Rowland Brucken: email

I’m a history professor at Norwich University, specializing in the history of international human rights law. I am a Zimbabwe Specialist with Amnesty International, and in that capacity assist human rights defenders in that country. As a runner, I have competed in races from 1 mile to 100 miles, and I am running the Vermont 100 in June as my last race at that distance. I have paced at the Adirondack Marathon also. My wife and three daughters (15, 14, and 8) support my running foolishness, and they will be my crew in July. I’m happy to be a VCM pacer once again, and feel free to contact me before the race if I can be of any assistance!

Mariana Wingood: email

I have been running competitively and for pleasure since the age of 10. I joke around that running was my first true love and kept me out of trouble my whole life. In high school my nickname was the energizer bunny so it just made sense to run marathons and ultras. Initially the hardest part for me was starting to fast, but through many marathon disasters, I learned the importance of pacing. My first marathon ever I started at a 6 min mile pace and died at the end. My goals as a pacer is to ensure this doesn’t happen to you. This is why I am looking forward to pacing the 3:45 team. I have run numerous marathons and ultramarathons both road and trail and VCM is my favorite. I love it for 2 reasons: the crowd/energy as well as the fact it is not flat. I will admit it I love hills, the more hills a race has the happier I am. My key to training and racing is to never quite no matter how hard it is. When the going gets tough its important to find a cheerleader to get you to the end. Besides pacing this will be my second goal. Hoping that my two goals will help you achieve yours.