Name: Shanna Armstrong

Age on Race Day: 32 F

From: Lubbock, Texas, USA

Occupation: Massage Therapist/Fitness Instructor

Recent Races: Third time Ultraman.  Twice RAAM (10-day 3,043 mile ultra cycling event) Champion sOLO fEMALE WINNER--Only female to finish 2006 Race.  Finish time 11 days, 22 hours.  2-PERSON CO-ED TEAM WINNER 8 days, 17 hours, and 36 minutes, 3,050 miles, 2005.  Fastest team finishing time in 24th annual race from San Diego to Atlantic City.  Twice ULTRAMAN World Champion (2005 and 2003)--Ranked third in overall course record in 2005 (28 hours and 3 minutes).  27 hours and 31 minutes and second fastest in overall course record in 20-year history, 2003.  Set course swim record, beating world swim time by 7 minutes.  4-time qualifier for Ironman World Championship – 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 3-time age-group winner of the Southwest Challenge Series – 1999, 2000, 2002, Set new course record in California’s desert endurance race, Furnace Creek 508 – 2004, Competed in over 100 triathlons at sprint, Ironman, Ultraman, and Olympic distances.

Entering UM because: