FHR PROFILE: Margene C.

Margene, a self-proclaimed "data freak" knows EXACTLY the date when she started spinning at Foothills Revolution: June 4th, 2005. Since then she hasn't slowed down one bit!
Margene sees spinning as the third stage of her four phase plan.
She started lifting weights in January of 2004 . "Daniel" (her trainer) "started from ZERO with me" she said. "We work 45 minutes to an hour three times a week. He's really good at mixing it up!" At that time she was also walking on the treadmill with her friend.
In April they took to Piestewa Peak with a friend and realized that she wasn't working very hard on that tread mill, and entered Phase Two. When she started hiking PP it took her 35 to 40 minutes to get to the top. Now, she has shaved a full 15 minutes off that measure.
Today, Margene is in Phase Four - she credits the first 12-week body challenge and the TRY training they provided at Foothills with really taking her to the next level. Now she is a serious competitor having completed five triathlons.
Her favorite piece of gear? The Heart Rate Monitor. It provides her with the incentive she needs to keep going and, of course, it appeals to the data freak in her... It lets her set goals and see just how hard she's actually working. Without looking it up, she told me that she burned 1741 calories during her recent 1/2 marathon in San Francisco.
Her second-favorite piece of gear? Her Road ID. "I'll never be a Jane Doe" she said. Lets hope she never needs that bracelet for more than reassurance!!
Other essentials that make her efforts safe and easy include good shoes and Desoto shorts "the ones with innards" because they just mean "less nonsense" when you're on the trail!
About FHR, Margene says "Foothills is extremely influential in my fitness development. Without Foothills I'd have never done a Tri and now I've done FIVE!" Margene - it cuts both ways. You are inspiration to this rider, at the very least.