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would not be as successful today without its runners. They are the lifeline and the heartbeat of all of our training programs, classes, group runs and services. Some have been more recent members of TRC, while others have been with us for many years. And we love each and every one of them and are proud of all their accomplishments.
But there are a few who stand-out as shining stars due to their commitment to their training and their dedication and support of Coach Mindy and The Running Center. You can find them at many group runs and races including traveling to many races while proudly wearing The Running Center’s team shirt.
Because of their love of running and their desire to give something back to the sport, we have created an so that future runners can reap the benefits of their passion. As you will read below, they not only give 100% effort to their running, but they each have very impressive careers too, adding to their abilities to advise TRC and its runners so that everyone may benefit from their experience.
If you join a training program with TRC, you can be sure that you'll receive support while running alongside one of our Advisory Board members.
• Duke Univ. Fuqua School of Business – M.B.A.
• Duke University – B.S.
• National Tax Sheltered Accounts Association – Executive Director
• Formerly with Met Life for 17 years in various executive positions in the Corporate Investments Department
Reneé is the senior member of The Running Center’s team, having been a member since 1995. She has developed as a strong, consistent runner through her disciplined efforts of attending almost all of the group runs. She initially joined our Beginner’s Running Program and our Speed/Hill Classes, then blossomed into a marathoner in our Marathon Training Program. We applaud her committed efforts.
Reneé loves to travel and joins her love of running with traveling to races including the Prague Half-Marathon, the Bay-to-Breakers 12K in San Francisco and the Paris Half-Marathon. Reneé has run three marathons, Philadelphia 2004 and NYC 2005, but her shining moment came when she qualified for the Boston Marathon during the 2007 NYC Marathon. Not only is she talented in the longer distances but she also has great speed and has run 220 yards in 37 seconds. A sprinter is born!
Reneé is the Operating Officer for Hearts of Gold, a non-profit organization benefiting homeless women and children in New York City and is a member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of World Neighbors, an international non-profit organization working to strengthen development in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Reneé has studied and taught Seido Karate for 13 years, earning her sandan ranking (third degree black belt). She has been married for 13 years to Wayne, a psychiatric social worker who also has a private practice counseling domestic violence abusers. They live in Manhattan.
• Nuertingen University in Germany – B.S.
• Mercedes-Benz USA – Department Manager of Curriculum Development and Product Training
• Formerly with smart USA as the Communications Manager, managing the sponsorship of the 2004 NYC Marathon and previously to that was with DaimlerChrysler AG in Germany
Julia started training with The Running Center in June 2004 in our Marathon Training Program and ran her first marathon, the 2004 NYC Marathon. As a relatively new runner, she settled into a 9:30 to 10:00 pace for distances ranging from three to 12 miles. By the Fall of 2004 she had run a 1-mile run in 7:09; a 5-mile race in 8:42 pace; a half-marathon in 7:54 pace and completed the NYC Marathon that year in a time of 3:34:32 for a pace of 8:11, which qualified her for the Boston Marathon. We knew she had a special talent.
Julia ran Boston 2005 in one of the worst heat conditions in Boston history with temperatures soaring into the 80’s, but still posted a very respectable time of 3:41:04. Throughout 2005, she developed even further during her Private Coaching sessions when her one-mile times fell to 6:25, then 6:11, and finally 6:01. She ran the 2006 NYC Marathon in 3:18:16, for a pace of 7:34 leading the way for all TRC women. Her crowning glory came in the 2007 Boston Marathon where she PR'd by over 10 minutes to run 3:07:31 for a pace of 7:09. Since Boston, she has won a 5K race in 19:53 (6:24 pace), and has run 41:01 (6:36 pace) for 10K.
Julia grew up in the hometown of Mercedes-Benz, Stuttgart, Germany and moved to the U.S. in 2002. She lives in Manhattan and drives a beautiful Mercedes-Benz which all of her running friends enjoy riding!
• MIT – M.B.A.
• Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France) – M.S.
• Supelec (France) – M.S.
• Athilon – Founder, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
• Formerly with Marsh & McLennan as Senior Vice President, with MBIA, with Credit Agricole Indosuez and with Andersen Consulting in France
Marc joined The Running Center in 2003 as a new runner, and ran his first marathon that year, the NYC Marathon in a time of 4:55 while training with the Marathon Training Program. He immediately got the running-bug and continued to train and race with TRC. He ran the 2004 Philadelphia Marathon, and through consistent Marathon Training Runs improved his time to 4:36 in the 2007 NYC Marathon. Marc has run numerous Half-Marathons under nine minute pace, and ran a 4-mile race in 7:55 pace. Marc has traveled to the Paris Half-Marathon and often travels to scenic places across the globe to mix running and touring. He is also an avid karateka, surfer, snowboarder and samba dancer, much to Coach Mindy’s despair!
In 1988, Marc was a visiting scientist at the Houston Area Research Center where he worked on a NASA computer program and was published in scientific journals. He was born in Madagascar, raised in France and has been living in the U.S. since 1994. He lives in Manhattan with his wife Owi who has provided unconditional support to his recent and lasting running enthusiasm despite her busy life as a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs.
LORI-ANN (L.A.) WYNTER
Education
• Yale University – BA (Russian Studies, Music); MPPM
Professional Career
• Bayerische Landesbank, New York
• Formerly with Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Merrill Lynch & Co.
Running Career
L.A. joined The Running Center in October 2006 as a brand new runner. She ran her first 10K within ten weeks of joining. Since then, L.A. has run 10K to 15K races, and led a pace group for our Last 10 Mile Run in 2007. She has totally embraced the sport of running, incorporating positive mindset and nutrition, and is a devotee of the Runditioning classes, which have helped her maintain proper form and remain injury-free. In her first six months of running she lost 20 lbs, decreased her bad cholesterol and lowered her blood pressure and improved her pace by over four minutes per mile. Prior to her running pursuit, L.A.’s form of exercise was jumping…”to conclusions.”
About L.A.
L.A. is a senior securitization professional at the New York office of Bayerische Landesbank. A resident of Manhattan, she enjoys attending the theatre, the ballet and the symphony. She also enjoys gymnastics and tennis. She ardently supports several 501(c)(3)’s including Action Against Hunger/Action Contre Faim, The Acting Company, Imagination Stage, and the Yale University Library. L.A. is a Juilliard-trained pianist and occasionally performs chamber music in New York.
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