The Pace Setter August 2009 - Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club

Pr~of~RwuterDORINE DeLUTRIWhat is your occupation, background, age,hobbies, and other sports or other interests?I am a legal assistant and have been workingin this field for almost 20 years. I'm happilymarried for 14 years and I have two daughters,a son and two grandchildren. I'm an avid readerand love football season.When and how did you get started running?That's a long story. Essentially I was hiredto transcribe taped interviews of women runnersof all age groups. This was in 2003 andat that time I was just exercising by walkingon a regular basis, usually on my treadmill. Ithink because all of the stories I heard soundedlike so much fun (other than some tears duringmarathons, etc.) that I'd give it a try myself. So,I've been running fairly steadily for six yearsnow.Do you have a favorite race or races?I like any Sk race at The Crossings. It's closeto my home in Latham; it's a smaller group ofpeople and fairly flat. That's my kind of race!What are your most memorable races?I'd have to say my most memorable racewas the first Freihofer's race I did in 2005.I don't believe I'd ever been in such a largecrowd of people in my life. It was a little scary,but very exciting.How do you train? Do you have trainingpartners?I'm training with a trainer for a half marathon(my first) taking place in October. Rightnow, I run five miles three days a week - usuallywith a girlfriend. I run with a training groupone day a week for speed work and a long runon the weekend. I'm up to 8 miles for my longrun.What are your current goals?I want to continue to improve my endurancelevel for the half.Do you have any future running goals?My only future running goal right now is totrain for the half and cross that finish line!Do you have a philosophy of running?You can always run "a little more" than youthink.Any funny stories?Yes. My trainer is not only very good at hiscoaching abilities, but he's also very talented indrawing out expletives from his students. 0The Pace Setter - 23