Alexandra Walterspiel
IronTeam Bio Information
Location: San Francisco
School Attended: Went to high school in Hamburg, Germany and to Hotel School in Lausanne, Switzerland
Profession: General Manager of the Clift Hotel
Race: Ironman Canada
Why: …that’s a good question!!!!
Motivation: Pushing my limits while doing something meaningful
Goal: To enjoy the 10 months journey to the start line and once there, have a great race!
Other races: Wildflower Olympic, Nike Marathon, Half Vineman and the NYC Marathon this November
Favorite tri gadget/gear items: Anything that makes me believe it does the work for me and makes me faster!
Favorite Books: too many to name. The most recent ones: The Secret Life of Bees; Last Report of Little No Horse
Favorite Movies: Dirty Dancing (…don’t laugh!) [raf’s comments: it’s a little hard not to…Dirty Dancing?]; Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Songs/Artists: Don’t really have a favorite, but love good music!
Favorite Workout Songs: Something that keeps me on pace
Morning or Evening: Morning for sure! With a good cup of coffee
Favorite Web Sites: Google!
Favorite Eatery/Restaurant: Asia de Cuba; Firefly; Catch; Hamano Sushi
When you have downtime, how do you spend it? Does not happen often, but when I do have downtime, I love to read. When I really need to de-stress, I do Puzzles!
Tell us two lies and a truth about yourself…keep them guessing!
1) I once owned a tattoo parlor
2) I have a Koala bear tattoo on my butt
3) I was the inspiration for the Superwoman cartoon


Little Cristina says:
December 29th, 2005 at 5:40 am
I am very proud of you, Alex!