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Patricia Pinner
Team Prestige Subaru
Asheville Women's Cycling Club
Town Mountain Hill Climb
Ladies First-timer Mountain Bike Ride
Ladies Self Defense Class

1976

Mountain Bike, Road Races, Triathlons & Endurance Events

Mountain Bike Expert
Road Catagory 3

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NORBA National Gold and Silver Medalist
3rd Master in two iron distance trithalons

Mile Run 1979
2-mile Run 1979
Track 1980,1981,1982
Track 1979,1980,1981,1982
Cross Country 1981

Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year 1980
Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year 1980
Most Valuable Female Track Athlete 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
Most Valuable Female Cross Country Athlete 1979, 1980, 1982
Most Scholastic Award 1982
Volunteer Track & Field Classic at Tom Black Track University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Invitational) Participated in 800 Meter Run, 2-mile Relay & Mile Relay 1979
Volunteer Track & Field Classic at Tom Black Track University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Invitational) Participated in 400 Meter (:59) & 800 Meter (2:21) Runs 1980
Placed Second at State Track Meet 1600 Meter Run (5:07.0) 1980
Placed Third at State Track Meet in 800 Meter Run (2:20.2) 1980
Placed Third at State Track Meet in 800 Meter Run 1981
Placed Fourth at State Track Meet in 800 Meter Run (2:20.59) 1982
Junior Olympic Track Participant

My personal bests are 400 meter run 57 seconds, 800 meter run 2 minutes 17 seconds, mile run 5 minutes 7 seconds.

1979 WNC Sectional Record in 800 Meter Run 2:23:47
1979 WNC Sectional Record in Mile Run 5:20:54
1979 Conference Track Record in 800 Meter Run 2:26
1982 State Regional Track Record 800 Meter Run 2:17
I’m not sure about high school track records

FCA 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, Home Room Officer 1979, Student Government 1980, Student Government Representative 1980, Harrier’s Club 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, Pep Club 1979, 1980, 1981, Senior Girls Club 1982, Honors for Nominated in Hugh O’Brian, Homecoming Court, Who’s Who among
American High School Students, Honorable Mention Acting, Advanced Placement English 1982

I was awarded a half scholarship in track to Appalachian State and a partial to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, neither of which my family could supplement, and I didn’t want to leave home anyway.

NC State Doubles Racquetball Competition 1st Place (Open Division)
National SE Regional Racquetball Singles Competition 3rd Place (A Division)
National SE Regional Racquetball Doubles Competition 2nd Place (Open Div)
Health Club Manager, Aerobic Instructor and Competitor
Miss Fitness Finalist
Miss Fitness Finalist
National Crystal Lite Regional Competition Participant
1999 Started racing mountain bikes
Raced for the Champion Hearts Women’s Mountain Bike Race Team out of Winston-Salem
Ranked 3rd in the Nation for USA Cycling/NORBA Women’s Master’s Cross Country Sport Division
Started racing on a road bike, and started Team Prestige Subaru* and the Asheville Women’s Cycling Club**
Completed numerous organized and training rides of 100+ miles
4th Place Norba Nationals Women’s Cross Country Expert 35-40 Division
Ranked 9th in the Nation for USA Cycling/NORBA Women’s Master’s Cross Country Expert Division
Undefeated season as a Category IV road racer, upgraded to Category III and placed in the top five of numerous Cat. I, II, III races, 5th in the NC State Road Race
Gave birth to my son, Tommy
Started racing triathlons
Norba National Silver Medal Women’s Cross Country Expert 40-45 Division
Norba National Gold Medal Women’s Cross Country Expert 40-45 Division
First Place Doubles in the Member-Guest Tennis Tournament at the Country Club of Asheville
Completed my first “iron” distance triathlon, 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run, placing 8th overall female and 3rd Master Female in a time of 11 hours and 30 minutes

Compleated another iron distance triathlon placing 3rd Master
Wrote first book, "BELIEVE"

Wrote second book, "Your BELIEVE Team"
Starting my own company

An all-woman’s racing team that has fluctuated in size anywhere from 9 members to about 15. We are not an elite team but rather hold full-time jobs, own companies, are mothers and students. We enjoy training hard and racing at our best. We support each other through trials related to the sport and life in general. We are a diverse team, racing road bikes, mountain bikes, cross-country, short track and downhill, track bikes, cyclo-cross, triathlons on and off-road, adventure races and foot races as well.

Has grown from just the members of Team Prestige Subaru to around 60 women. We also support each other on and off the bike.
We hold regular road and mountain bike rides, an Annual Women’s Self-Defense Class, numerous clinics on training and nutrition, and at least one Ladies First-timer Mountain Bike Ride per year. It is an awesome venue for women to meet other women, find training partners, and share in a common joy of riding and getting to know one another.

I am the youngest of four great athletes. My siblings; Theresa, Joe, Diane, and Mary are all involved in some sort of sport. Our parents, deceased, never pressured us to be athletes, but nurtured us, taught us self-discipline and instilled in each of us a desire to do our very best…the genetics weren’t too shabby either. Their love for God, each other, and each of us continues to inspire me to be more like them.

Most importantly I have to thank my sister Diane for my high school success and for much of my life success as well. Since my mother passed away in 1976 and both older siblings had moved away, Diane quickly stepped in to assume responsibility for my sister Mary and me, making sure we had clean clothes and meals. She rarely missed a track meet even after she graduated from Reynolds and more often than not was in the stands waving banners for me, taking pictures and cheering the loudest. She continues to do this to this day! She was by my side cheering me on to deliver my son. She has never stopped believing in me and is an excellent role model. She does not postpone joy but instead celebrates all of life even the tiny things. I am amazed by what she does for others and am incredibly blessed to have her in my life. Her love and dedication to our entire family is beyond words.

I graduated from A.B. Technical College with a degree in Business Administration, and then transferred to the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Although I am ashamed to say I did not graduate from U.N.C.A., I am happy to add that through hard work, dedication, friendliness and the ability to work well with others I advanced my career beyond my expectations. My employment record is a patch-work quilt, none of which I regret, nor would I change. Some of the more interesting things I’ve done include taking off to New York City by myself to pursue a career in modeling or fashion design, hated it there and returned to Asheville a week later but it felt like a year, Living Well Fitness Club Manager, Administrative Assistant and first Historian of The Grove Park Inn, contributor and editor of The History of the Grove Park Inn, a coffee table book written by Bruce Johnson, an extra in the movie “Dirty Dancing,” Horseback Trail Leader for the Biltmore Estate, Assistant to world renowned author and psychologist John E. Exner, Jr., who developed the Comprehensive System for the Rorschach ink blot test, invented a window treatment product, failed to get it patented but licensed it to Springs Industries, taught the window treatment sewing class at A.B. Technical College, Catering Manager of The Grove Park Inn, and the most rewarding job of my career, Director of Resident Life at Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community. I now have the best and most important job of my life, stay-at-home mom.