Maritza Vande Voorde
IronTeam Bio Information
Location: I live in Pleasant Hill.
School Attended: SFSU for both undergrad and graduate school
Profession: College Counselor/Adjunct Faculty
Race: Canada Iron Man
Why: To challenge and strengthen my mind and body while raising awareness and money for a good cause.
Motivation: To beat Debby N. and Marin. K.
Goal: To beat Debby N. and Marin. K
Other races: I want to beat Debby N. and Marin K. in all races.
Favorite tri gadget/gear items: Not sure yet. I do love my new road bike.
Favorite Books: All Isabel Allende books, The Coming Plague, Michael Crichton books, and more.
Favorite Movies: The Matrix, Young Frankenstein, Holy Grail, Billy Madison, A Room with a View, Scrooged, Wedding Crashers
Favorite Songs/Artists: Sublime, Erasure, Snow Patrol, Pearl Jam, Audio Slave and more.
Favorite Workout Songs: Even Flow, Play That Funky Music, More than a Feeling, Let’s Get it Started. Gold Digger
Morning or Evening: Evening
Favorite Web Sites: www.soupbones.com
Favorite Eatery/Restaurant: Las Guitarras in Novato; Havana in Walnut Creek
When you have downtime, how do you spend it? Play the piano. Spend time with my family and friends. Go to the movies. Read. E-mail friends. I like to play games (card, board, etc.)
Tell us two lies and a truth about yourself…keep them guessing!
I’ve completed over 12 marathons in 10 states.
I barrel raced competitively during my late teens.
I am tri-lingual: English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
IronTeam » Debby Naegle says:
October 17th, 2005 at 9:50 pm
[…] Location: Walnut Creek School Attended: University of Arizona (I love the heat!) Profession: Pharmacist by Profession. Director of Pharmacy, Blue Shield of California Race: Ironman Canada 2006 Why: Good question!! To keep up with my friends (friends? Maritza wants to kick your ass), because I am blessed with endurance, to contribute to a cause that will find a cure for leukemia , and to stop working 60 hour weeks!! Motivation: To test my limits and have a life! Goal: Finish Other races: Just finished the Chicago Marathon! No Ironman (yet!) […]
Maritza Vande Voorde says:
February 9th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
I’m so cute!
Troyski says:
June 24th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Thought I’d look up an old coworker who I once heard say, “I just LOVE to run!”
Whew, I guess so! The next thing I know I look her up and she’s running triathlons all over the place and training like the bionic woman!
I’m VERY HAPPY for you Maritza that you now realize (”I’m so cute”) what we’ve all been saying all along. I’m sorry you had to run, swim and bike 20,000 miles to come to that place! Maybe a spa package at Nordstrom might have been an easier way to do it, but hey, knock yourself out! I don’t like anyone messin’ with my own Private Idaho either, so I won’t mess with yours!
Let me guess… you warm down with a nice couple hours on a stretch rack?? Or maybe a mellow sun tanning on a bed of hot coals???
I’m just giving you a hard time! You Triathlon people are impressive as hell! I take a bow to all of you!
Who knows, maybe some day I’ll be so ambitious?? I finally decided after 46 years of constant flagrant abuse of my body that it may just be time for me to finally change my ways. I actually go to the gym now everyday before work. (I’m up to 5 miles on the elliptical machine at level 5 resistance and I can whip out 40 to 50 pushups with relative ease. That’s up from 2 to 3 when I started.)
Of course, it’s the eating that’s the most difficult part for me. I know that if I get that under control, the rest will have been of little value. So I’m working on that too.
He estado trabajando más o menos en soporte técnico bilingüe desde que abandoné mi posición con la ciudad de SF (DSH) en 1999, incluyendo por lo menos 3 años en soporte alemán.
Soy MUCHO más pobre hoy día pero soy mucho más feliz tambien. Los clientes en SF DSH siempre me complimentaron porque los trataba siempre lo mejor que podía.
Desafortunademente, para poder hacer eso, tenía que hacer decisiones que siempre cayeron en conflicto con lo que necesitaba la Admin. Puesto que ellos sean aquellos que deciden mi futuro y bienestar financieramente y profesionalmente, nunca hubiera alcanzado un nivel de cualquier forma de éxito allí.
Para estar en cualquier situación dónde todos los demás siempre se quejen de ti no haga mucho divertido. Fue tiempo que irme. Tambien requerría esa posición un nivel de organización bastante extremo que simplemente no tengo. Siendo bipolar no me ayudó tampoco.
Con computadoras el hecho de que tengo que mirar a la pantalla del monitor me ayuda enfocarme mucho más facilmente y mis otros talentos de computadora me dejan organizarme bien en línea. Es totalmente diferente.
I’m very happy for you Maritza! Keep up the great work! I’ll speak for myself when I say that I always knew you were a gem, a superhuman among us mere mortals.
I still think a simple mudbath would have … ☺