About Desert Sky Adventures
Cynthia Ganey - Owner
Cynthia Ganey grew up in Las Vegas, went to Western High School and UNLV. She has been married for 22 years and has three wonderful children. Her daytime job has been as Director of Information Management for the past 12 years at HSBC. Her passion - running!
Cynthia's running journey first started 7 years ago when she set out to do her first marathon with Team in Training. Since completing her first marathon, she has gone on to complete over 45 full and half marathons, ultra marathons and triathlons.
Because of her love for the sport, Cynthia wanted to find a way for other people to experience that same incredible feeling that sense of accomplishment she gets every time she crosses the finish line of an endurance event. So, five years ago she started coaching, in an attempt to reach out to more people to get them moving!
Cynthia is a certified RRCA, TNT and USATF run coach and has trained over 400 people to complete a full or half marathon with a 100% success rate! Cynthia has been an accomplished group coach for Team in Training, the endurance training program for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She currently is the Head Coach of the Rockin Runners, a running organization in Las Vegas that has also been featured on the training page of the Las Vegas Rock n Roll Marathonís website. Within Rockin Runners, Cynthia also trains a group that is part of the endurance training program for the American Cancer Society. In addition, she does personal coaching for those that may want a bit more individualized one-on-one coaching.
Because of Cynthiaís great efforts towards giving back to the community, Cynthia won The Leukemia and Lymphoma Societyís Woman of the Year for 2010. She has been featured on radio interviews and various newspaper articles with regard to her coaching and philanthropic activities. She is a keynote speaker at various informational meetings for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and The American Cancer Society encouraging people of all walks of life to participate in an endurance event while at the same time giving back and saving lives.
In an effort to further expand her reach into the community, Cynthia joined up with Desert Sky Adventures in order to provide more opportunity for runners and walkers of all levels to participate in a variety of different running and walking events, such as the Summerlin Half Marathon, Rio Del Lago 100-Mile/100K/50K Ultra marathon and the Moms Rock! 10K/5K-1-Mile events of all distances and levels for both runners and walkers.
Cynthia instills an environment that is not just about running and/or walking to complete a marathon or a half marathon. She creates an environment to make running and walking fun, and encourages people to make it become part of their everyday lifestyle, while making good friends along the way. Since Cynthia started running 7 years ago, she has met hundreds of great people and has made so many lifetime friends, that she feels like she has an extended family. As she continues her running journey, she hopes that you will come along and start your journey with Desert Sky Adventures!