thursdays, distance on the weekends, anything in between

What running achievements are you most proud of:
 Why is this so difficult to answer?

What are your current training goals?
 Just trying to get out there everyday and staying consistent

3. Other Activities, Hobbies, and Interests

What other sports/activities do you enjoy besides running?
  Mountain biking and downhill skiing

If you couldn't run, what sport/activity would you do instead?
 bike

What are some of your non-athletic hobbies or interests?
 Painting, cooking

What non-running achievement(s) are you most proud of:
 decorating the house?

What are some of your non-running goals/resolutions? :
  live a happy life

4. Wisdom to Share With Others

What do you like most about CSU?
 The flexibility and welcome-ness

What changes would you make to improve CSU?
 Enforce the membership fee better

What race would you most recommend to others? Why?
 Yankee Homecoming because it's a great distance (10M)and in the middle of the summer. Really tests whether your heart and lungs can handle the heat!

What race would you least recommend to others? Why?
 

What's your favorite piece of advice for injury prevention?
  Stretch!

What advice would you give to newbie runners?
 Stay consistent and increase very slowly!

5. Personal Favorites:

Favorite food?
 Dampfnudeln

Favorite song?
 "I Will Survive"

Favorite movie?
 "Princess Bride"

Favorite restaurant?
 Pitcher Inn, Warren VT

6. Wildcard

What question we should have asked (and your answer)?
 
I'm 5.5 and weigh 132lbs

New question: Most embarrassing running moment or running experience?


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