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    Meet Brock Skywalker

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    Name: Brock Skywalker
    Age: 39
    Location: Edmonton, Alberta
    Makeover Goal: New marathon PB

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    Moustache and a Pink Cast:  I am a run/walk coach with the Prairie Region (Edmonton) of Team in Training, so I work with groups of 20 to 30 hopeful runners/walkers twice a week. 95% of them have never participated in an endurance event of any type and they are nervous, anxious, apprehensive, intimidated and/or pretty much freaked out about what they have gotten themselves into. They all look to me for reassurance, strength and guidance – which means, I have to look appropriate and GOOD. Last season (Nov 2009) I started the season wearing my old MEC cycling (not running) pants and jacket, a moustache (it was Movember) and a huge pink cast from my knuckles to my shoulder (I had wrist surgery in October). If anyone has a need for an updated look, it is me!


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    A runner for just over four years, Karen has already completed a marathon, two half marathons and a variety of 5k and 10k races. She describes her first marathon - the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon last September - as "a nightmare." However, she met a very interesting person in the process - a man named Sydney who was running his 152nd marathon! Although the race didn't go as well as planned for Karen or Sydney, he showed her that no matter how experienced a runner you are, you can still have a bad day. "Does that mean we shouldn't bother to prepare, or maybe just shouldn't bother at all? Of course not!" says Karen. "In the end, it is what we make it." We like her optimism!