There once was a time…like, after dinosaurs and before MC Hammer, when professionals would race every distance. Two to tens hours, they raced it all. Then the tide turned (may or may not have been dinosaur related) and people started to specialize in a specific distance. Apparently this week’s interviewee didn’t get the memo. Anything you hand to her, she can race, because she is that good. This week’s interviewee is Joanna Zeiger.

 LT: Have you/will you ever use the line, “yeah, well I am an Olympian.”

JZ: I am too embarrassed to play that card. I would feel like an idiot trying to pull that off. 

LT:  I noticed your hair is the longest I have ever seen it, how long are you planning on growing it?

JZ: I am going for the Chia pet look, which I think I have successfully achieved (for those of you who have not seen me lately, my hair is very, very thick and curly). Since the humidity in is so low, generally things are under control. But send me to a humid environment and I start sporting the “dead poodle” look. Not sure how much longer it will get. Once it reaches a certain point is grows out instead of down.

LT: I have also noticed there is a very fast group of female triathletes originally from Maryland…why do you suppose that is?

JZ: We just got smart and realized that Boulder is a better place to train than Maryland. That is why we get the Aussie invasion over the summer.

LT: When was the last time you went skinny dipping? Feel free to elaborate.

 JZ: It has been quite some time since I have gone skinny dipping, there are not a lot of opportunities for that here in Boulder. The first year I went to St. Croix I went skinny dipping after the race was over. It was under the cover of darkness.

LT:  Craziest place you have ever eaten a fluffernutter (is that what they are called?!) sandwich?

JZ:  I try to stay away from the fluffernutter sandwiches; when my coach found out about this habit he nearly had a coronary! Also, here in Colorado we can’t get the real Fluff, only the fake stuff. But, my favorite preparation is a thin layer of peanut butter with the fluff spread over it on a tortilla. Then, I roll up the tortilla. Yum.

LT: Have you ever run over a prairie dog with your bike?

JZ:  I have been close to running one over, but I have never actually made contact. The prairie dogs are crazy and slightly annoying. Many years ago, when I lived in Baltimore, I was on a ride with a bunch of people. One of the guys, who was riding the old Spinergy RevX wheels, decapitated a squirrel. It was totally disgusting. The head went one way and the body went the other and there was blood everywhere.

LT:  Anything you would like to add?

JZ: Race hard, have fun!