NAME DAN NEYENHUIS YEAR OF BIRTH 1945 HOMETOWN CORONA DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA PRs 2:42:58 MARATHON 2:03 INT'L TRI FAVORITE RACE USTS OCEANSIDE MRS. T'S CHICAGO HILTON HEAD ORIGINAL BAKERSFIELD COURSE TOP FINISHES 1989 NAT'L CHAMP-45-49 AGE GROUP 2000 USTS 55-59 CHAMP 2000 WORLDS, PERTH, 4TH, 55-59 ATHLETIC BACKGROUND WATER POLO(HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE), MARATHONS, INDOOR HANDBALL. DAY JOB VENTURE CAPITAL CFO OF DE SOTO SPORT PRES. OF CATERING SYSTEMS CFO/CHAIRMAN OF FULL COVERAGE IRRIGATION FAVORITE WORKOUT RUNNING DOWN THE BEACH AND THEN TO THE HILLS AT EL MORRO NEAR MY HOUSE. OCEAN SWIMS FROM CORONA DEL MAR JETTY TO LADDER ROCK AND RETURN, BIKING(RACING) WITH BILL LEACH, STEVE WALTERS(SCOOTS), SUE DAVIS, BOB CUYLER, AND OTHERS THRU SANTIAGO CANYON. INDOORS, DOING COMPUTER VELODYNE WORKOUTS AT ROGER YOUNG'S TRAINING CENTER. COMMENTS NORMALLY, FROM JAN. TO MAR. I TAKE A BREAK FROM NORMAL TRAINING, THIS TIME IS RESERVED FOR SNOW SKIING. THE COUNTRY IS CANADA, THE CHAIRLIFT IS A HELICOPTER. IT IS WILDERNESS SKIING AT ITS BEST, NO GROOMED RUNS, NO FORMAL RUNS AT ALL, YOU JUST SKI THROUGH TREES, AROUND OR OVER BOULDERS, RAVINES, ETC. WHERE NATURE HAS PROVIDED A WAY. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 1979, WITH OVER 5 MILLION FEET OF VERTICAL DESCENT. MY PARTNER EMILIO DE SOTO AND I HAVE AN ANNUAL TRIP IN FEBUARY. IN FACT WE ARE LEAVING THIS FRI. TRIATHLONS HAVE PROVIDED ME WITH SOME LIFE LONG FRIENDS, BUSINESS AND TRAINING PARTNERS, BUT ABOVE ALL, THE SPORT HAS KEPT ME YOUNG. IT'S THE 25 YEAR OLD MIND IN THE 56 YEAR OLD BODY, WHERE THE MIND IS ALWAYS KEEPING DATES THE BODY WON'T KEEP!