Michael Jenkins
Location: San Francisco
School Attended: DeVry (BS in Computer Science) Columbia Southern (MBA w/ concentrate in e-commerce)
Profession: EDI Specialist
Race: IM Canada
Why: Justify my tatoo and raise funds. This disease has affected to many close to me and taken a few also.
Motivation: Family (Brother with lung cancer, sister 5 year breast cancer survivor, very close friend with Leukemia
Goal: 12 hours
Other races: IM Arizona, Escape From Alcatraz, Wild Flower, VineMan, Big Kahuna, Treasure Island, Sentinel, Chicago Marathon, CIM, Sacramento Marathon, Napa !/2 Marathon, US 1/2 Marathon, San Francisco 1/2 Marathon, Clarksburg 30K
Favorite tri gadget/gear items: Ironman watch and zipps
Favorite Books: 5 people you meet in Heaven,
Favorite Movies: Godfather I, Serendipity, Point Break
Favorite Songs/Artists: Green Day, U2, David Sanborn, Sada - Jazz, alternative rock.
Favorite Workout Songs: Are you ready for this (Chicago Bulls opening song) . Anything you can dance to.
Morning or Evening: Both
Favorite Web Sites: Google
Favorite Eatery/Restaurant: Park Chow, Steps of Rome, II Fornioa, Albert’s Steak House and a real Chicago hot dog or Italian Beef.
When you have downtime, how do you spend it?
Wine tasting, pool side with a cold Hefeweizen beer catching some quality rays, watching a good movie or sit-com or BBQing with family and friends.
Tell us two lies and a truth about yourself…keep them guessing!
1.) My skydiving team and I lived on the edge. My dare, I had to cut away from my primary chute just to test my secondary chute. It opened and what a rush.
2.) While in the Navy, coming back from the Philippines (West Pac Tour) the crew was very bored, so my friend and I jumped overboard. They turned the ship around so fast, it blew the engine’s and we were dead in the water for 2 days and had to be towed in.
3.) While painting a second floor balcony in college, I fell straight back off the ladder and crushed my L7 disk. I was paralized for 2 months from the chest down. I had to learn how to walk all over agian.

danny says:
October 28th, 2005 at 9:56 pm
If there was an L-7 injury it wouldnt be from the chest down!
Westpac tour- dude how old are you? 60?
So it must be one, that is insane!
Shenay says:
March 20th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
stud muffin!