Liz Anjos, aka “Mercury”, is a distance runner and musician hailing from Portland, Oregon. She co-founded the running team and nonprofit Rose City Track Club and coaches individual runners. She’s a classical pianist and spent five years touring nationally and internationally as a keyboardist and singer with the indie pop act RAC. A runner since the age of 14, Liz became competitive on the roads as an adult with personal records of 36:44 in the 10K, 1:22:43 in the half marathon, and 2:51:34 in the marathon. In December 2019, Liz competed in her first ultramarathon, placing 4th overall woman in the notoriously difficult Hellgate 100K. In early 2020 she set a slew of FKTs (fastest known times) on local trails in Oregon, and in the summer of 2020 Liz set the FKT northbound for women on the Appalachian Trail.
As seen in:
Fastest Known Times:
Appalachian Trail | Northbound – Women’s Overall, Supported (2020)
2,193 miles / 515,000ft elevation gain in 51 days, 16 hours, 30 minutes
Forest Park Nasties | Tour de Nasty – Overall, Unsupported (2020)
67.5 miles / 13,500ft elevation gain in 13:58:05
Kings Mt. – Elk Mt. Loop – Women’s Overall, Unsupported (2020)
10.8 miles / 3,700ft elevation gain in 2:27:47
Wildwood Trail | Out and Back – Women’s Unsupported (2020)
60.4 miles / 6,600ft elevation gain in 11:53:43
Personal Records / Achievements
2:51:34 – Houston Marathon, 2020
1:22:43 – Holiday Half Marathon, 2019
36:44 – Tenacious 10K, 2018
18:01 – Carlsbad 5000, 2018
2019 Hellgate 100K – 14:18:48, 4th place, ultramarathon debut
Appletree Half Marathon Course Record Holder (1:24:50, 2019)
11-time Boston Marathon qualifier
Contact
Get in touch using the contact form below, or send snail mail to the following address:
Liz Anjos
422 NW 13th Ave #735
Portland, OR 97209
