Running Résumé

Running reshapes our inner and outer worlds; it uplifts us and gives us wings to soar, so don’t forget to spread your wings, too! You might be surprised!”
~Carmen Micsa

Qualifications:

• MA and BA degrees in English from Sacramento State University

• Owner of Running for Real Estate blog.

  • Owner, Broker, CEO, ad Founder of Dynamic Real Estate, Inc., my own company.

• Published author. I published essays, articles, and my memoir piece Grandpa’s Garden in the anthology From Sac Home Myths & Other Untruths together with a few graduate school classmates.

• I also published my first book Change Your Grip on Life Through Tennis in December 2016 through Wistful Press.

Races Completed:

2015

5K Races: Zoo Zoom Run, Placed second

Half marathons: Run the Sly trail race and Urban Cow

Marathons: California International Marathon

2016

5K Races: 12

10K Races: 2

Half marathons: Shamrock, Urban Cow, Mandarun Half in 2017, where I placed 2nd in my AG and was my PR of 1:41:21, and Running of the Elk, where I finished third in my age group. 

20 Mile Parkway Race: 2 races.

Marathons:

I have run five marathons: Pony Express Marathon – I placed second in my age group, CIM – I ran it three years in a row – best time was 3:40:46 in 2017, which gave me my first Boston Qualifier, and Mountains 2 Beach completed on May 27, 2018, which gave me my  PR of 3:30:56.

Ultra Marathons: Folsom Gold Rush 50K, Salmon Falls 50K – 2018, The Chanoako 50K, where I finished third female overall with a time of 5:56:27, and The American River 50-mile endurance race.

Placed Races:

• Placed second and third place in the ZooZoom Run 5k, 2015-2017 races.
• Placed second in the 2016 Super Sunday Run – 5K race.
• Placed first in the 2016 American River Parkway 5K race and fourth woman overall.
• Placed second in the inaugural 2016 Pony Express Marathon.

  • Placed first in the Fabulous 40s race, second in A run to Remember, and had the best PR race at the Run to Feed the Hungry with a 21:56 finish.
  • Also placed first in my age group at the Gold Rush 5K trail race, second female overall, and fourth overall.
  • Finished first female overall at the Gumby 5K race in 2017.

 

Tips and thoughts about running and real estate.