Catching up with Olympic Hopeful: Lea Wallace

Name: Lea Wallace
Age: 27

Best events and PR’s:
800m – 2:00.1
1500m – 4:09.3

Favorite place to run in the Sacramento area: American River Trail

Favorite place to eat after a run: Bacon and Butter

Favorite movie or book: Lion King

Who is your greatest inspiration and why? My adoptive parents because of their selflessness.

First Olympic memory: My first Olympic memory is watching Dominique Dawes and the “Magnificent Seven” win gold at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role? Maya Rudolph

If you were stuck on an island and could only bring 1 person, what would you bring? I would bring Danielle Domenicelli and a corn dog.

If there was a #tashtag that best describes you, what would it be? #bighairdontcare

What is your guilty pleasure? Chocolate. In any form.

If you were not a runner, what would you aspire to be? A teacher

What running accessory could you not live without? My Trigger Point Foam roller! It goes everywhere with me.

Follow Lea on Instagram and Twitter to continue following her journey!

Instagram:@Lea_Wallace
Twitter:@Lea_Wallace