Meet Phyllis

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Picture this – it's 1969 – before Title 9, women's running shoes or clothing, heart rate monitors, or Olympic events for females over 800 meters. Phyllis Olrich takes her first running strides and is immediately addicted to the runner's high. She becomes part of a small band of pioneers who fight for the right to compete and be counted in the sport of running in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Phyllis' love for sport led her to earn a bachleor's degree in physical education, then migrate to California in 1974 to pursue a career as a middle distance runner, where she competed at the national level on the track, road, and cross-country until injury finally side-lined her in 1981. Meanwhile, she worked at Stanford University to support her "habit."

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Never one to sit on her butt, Phyllis remained active as a recreational athlete, participating in activities such as cycling, swimming, skiing (both cross-country and downhill), wind surfing, weight training, aerobics classes, Spinning® classes, Yoga, hiking, backpacking, and mountaineering in the High Sierras.

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Don't go there girlfriend! This was Phyllis' response to her good buddy Patt, when she suggested in 1996 that they join a cycling team and start racing. Phyllis eventually succumbed to temptation and the rest is history. Now she has 11 years under her helmet as a competitive cyclist (in road and cross-country) and competes on an elite level in her age group.

Phyllis took early retirement from Stanford in 2006, where she coordinated the campus-wide technology training program. In 2007, she and her husband Ron moved to Grass Valley, California to enjoy the country life.

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Today Phyllis wants to help you get high on fitness too! Discover the joy of being in tune with your healthy body and mind. Have fun. Live longer and happier. Experience the thrill of the endorphin high. Become more balanced and poised. Contact Phyllis today at the phone number or email address listed on the bar below. Serving Baby Boomers and beyond.