Competitor bio:

Renee is a 52-year-old elementary school Physical Education Teacher and mother of two grown daughters who hails from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Before she started running, Renee was a soccer player. Each summer she plays in an over 30 coed soccer league and she continues to coach youth soccer. Renee has completed 11 road marathons, but prefers trail running having completed a number of trail marathons and various ultra distances including 50k, 50 milers, and her first 100 miler. For the World Marathon Challenge, Renee is running for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Cape and Islands and also to raise money for a running path at Carver Elementary School where she teaches. She has been a mentor for the past 3 years with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization which matches adult mentors with a child in need. At Carver Elementary, she leads an after school running club with 150 kindergarten to grade 5 students, but the group is losing most of their running path to new construction. Her goal includes making a path that is more accessible to students who have physical and visual challenges. Her favorite races are the Boston Marathon, the Vermont 100, and the Eiger Ultra Trail 51K (Grindelwald, Switzerland). Her favorite race experience was running a 50K trail race with her 21 year old daughter.