Brandon Lopez

Age: 24 Events: Half & Full Marathon Hometown: Seattle, WA

Personal Bests

Half: 1:15:55 Full: 2:43:13

Career Highlights

2022 Skagit Flats Half: 1:17:32, 4th

2022 B&O Half: 1:16:50, 2nd

2022 Lake Sammamish Half: 1:15:55, 17th

2021 Seattle Marathon: 2:56:03, 18th

2021 Tunnel Light Marathon: 2:42:13, 4th

about

In the summer of 2018 I put on a pair of beater running shoes and jump started my passion for running. My first run was around Green Lake, bent over gasping for air only 800m into my run, I heard what sounded like race horses whizzing past, I looked up and saw a sea of bright orange bibs. I was truly inspired by the pace and fluidity at which they were running. I went home that day and googled "Seattle running group, orange bibs" and found Club NW. I didn't join in 2018, but when I returned home from college in 2021, my focus on running had increased exponentially and by then I had done a couple of marathons, qualifying for the Boston Marathon. It wasn't until that summer when I was doing 1000m repeats around Roosevelt that I once again saw those bright orange shirts, hoodies, and bibs whizzing by on the track when my interest peaked again. I decided to join in December of 2021, I decided to get serious about my training for Boston and showed up to the Saturday workouts. Joining Club NW propelled my training to new heights and allowed me to build a foundation based on community, shared knowledge, and passion for the sport.