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Name: Melissa Bell MS RCEP
Nickname: Mel, Mel Bell, Bell
Year you were born: 1981
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado
Year you started with Inside-Out Sports: 2007
Title: Charlotte Store Manager
Athletic Background: First triathlon was Ironkids when I was 8 years old, Competitive swimmer 15+ years,
played soccer and basketball competitively throughout middle- and high-school. Started running and bicycling 4 years ago for triathlons.
Years running: 9
Athletic History/Achievements:
- Charlotte Track and Tri Club female athlete of the year 2003
- NCTS 1st Elite Female 2005
- Kiawah Marathon finisher (3:39:23)
- Kicked off masters relay team because I was too young
Favorite Race: TransRockies, any Stand up paddle board race
Race that would like to do: (there are way too many to list)
Favorite Running Shoes: Newtons (any and all)
Current Bike: Cervelo P3, Pegoretti
Other Bikes: Metallic Pink Elite Razor, Felt (Felty) Cross Bike for commuting, Impakt Sidehack
Favorite Workout: Sunday Spencer/Cramer bike loop with a great group and long runs with my friends on Saturday mornings
Favorite Movie: Inconvenient Truth, Fern Gully, Dazed and Confused
Favorite Band/Singer: Dave Matthews Band, Blues Traveler, Indigo Girls
Favorite Book: Inconvenient Truth – Al Gore, Recycling for Dummies, after I finish it: Bowerman and the Men of Oregon by Kenny Moore
Pets: Bob’s 3 cats bebe, sophie and wee cat. Plus my sisters dogs – Winston, Buster, and Guinness and I'm godmother to Cerebus the wonder dog
Additional Information: Used to be an environmental scientist who had an epiphany one day and am now currently in Graduate School for Clinical Exercise Physiology at UNCC. I truly believe what a swim coach once told me ‘You have to be happy to be fast.’
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