Name: Chrstina Gille
Age: 44
Birth Place : Queens, New York
Occupation: Course Designer for Westwood College Online
Family: I am married to my husband of 20 years, Alan. We have one little guy together, his name is Aaron and he is 4. I also have 3 stepkids and 4 grandkids. The youngest grandkid is about 6 weeks older than my son. We have been living in Colorado since 1990 and we love it here. Both of our families live in New York.
Favorite Restaurants: Casa Vallarta, Las Delicious
Favorite Movie: Anything Pixar (which i am watching more and more with a 4 year old!)
Favorite TV Show: The Office, My Name is Earl, Fringe
Favorite Book: The Kite Runner
Why did you start running/walking: I had run for several years and stopped after my son was born. When my dad passed away in 2006 i started up again to help deal with the depression of losing my dad. I found that i was much slower but i am realizing that does not matter so much to me anymore. I enjoy racing and competing against myself more than anything. I like to set personal goals for myself. Running has been a way to deal with the day to day stress and make me feel like i can pretty much do anything. My goal this year is to finally complete a marathon. Its one of those things i have always wanted to do but keep making excuses as to why i “can’t.” I signed my sister and myself up for the Philadelphia Marathon. I am ver excited to do it with her!
Running/walking since: 2000
RMRR member since: 2008
How did you learn about the RMRR: Website
Average Weekly Mileage: 15
Favorite Place to run/walk: Washington Park, nice dirt path, lots of people, big trees. I love it.
Favorite Workout: Getting up early on a Saturday, packing up my dog Elvis and going to Wash Park for a few loops around. Especially when the weather is nice and cool.
Most satisfying performance: Colorado Half Marathon in 2003. I ran it in 2:10.
Favorite RMRR event: Not sure yet!
What do you like about RMRR: I like the fact that its very inexpensive and they have the monthly runs which help keep me on track and motivated. I like the fact that i am running with my own pace group and we all end up coming in together.