Name: Sandra “Sam” Mathews
Alter Ego: Prof Mathews the “hard-ass who truly cares”
Real Life Secret Power you’re secretly proud of (example: i am a wizard at bagging groceries --it’s true. Grocery Tetris Master Bagger.) Don’t be shy. We all have our own special gifts.
Student feel like they can tell me anything. About anything (and they do, lordy the things they tell me). Because I really care.
Most used motto/mantra for dealing with life:
“If it’s not Chocolate, it’s wasted calories!”
or, when I went through my divorce it was “not my problem, I can’t fix it.”
What do you do for fun unrelated to triathlon (there’s life beyond triathlon?):
Photography, write books, kayaking, go to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with my husband, camping (hopefully someday comfortably in an Airstream, but for now, a tent works just fine). Sit outside and pay attention to what the earth and sky and plants and animals are trying to tell me.
Most unfortunate place nature has called (if you’re new to this and you’ve never pulled over roadside to answer the emergency call of nature....welcome. Soon, you too will understand how to poo undetected in your neighbor’s yard and forgo decades of socialisation to pee yourself.)
Hmmmm. Most recently, Dale and I went to Cabezon (it’s a volcanic plug in a wilderness area of New Mexico) to hike and climb. The minute I got there I had to 2, but there are NO facilities. So, I pooped under a juniper tree and buried it. Thankfully there was a napkin in the car, because it wasn’t pretty. TMI?
If you were arrested with no explanation what would your family assume you had done?
Stolen a dog from someone’s yard who was mistreating it or neglecting it.
Main goal over the next 3 months (in addition to relentless forward progress!!):
Not lose focus on healthy eating, continuing to train as if there would be races in this country again this year at some point, and trying to survive shifting my classes to online learning format through the beginning of May (primary concern). Every day at lunch though, I do my run or bike!
Optional: CV-19 Haiku Contest.
The Answer
By Sandra Mathews
Temper my fear? Love.
Temper my loneliness? Love.
Finding my way? Love.
Alter Ego: Prof Mathews the “hard-ass who truly cares”
Real Life Secret Power you’re secretly proud of (example: i am a wizard at bagging groceries --it’s true. Grocery Tetris Master Bagger.) Don’t be shy. We all have our own special gifts.
Student feel like they can tell me anything. About anything (and they do, lordy the things they tell me). Because I really care.
Most used motto/mantra for dealing with life:
“If it’s not Chocolate, it’s wasted calories!”
or, when I went through my divorce it was “not my problem, I can’t fix it.”
What do you do for fun unrelated to triathlon (there’s life beyond triathlon?):
Photography, write books, kayaking, go to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with my husband, camping (hopefully someday comfortably in an Airstream, but for now, a tent works just fine). Sit outside and pay attention to what the earth and sky and plants and animals are trying to tell me.
Most unfortunate place nature has called (if you’re new to this and you’ve never pulled over roadside to answer the emergency call of nature....welcome. Soon, you too will understand how to poo undetected in your neighbor’s yard and forgo decades of socialisation to pee yourself.)
Hmmmm. Most recently, Dale and I went to Cabezon (it’s a volcanic plug in a wilderness area of New Mexico) to hike and climb. The minute I got there I had to 2, but there are NO facilities. So, I pooped under a juniper tree and buried it. Thankfully there was a napkin in the car, because it wasn’t pretty. TMI?
If you were arrested with no explanation what would your family assume you had done?
Stolen a dog from someone’s yard who was mistreating it or neglecting it.
Main goal over the next 3 months (in addition to relentless forward progress!!):
Not lose focus on healthy eating, continuing to train as if there would be races in this country again this year at some point, and trying to survive shifting my classes to online learning format through the beginning of May (primary concern). Every day at lunch though, I do my run or bike!
Optional: CV-19 Haiku Contest.
The Answer
By Sandra Mathews
Temper my fear? Love.
Temper my loneliness? Love.
Finding my way? Love.