We are excited to introduce you to our 2013 ZOOMA Cape Cod Ambassadors. This is a select group of ladies who are influential both online and in their personal running communities. They will be helping us keep our runners informed, inspired and motivated. These ladies all have different running backgrounds, but they share a passion for empowering women through running.

Jenn is a proud mom, wife and household CEO living outside Boston. She enjoys sharing stories about her quest to be healthy, fit, stylish and happy. Jenn believes that every mom deserves to feel like she is the best that she can be. She hopes to inspire other moms who have had setbacks to find the strength to make comebacks of their own. Having run her one and only marathon in 2000, Jenn crossed distance running off her “bucket list.” These days, she is excited to add running back into her life with the hopes of inspiring other beginners to give running a try. When she is not blogging, Jenn loves shopping, hiking, movies, frozen yogurt, and reality TV, but most of all, her family. You can find Jenn blogging at ComebackMomma.com and tweeting at @comebackmomma.

Nicole is a mom, engineer and home brewer. She started running two years ago in response to a health scare. She has since completed two half marathons and stayed healthy!  She’s thrilled that her family has caught the running bug as well, although convincing her two young sons they can’t come on a 10 mile run has been a challenge. Most weekday mornings, you’ll find Nicole running along the Charles River.  You can read about those early morning runs on her blog, Not Just a Half, or on Twitter here.

Amy Caine is a wife and stepmom living in New Hampshire. She spends nine months of the year teaching high school English and attending the varied sporting events of her stepchildren. When she’s not supervising the home base, she is running, thinking about running, or writing about running at Running Escapades, a blog she started to chronicle her quest to become a New England runner. Amy is returning to Cape Cod after completing the inaugural half marathon in 2012.

Jessica is a thirty-something mother runner to two boys (3 and 5). She runs for two reasons: 1) to be able to keep up with her boys and 2) to occasionally run away from them! Jessica lives and runs in her hometown (and site of ZOOMA Cape Cod) of Falmouth. If she’s not blogging at 30SomethingMotherRunner.com, you can find her running along Surf Drive Beach or on the Shining Sea Bikeway.

Dani never liked running so never thought she would have to write a bio about her running escapades, but here she is. She gave running a shot in 2005-2006 (capped by a full marathon) before injuries sidelined her, but after surviving back injury and back surgery she gave running another shot … and it stuck. Dani blogs about weight loss, running and healthy living at Weight Off My Shoulders. She is a 2-time marathoner, who will be making that three after running the 2013 Boston Marathon with Tedy’s Team, in honor of the American Stroke Association. Running has proven to be a great release for Dani and has been able to inspire friends and family to give it a shot as well. If you ever want to find Dani at a race, look for her Superman socks – complete with capes! Follow her on Twitter  and Facebook.

Kelly is the author behind Cupcake Kelly’s, a blog that started as adventures in amateur baking and has expanded to show her love of running, fitness, and family. As a stay-at-home mom, her running and fitness give her some “me” time and help her attain her goals for 2013, losing weight and 20 min PR for the half-marathon. In 2012 Kelly ran her first half-marathon and three weeks later she ran her second, it’s safe to say she was hooked from the moment she crossed that first finish line. Follow Kelly’s journey at Cupcake Kelly’s or follow her on Twitter @cupcakekellys and Facebook!

Nancy, or rather Fancy Nancy as her readers know her, is the mother runner behind Living the Dream. She started the blog in 2009 after the birth of her daughter as a way to keep herself accountable while she worked off the baby weight.Being active in one way or another has always been a part of her life. She played softball and soccer through college which kept her active, but it was after graduation when she stumbled upon running as a competitive outlet and fell in love! Fitness for Nancy took on a whole new meaning after the birth of her daughter 3 years ago. Suddenly she found herself 50lbs overweight and in the worst shape of her life. She became determined not only to lose the baby weight but to come back stronger than before.Fancy Nancy is a wife, mom of two, and an ESL teacher on Cape Cod, MA who spends her days living the life God has blessed her with. With a marathon (Boston 07), 20 half-marathons, and countless 5ks and 10ks under her belt, she has dedicated her life to fitness and being an example of health for those she loves.

Michelle is a marketing and social media strategist and the voice behind Running with Attitude. Michelle started running in March of 2010, and after running her first 5k the following June she was hooked! Since then she’s run 5ks, 10k, 10-milers and fallen in love with the half marathon distance! She has a passion for fitness and leading an active lifestyle and looks for opportunities to inspire others whenever she can. Recently Michelle has served as race director for a local 5K and kids fun run and introduced a before-school fitness program at her sons’ school. As mom to two boys and a lovable German Shepherd, running and working out helps to provide some much needed balance in her very busy life. In fact, Michelle says that thanks to the combination of running, Pilates and yoga that she’s in better shape now in her forties than she was in her thirties!

Andrea is a twenty-something living in Cambridge, MA and enjoying all that it has to offer. After being fed up with her body, habits and lack of endurance, she signed up for her first half marathon in May of 2012. After a long and sweaty summer of training, she completed that first race in October 2012 and hasn’t looked back since. She has completed three more half marathons and is excited about her upcoming race schedule, which includes her first 10k, and hopefully her first marathon! You can follow her adventures in running and food at irunfordonuts.com.