Bio Information

Name: Marion Quinones

1. Hometown: Pasadena, CA
2. Schools Attended: Stanford, UCLA
3. Current or Coolest Jobs: Director of Development at Children’s Day School
4. Races You’ve Done and Would Do Again: Half marathons in Big Basin and Marin Headlands; anything in which my mother also participates.
5. Why Ironman/IronTeam and Why Now: I’m not pregnant, nursing a baby or planning to be either of the above for the first time in about a decade. Also, I love team sports, being outside and good causes and Robyn Moss is an excellent recruiter.
6. Favorite Tri Gear(s): The excellent company of my sister and fellow IronTeam-er, Minnie Ingersoll.
7. Favorite Food/Restaurants: A fresh bag of Jelly Bellies, or anything tasty that I do not have to cook myself.
8. Favorite Vacation Spots: Grand Canyon raft trip with 14 close personal family members last summer.
9. Favorite Book, Movie, Web site or all of the above: Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose.
10. What do you like to do when you’re not working out? Ride bikes, ski, play soccer and do sporty things with my family, and sleep through the night whenever I get the chance.

Bonus question:
Send over two truths and a lie about yourself.

My siblings and parents frequently call me MMG, short for Marvelous Marion the Great (of course).

I led my family’s Family Feud team to victory in the mid-90s.

The only bike I own has a baby seat on the back.

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