Transformations Through Running

In the past few years I have made running a priority. I schedule my runs around work and my weekends around my long runs. Through consistency, I have brought my marathon time down from over 4 hours to 3:31 to 3:15 to 3:09.

What gets me out the door everyday is loving to be outside (I am also a huge hiking enthusiast). My next goal is to run a sub 3 hour marathon. I don't know if I will be able to do it, but I love improvement and pushing my body to see what it can do.

· College mathematics professor for 20 years, receiving tenure 2 years ago at El Camino College in Torrance CA.

· Born and raised in Los Angeles, currently living in Hermosa Beach.

· Bachelors and Masters degree from Loyola Marymount University.

· For almost 12 years, I was a “freeway flyer” teaching at 3-4 colleges a semester, just trying to make ends meet. I was FINALLY lucky enough be hired full time as a Professor at El Camino in 2013.

· During that time, I was spending more time in my car than anywhere else. Just driving, teaching, eating, driving, teaching, eating…eating junk food on the run all day. I was probably 25-30 pounds heavier than I am now.

· My sister asked if I would run a 5k with her in 2010. I trained my butt off and while my time was less than stellar (36 minutes. My current PR is 20:06!), I was hooked. I ran track in grade school and loved it, but nothing after that. The 5k in 2010 was what started this entire triathlon thing.

· In 2012 I ran my first half-marathon (Orange County Marathon) in 2:36. It was slow but steady. I was so proud of myself and at the same time it was beyond my comprehension how someone could run TWICE that. It boggled my mind.

· In 2014 I did a “reverse” tri in Los Alamitos (called ‘Race on the Base’). I literally had to borrow someone’s bike, swim cap and bathing suit. Even though it was a ‘super sprint’ race, I was absolutely in love with the sport. I felt that if I could really get into it, it would allow me to be active longer in life by biking and swimming instead of running all the time. Less pounding on the joints.

· Since 2014, I’ve gone on to complete countless half-marathons, sprint and Olympic distance triathlon races, 2 Gran Fondo bike races, 7 half-Ironman races (PR of 5:26 at 70.3 Santa Cruz in 2018), 1 full Ironman (Ireland 2019 - now THAT is a hell of a story), Chicago Marathon (where I BQed with 3:39 finish) and named an Ironman All World Athlete in 2018 and 2019 (Top 5% in my Age Group).

· I will be running the NYC Marathon in November for charity (Team Autism Speaks). It’s been such a humbling experience raising the money for this great cause. Running the race for a cause bigger than myself is going to truly be something special.

· Non-athletic fun fact: In college I was the drummer in an all-girl pop/punk band who was produced by one of the members of the 80’s band The Go-Go’s.

· 2019 sponsors/team member:

o Wattie Ink Hit Squad Team

o SBR Product Ambassador

o NUUN Ambassador

o BOCO Gear MVP Team

· Local club affiliations:

o LA Tri Club

o South Bay Running Club

o Tower 26

Cheyne Inman is a realtor at REMAX Estate Properties in the South Bay. He is an assistant cross-country coach at West Torrance High School, and also coaches athletes of all levels and ages to personal records through his coaching business.

He spent the last 6 years working at Skechers USA Inc. in Manhattan Beach where he managed professional athlete contracts and negotiations, BTB sales, and digital marketing programs before getting in to real estate. Cheyne resides in Torrance, CA with his fiancé Delia and he is an avid member of the South Bay Runners Club.

In 2018, Cheyne won two half marathons, a marathon, and qualified for the 2020 US Olympic Marathon Trials. He has now set his sights on ultra trail races this year and recently completed the Kodiak 100 mile trail race in Big Bear, Ca.

We couldn't be more excited to be here with you all. In this short episode, given that this is the first time many of us are meeting, I wanted to introduce myself. Tell you who you are and what we do and how this podcast came about.

This trailer is a short snippet of what Transformations Through Running is all about. We'll interview a new guest each week and learn how running has helped transform their life.

You don't have to be a running to listen to this show though. Maybe you're looking for some encouragement, a boost of energy, some motivation or inspiration.

We hope that one or two of our episodes might help offer some change in your life for the better.