VANESSA SPINA-BAUMANN
Alamo, CA
Cat 4

Aliases: Sassy

Year of Birth: 1962

Marital Status: Married 18 years; yes, to the same man, not marriages added together

Known Children: Two - Nicco and Montana (twins - age 15)

Occupation: Hair Stylist, Mother, Cook, Maid, Chauffeur

Race Disciplines: Hillclimbs

Race Highlights: Have not really had one yet, but finishing in one piece is always good!

Riding Machines: Lapierrer; looking to build a new ride... one can never have enough toys!

Favorite Race: Mountain Challenge -- it's right in our backyard... how lucky are we?

Favorite Training Ride: Bakery Ride... after all the tri people have left for Kona Ironman

Favorite Beverage: Milk and Hefenweizen with lemon

Favorite Pre-Race Meal: Toast and Hammer Gel

Favorite Flick: A Good Year... filmed in France, where I hope to live part-time before I die

Favorite Book: The Blue Butterfly - it helps you hold on to the hope that there are miracles

Five-tunes Playlist: Kanye West "Stronger" / INXS "Pretty Vegas" / Pink "Who Knew" / Velvet Revolver "Fall to Pieces" / Tim McGraw "Live Like You Were Dying"

Hero/Heroes: My Husband, my Dad, my Grandpa, and Lance Armstrong

Talents, Hobbies, Tidbits: Cooking and artistic; biking, both road and mountain; running... my favorite; horseback riding... have the most handsome thoroughbred that I bought off the race track... "T" for Tiger; I am not afraid to try something new, you never know how much you might like it

If you could ask a dead person one question, who would the person be and what would be the question? Christopher Columbus - what gave you the courage to set out to find that there was more?

Pitt or Clooney? Brad Pitt... that is not even a question

If you were a character in a movie, who would you be? Maximus (Gladiator}

What, if anything, do you have left in life to accomplish? Be the best mother I can be and raise our kids so they can take care of themselves and live long and happy lives

If you were a fruit, what would you be and why? An apple that is sweet and crisp