JUNIOR'S home for real

Yippee !! Ken's back in a Seattle uniform. Here's hoping he stays healthy thru the summer. Or at least til we get to a game.

And yes, it seems I did post similar photos back in 2007, when he was a visiting player.
And yes, we still have the Griffey, Jr. candy bar in the freezer (and the Bernie Kosar bar, and the Joey Cora bar - hey, you never know)

nope, not gonna eat it.

a random photo from last Saturday's group run (10 hilly miles) Here's P-Nak and Coach Lesley post run.

oh, yes, the candy bars, coffee and vodka.

Do not mess with Lance

These photos are from yesterday's Tour of California bike race. I copied from photographer's website.. Tim DeWaele. I felt guilty, til I saw them on a zillion other blogs. and since I'm sure my loyal following of blog readers don't read those other biking blogs.... I offer you these.

The dude in the costume is the "Yellow Devil" the back of his shirt says "Live Clean" . Yellow and Live.... references to Lance's winnings and his LiveStrong cancer campaign.
The pitchfork made of syringes alludes to doping, that Lance NEVER tested positive for. Anyway, this clown thought he would run along side Lance and the peloton.

Lance spies the dude


Lance shoves the dude (without missing a beat)
(I practically crash just taking a drink from my water bottle)


Dude falls into the snowbank

Dude hopes his wife doesn't read this blog.

We hope there's no yellow snow remnants.

Stop the Insanity of valentine's day

I just got this email valentine's wish....


Roses are red
Violets are blue
Brockport is green and gold
And we love you!

Happy Valentine's Day from the
Office of Alumni Relations and Development!

and if they think it will spur me to make donations, they've got another think coming. I mean, I had a great time in college but get real.

Remember the Olympic Games in Beijing?

http://www.chrisreeves.com/pictures/china/

The above link is to some photos that my cousin's(Paul & Nancy) kid took... does that make him 2nd cousin??

His name is Chris Reeves (no relation to Superman, but he does have some super photos). This picture of him is just outside the NOT SO SECRET POOL... the WaterCube

You might remember I found a photos of the little remote car that picked up and returned the javelin??? well, he was there, saw it in person, and has some great shots of it. Also, he was sitting in row 5 when Usain Bolt won the 100m! Pretty darn cool. And some heptatholon gals, and canoe 'ers, and baseball, and marathoners, and 5K, 800, 4 x 400's, Juan Antonoio Samarach, and a Canadian mountain biker, and closing ceremonies. Lots of good action. and of course, he saw the Great Wall (looks like he went for a run on it), Tiananmen Square, and all over Beijing.

Also, if you like National Parks and wildlife, he's got some good stuff from Utah, Colorado, and surrounds.

But I like the robot car. :) and Paula Radcliffe.

Thanks for sharing, Chris.

Big Workout Weekend

So, on Saturday I ran 10.5 miles. That was great.
Then on Sunday, we joined Coach Lesley and gang for an indoor ride of an hour, followed by a 2 mile run.

We went home and hoped there was no message from Pam about swimming at 11:30am.. There wasn't. whew. Til she called at 10:30.. feeling a bit of peer pressure, I packed up the swim gear and went off to Madison Pool.. Part of it was interest in seeing a new (old) pool.

Erin, a swim coach from somewhere, was there to lead Pam, Val, and myself thru a workout. A workout that included all 4 strokes. And no, the side stroke does not count. She helped my beginner self with the butterfly and backstroke. Although, I think I will leave the 'Fly to Michael "Bong Boy" Phelps. My legs were pretty fatigued from all the previous workouts so even doing that for 25 yds. was killer. I felt like I was just thrashing my way down the lane, hoping not to sink. But by the time we got to the set of 10 x 50 Free's, I was good. Love those. For some reason Val was not going as fast as we all know she can, so we were able to somewhat keep pace.

Then I got home and crashed.

Here's to Betty

Betty Jameson, one of founding members of LPGA, died today.
Interesting obit in NY Times today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/sports/golf/10jameson.html?ref=obituaries

Hello for 8 points

unless i can place it on a double word.... my/our lives have been consumed by Scrabble. Loving it. Except when Wendy comes up with a 70 point word... to quote the Wyoming Wonder "Yikes!!"

So, in case you are wondering, yes, we do still run, etc. Tomorrow we're going to do 10 miles with the group. Yahoo ! double digits again. and Sunday we'll do a spin class with coach Lesley and the gang, and we might swim, too.

I have gotten back into a twice a week swim, two spins and 3 or 4 runs a week.

Below is a photo of the secret pool... and other than that nasty stain on the bottom of the pool, you can see why I like it... Empty of people. shhh..... Unfortunately, in these dire economic times the daily fee has DOUBLED !! but the solitude is worth it.



and because placing photos is easier blogging than writing, below are Krissy and Tara, playing with persimmons.
Why their parents won't buy them toys, or even a book, for goodness sake, I don't know.

You can see that Tara is the NY State logo model for Super Jock & Jill

Will the Real ATR please stand up?

More from the dueling Photoshoppers:


Margaret B's version ( i wish i were that ripped )


Rock's version (look closely for all the details)



original photo

SO, did I mention we ran 8 miles (really 9 with the .5 warm up and cool down) last Saturday? Yep ! lame knee me..
SO, did I mention how happy this is making me?

By the way, if I never post to this blog again it's because I'm too busy playing umpteen games of Scrabble on Facebook, and in real time at the dining room table... now you know the source of the original photo.. joking about cheating at scrabble.

Nooka CHAMPS !!!

Val, Gina and I owned our age group podium up at the Nookachamps races, held in Mt. Vernon, WA.
Val took 2nd to some speedster in the 5K race, I got 1st and Gina 3rd in the 10K. So we took our ribbons and went to breakfast. and didn't eat the rest of the day.

My time? 53:50 so you know all the fast gals were in the half marathon or 5K. But I still felt pretty good about my effort, as I haven't done a long tempo run in quite some time. We had a fun time, and plan to find some more races to do.

I also was a winner because i saw 2 trumpeter swans fly overhead... and heard them, too.

And today my photoshopping buddy, Rock, sends this little gem..

Titled : Train to Win

Happy Birthday to Annalise

I'm getting lazy in HER old age , 17 , and posting something I made ages ago.. (July of 2005). Obviously, I had not yet learned to add music to my slide show. Also, now that I tested it, it moves rather slowly, so you might want to just manually slide the slider along.

The sweet young thing in this video is now old enough and legally able to drive a car. Now that would have been an awesome birthday gift. Wish I'd thought of it earlier. oh well.

OK having serious issues uploading my video so instead i found this lil nugget...........get your maracas ready!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrff-R0iyXo

American Idol starts tonight...

God, I wish I didn't know that.



Here are a couple entrants that should be on tv but somehow missed the call.

What I did on my Christmas Vacation

I posed for photographs with my relatives.

bob

kyle

krissy

tara

kyle

bob and patty, and scarves (NYC style)

patty

patty and jim

patty and mom

mom

Art... isn't this a diverse blog?

News from one of our runner buddies in California... the leader of the famous Women on the Run team. T erri H ill. She's not just a super fast runner, a great leader and motivator for the team, uber organized for the relay races, and extremely attractive and charming. T ee H ee. Did I mention she's just a really nice person and good friend? and fast ?
Gawd, I don't know how Laura lives with her...

Terri is also an acclaimed artist. And it's time to toot her horn ! She is always having an opening or a showing or juried show, or whatever, down in California and we never go. (loser friends that we are) But she is spot lighted on a watercolor artists blog this week.

http://brush-paper-water.blogspot.com/

and I can certainly share the awareness with my loyal blog readers.

http://www.designerhill.com/ her own website

Congratulations, Terri.

Icy dips

So, here are the race day shots from Fotojack.com


coach lesley
(the kid in the orange was not going to jump in, i encouraged him to do so,at about 100 yards out) (he thanked me later) not.


gina water's at her thighs, only up to the knees of super tall hat & glove guy


ATR no, i'm not cold..

P-nak vows to never to this race again.

Resolution Run and Polar Bear Dip

Here are a few pre and post race photos.... the funny thing is we all look like we're freezing in both .. it was not a nice day, weather-wise.


Before -- katie, P-nak (patricia), michael, steve and jan


After -- p-nak , steve (already changed clothes) gina, atr, coach lesley, andrea, katie



fuzzy finishers !

michael and jan coming out of the water. and looking like it was FUN !!

mystery woman in the white see thru shirt.

pre-race.... don't worry, we tossed those ugly orange t-shirts...( burnt rust ) along the way.

Happy New Year

Running Crazy is the name of this darn blog. So, running it will be. This past week I managed a 6, followed by a 4 (yes, back to back days !!) then a spin class, then a 5k race, a day of rest, and today 6 miles with the Saturday morning group.

Life is as it should be.

I've only got a photo of the post race beer garden.. Coach should have a few pre and post shots.
Andrea, on the right side, is part of coach lesley.com running... we suckered a few of them into diving in. Couldn't get them to the garden. And the 3 others are BGB's (beer garden buddies)(strangers, but really nice and fun) and the dude didn't even change out of his wet shorts... brrrrrrrrrrrr
Loyal Blog reader Laura ran the race. Judy F and Wendy J ran but did not dip.

But where was Pam Banks ??

It stopped snowing

Gina went out and took a few shots this morning.



ahh, the beautiful blue trim on the garage

Snow

lights, under snow


morphed into the walrus



starting to tilt, needs to work on core exercises

And On and On.............

From Margaret, re-visiting the Tonya H. Nancy K. (whyyy me-e-e-e) saga

And On and On it goes

from Rock..

is that a great name, or what?