tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47709751003797108892024-03-05T10:45:11.927-08:00Team LuccaLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11054926640945306491noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-4494863952014804772012-12-11T18:55:00.000-08:002012-12-11T18:55:58.624-08:00California International Marathon and the end of a good running year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many thanks to all of you who ran and represented us with <span style="color: #660000;"><b>TEAM LUCCA</b></span> this past year. </div>
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Always so happy to hear of your running /racing adventures </div>
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Congratulations to our CIM relay team, Jason, Solomon, Kevin and Bob, Dale for completing his first marathon, the awesome Geary family, Jim, Tamara and Sean and the amazingly fast Becky MacBride as well as the talented Karyn Hoffman who once again nailed it leading in her pace group</div>
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Especially impressive that you all finished so strong in spite of the blustery, rain storm taking place during most of the race</div>
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Get ready for 2013. Team meeting coming this January. Stay posted for date and time.</div>
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Happy Holidays!</div>
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Terri</div>
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<i>A big thanks to all of you who ran, rode and raced wearing those brown and red </i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Team Lucca </span>jerseys in 2012.</i></div>
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<i>Thanks to all who donated at our post "Run to Feed the Hungry" brunch. Due to your generosity, we were able to give Becky and Ian MacBride $850 for Becky's fundraising endeavor toward supporting the Fisher House and her running of the California International Marathon.</i></div>
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<i>We will have quite a of of you out there next week at the CIM.</i></div>
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<i>Look for those speedy Team Lucca jerseys and then see you all next year.</i></div>
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<i>Team Lucca 2013 meeting happening in January.</i></div>
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<i>Happy Holidays!</i><br />
<i>Terri</i></div>
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Team Lucca has been invited by A.S.D. Lucca Marathon to participate in the 2012 Lucca Marathon in Lucca, Italy on October 28th. </div>
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The race organizers are graciously providing free bibs and registration to any of us with Team Lucca here in California, who wish to participate.</div>
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Let me know and perhaps we can arrange a special trip to this beautiful city for this race.</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-59329249668181781042012-01-04T07:38:00.000-08:002012-01-22T08:01:35.133-08:00Rob Reed, Running and Aristotle<div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMkzUSP-wgl1kBVqKeM3gQD3R7PRzXCIswy_B_eZESyujLZjm0zbj_MnJ77EV8yeoigJgqZZKqEzdu7sw2JY6X9jTFYyuHQ_f2z6E4MezlOEyiteyFWyPIS6A92OJzI5iJkC9jhFUnTY/s1600/35758_458993409306_503719306_6101168_2390174_n.jpg"><img style="width: 320px; height: 251px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700479121068886050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMkzUSP-wgl1kBVqKeM3gQD3R7PRzXCIswy_B_eZESyujLZjm0zbj_MnJ77EV8yeoigJgqZZKqEzdu7sw2JY6X9jTFYyuHQ_f2z6E4MezlOEyiteyFWyPIS6A92OJzI5iJkC9jhFUnTY/s320/35758_458993409306_503719306_6101168_2390174_n.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><div><div><div>There are the obvious health benefits of running, increased stamina, muscle gain, weight managment and then there is a list full of less touted additional benefits, better sleep, better sex life, stronger joints, greater daily euphoria and, if you run with Rob Reed, a feeling of at least solving some of the worlds problems. </div><div>Rob joined Team Lucca in 2009. At the time he was between deployments to Northern Iraq.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Rob Reed is the guy who walks into a room and charges the atmosphere. He</span> is full of life, contagious in his positive energy and unique in the sense that he makes those around him bigger, better, come to life. <span class="Apple-style-span"> He is so fun to be around.</span></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>I had a chance to sit down with Rob over breakfast recently to talk about running and life.</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>After a childhood of frequent military relocations reaching as far as England, Rob's family eventually settled in Northern California. Like many guys, football became a big part of his high school experience, beginning in his sophomore year. Rob refers to running at this time in his life as horrible, comparing his running to Phoebe of the TV show <i>Friends</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Through the encouragement of his coach he continued running, and the beginning of a theme that would continue to grow and become highly relevant took hold. Rob embraced it fully in all aspects: the philosophical, practical, physical and mental advantages of being part of a team. </div><div><br /></div><div>The team experience continued at seventeen when Rob joined the military in pursuit of becoming part of the Air Force Pararescue, an elite specialty comparable to the Navy Seals or Army's Special Forces.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtp1ds_L4SlFYiRqClyZOx3zvNayTfIIHkr97ll3abY4QxJHuSlPQ4P2ldDQrKgxrflmxj6zapIY5H_B7KIeLtEjo3RTHEWQi5VCpTKeLRKCLMM88KJo-74TeSX6q7A25Kx-HhgpVvC4/s1600/190402_4283034306_503719306_1533_8342_n.jpg"><img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700478965420853330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtp1ds_L4SlFYiRqClyZOx3zvNayTfIIHkr97ll3abY4QxJHuSlPQ4P2ldDQrKgxrflmxj6zapIY5H_B7KIeLtEjo3RTHEWQi5VCpTKeLRKCLMM88KJo-74TeSX6q7A25Kx-HhgpVvC4/s320/190402_4283034306_503719306_1533_8342_n.jpg" /></a></div><div>Running now began in earnest with training building to 12 mile long runs while running in full gear - helmet, rucksack, gas mask, vest and boots.</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>When I asked Rob if there were any memorable moments regarding running during his training course or his tour of duty, he said not so much moments as just an over all feeling.</div><div><br /></div><div>The runs were always exhausting and pushed one through the barriers of what would normally be reliable during long runs. Water supplies ran out, daylight subsided the stressfulness of the situation would amplify and the lack of runner-required nutrients would throw one into a state where focus was sharpened on the smallest detail. The idea of the team as one single unit would become critical to the outcome of the day. Surviving together came down to a huge reliance on taking turns to boost the morale, to carry the burden, to lead the team. Humor was part of it all and things that would just be silly now became vastly funnier then. All in an attempt to throw off the intensity of the endeavor at hand.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rob on occasion stayed in contact with the team while in Iraq during his runs with the Nike + running app and the Team ran the Shamrockin Half Marathon here in Sacramento in honor of Rob in 2010.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ-TNoX5eMKwhGil9hkzcqysCKvynRknvQXY2NbWDyq2D3ItWRDxW_hRtcL5CsouT92NKD6wG4QvvgP7cBdzPy3kZUK3EQhOFlEeLvNDmPRgy8bC1xsNmz7BwFJzkeE_3h7U4w7EoUM8/s1600/4434510480_473d2cc8ef_b.jpg"><img style="width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700482142062669202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ-TNoX5eMKwhGil9hkzcqysCKvynRknvQXY2NbWDyq2D3ItWRDxW_hRtcL5CsouT92NKD6wG4QvvgP7cBdzPy3kZUK3EQhOFlEeLvNDmPRgy8bC1xsNmz7BwFJzkeE_3h7U4w7EoUM8/s320/4434510480_473d2cc8ef_b.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div>What Rob enjoys most about Team Lucca is the community of running. He has an appreciation for how running with the team keeps him in check. How great it is to represent something. How much he enjoys the leadership part of it.</div><div><br /></div><div>So naturally Rob's favorite race of the year was the "Tough Mudder" held this last September near Incline Village in Squaw Valley. This race is based on the training program of the British Special Forces and has plenty of incredibly challenging obstacles like swimming under ice, dodging electrical currents through a shock field an scaling crazy high walls. Every obstacle reliant on teamwork for the most successful outcome.</div><div><br /></div><div>I went to Tahoe to watch our team finish. While waiting I spoke to a group of Marines and asked them how they thought it all went. In their collective opinion the course was realistically quite tough. They said they finished in four hours. Our guys finished in four hours and twenty minutes and of course it was Rob , pushing, encouraging, waiting, prodding and providing the humor along the way.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstBnoyRPiRRkPNUwgzx9iWa59C0CaeXM6FYSgV7YsNxWbryC_HLOXi3WGNt0pCMPbuZn-MZHmvNg4NXZ2_O6nv-L83Qy0mXN2m3zQ_2TmNnTozejlYOWQELYcGxmaIcKNutNn0UVVtC0/s1600/296362_10150449665319307_503719306_10793871_1153367707_n.jpg"><img style="width: 233px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700481836297533474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstBnoyRPiRRkPNUwgzx9iWa59C0CaeXM6FYSgV7YsNxWbryC_HLOXi3WGNt0pCMPbuZn-MZHmvNg4NXZ2_O6nv-L83Qy0mXN2m3zQ_2TmNnTozejlYOWQELYcGxmaIcKNutNn0UVVtC0/s320/296362_10150449665319307_503719306_10793871_1153367707_n.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div>Running solo is highly conducive to meditation. Once your stride becomes comfortable and the breathing falls in line a natural contemplative and/or philosophical process begins.</div><div><br /></div><div>The same thing happens when running with a friend. Nothing like forgetting about the effort while working out the worlds problems small and large. </div><div><br /></div><div>During the times I have run with Rob the act of running becomes so less relevant, as our conversations verge on the ethics of raising cattle to the meaning of this country's time spent in Iraq and Afganistan. During a recent conversation I liked the way Rob put how we surmise our opinions when he said, "so much of what we know about controversial issues is based on assumptions and our own owning of limited facts. The truth is often so much more complex than most single minds can process and understand at one time. Perhaps it is best that we educate and are educated in small bursts toward a truthful understanding"</div><div><br /></div><div>In understanding our recent military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, Rob suggested a book he still loves, all controversy aside <i>"Three cups of Tea"</i> and the documentary film <i>Restrepo</i> by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, which chronicles the deployment of a U.S. Platoon in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. Rob also suggested watching the Discovery Channel documentary <i>"Surviving the Cut"</i> to learn more about training for the military's Special Forces.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZogWbcM4KVNoySNxMuQMMY7_uZsfI_3aikZPy2td2uSYZXwAmFdggSwaPbZOR13FA2jVhuSS0D2z4Rga8bVnIjzlJ7W2fVdz0rUtBT6b3Vs3VbQ5x5e8K8yqkBaVIsV7EoLkX55AgCS8/s1600/171720_1852829445515_1384148718_3537371_3890249_o.jpg"><img style="width: 278px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700478689850555378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZogWbcM4KVNoySNxMuQMMY7_uZsfI_3aikZPy2td2uSYZXwAmFdggSwaPbZOR13FA2jVhuSS0D2z4Rga8bVnIjzlJ7W2fVdz0rUtBT6b3Vs3VbQ5x5e8K8yqkBaVIsV7EoLkX55AgCS8/s320/171720_1852829445515_1384148718_3537371_3890249_o.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div>It is so much fun and such an honor to have you as part of the team Rob Reed. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">TEAM LUCCA: Next Race is a fun one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Super Bowl Sunday</div><div style="text-align: center;">Feb 5th, 9:00 Am </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p align="center"><img style="width: 320px; height: 160px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700477642700727090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSnFja9Zx8Ej1WvnIl3KCljF9v8IGvAMJgLdLv1fcKFfX6G8FjgtyG12yjLH7Ah8_gae-xJXqBJDxse10cVLXT3q_jry3TBGhs3dJ_eF4ywMDGzMsoARwb6dDwbZMQ-FrzJSGyonyQmQ/s320/5423404174_d347dba8b9_b.jpg" /></p><p align="center">More info at <a href="http://superbowlrun.org/">http://superbow</a><a href="http://superbowlrun.org/">lrun.org</a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSnFja9Zx8Ej1WvnIl3KCljF9v8IGvAMJgLdLv1fcKFfX6G8FjgtyG12yjLH7Ah8_gae-xJXqBJDxse10cVLXT3q_jry3TBGhs3dJ_eF4ywMDGzMsoARwb6dDwbZMQ-FrzJSGyonyQmQ/s1600/5423404174_d347dba8b9_b.jpg"><div align="left"> </div></a><p></p><div><br /></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-53042364239422941042011-12-04T17:05:00.000-08:002011-12-04T18:29:18.966-08:00Running Women Warriors plus Jim and Dan<div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSsiV50J8dcFMw_pSSDRfvno3M-VFoR1DWfvSNiBdihZffldClDzumhfDafmMOjk2mUeOp3vB4aDiblcg1xXsLZ3zEuJKwn-uoX2OPTNMNTUifTImXIOGzjMMNbvCXtV1pn85MCYkjbQ/s1600/IMG_0013.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 320px; height: 266px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682453029644211922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSsiV50J8dcFMw_pSSDRfvno3M-VFoR1DWfvSNiBdihZffldClDzumhfDafmMOjk2mUeOp3vB4aDiblcg1xXsLZ3zEuJKwn-uoX2OPTNMNTUifTImXIOGzjMMNbvCXtV1pn85MCYkjbQ/s320/IMG_0013.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd_ZilZo6BDKOPsXYZ5hG9q2IDMhrpJGICjpSrLW5lsiCOt3qnsgmXRrnok1qnJa5KugIEJ2xUE5uYyDMlCrud0tw3ydKCXpDcDcgUcUO2TukHV_LQEBnaNB3jYpydq4bdKCDZQ3AbnE/s1600/IMG_0019.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 320px; height: 273px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682453168523943330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd_ZilZo6BDKOPsXYZ5hG9q2IDMhrpJGICjpSrLW5lsiCOt3qnsgmXRrnok1qnJa5KugIEJ2xUE5uYyDMlCrud0tw3ydKCXpDcDcgUcUO2TukHV_LQEBnaNB3jYpydq4bdKCDZQ3AbnE/s320/IMG_0019.JPG" /></a><div><div><div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">The moment you see the finish line is so intensely personal. The swelling up with pride, the lump in the throat, possible tears welling, body aching and all of this punctuated with a huge sense of accomplishment and well deserved sigh of relief. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Congratulations to all our Team Lucca runners today. So proud of all of you. Think you are so amazing. My apologies if I forgot about anyone, but here is how I saw it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">First Team Lucca runner and still looking like a million bucks, mother of two, super speedy, <b>Becky MacBride.</b></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Next the truly amazing Western States competitor and CIM Pace setter, my friend, <b>Karyn Hoffman</b>.</span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Then one of my Team Lucca running heroes mostly for his tenacity and the fact that he just loves to run and does it so well, the one and only, <b>Jim </b><b>Geary</b>.</span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Not far behind, Jim's daughter and often times running companion - still smiling from ear to ear, <b>Tamara </b><b>Geary</b><b>.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><br /></b></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">There is so much pride to be had I am sure, for being part of a fearless group of women athletes known as the TRI chics. If anyone personified what these women can just go out and do with a marathon, it is <b>Tammie Lopez.</b> I had breakfast with Tammie the day before the race who was only a little concerned that she had barely trained. This morning she was a testament to the high level of physical fitness at which these women live their lives.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Tammie you are amazing, looked amazing and I am so proud of you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Next was Team Lucca coach and excellent marathoner again looking like it was such a breeze, the always smiling, really talented, <b>Emily </b><b>Schile</b><b>.</b></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Doing her first marathon and doing an excellent job of it was <b>Julie </b><b>Stackhouse</b><b>.</b></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Followed by the always adorable, also TRI Chic, <b>LeAnne </b><b>Nienow</b><b>.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Also congrats to my bud and Team Lucca runner, <b>Dan </b><b>Tafoya</b> and <b>Mrs. </b><b>Pozzi</b><b> aka </b><b>Meschell</b><b>.</b></span></div><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTY0IhpDVDV9s8F62Lt8BS7X2Cu-RyqpgjVwE6E1PiRZjHr4lzMXNoWfaemdZbFProitaRBnhBW32Jx1HJMVJnYdPzkbUb9MEztyzbEEt2_4KyWoSGXHwxiqptMwtL09V0-0gLZX8XSo/s1600/IMG_0093.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a> </span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTY0IhpDVDV9s8F62Lt8BS7X2Cu-RyqpgjVwE6E1PiRZjHr4lzMXNoWfaemdZbFProitaRBnhBW32Jx1HJMVJnYdPzkbUb9MEztyzbEEt2_4KyWoSGXHwxiqptMwtL09V0-0gLZX8XSo/s1600/IMG_0093.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><div align="left"> </div></a><p></p><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Thank you all for representing the Team over this past year. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49P0bMHRK8ws0BDb9HiNryCPQxk7u7YsQUFZtFERz5OUPnxKA8fV3_SwQowvcJrN_J42Pw3ZcNIn4HOk9vyql6y57m-k7BVv1t-0Ua_3myFLYGe7ys58Cu1U1e2nAXGXSwPNIlzoLGI0/s1600/IMG_0075.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>e<img style="width: 290px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682451364977351810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49P0bMHRK8ws0BDb9HiNryCPQxk7u7YsQUFZtFERz5OUPnxKA8fV3_SwQowvcJrN_J42Pw3ZcNIn4HOk9vyql6y57m-k7BVv1t-0Ua_3myFLYGe7ys58Cu1U1e2nAXGXSwPNIlzoLGI0/s320/IMG_0075.JPG" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> Think the world of all of you. You are all pure inspiration.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Terri</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5H22cUMqmVI4bejMwqoyHZZd4cUCmShQC0fE0hbXFWXplyl4VW6N_LWuSU2ckvEIIW1Uj2DD0McRwEcbf6okv1xkc6NrVgNEKMC21NrrqBujgwbhGcJFSrzR1m1kPXPXkmLv79k_98zA/s1600/IMG_0030.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><img style="width: 320px; height: 290px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682452107650857282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5H22cUMqmVI4bejMwqoyHZZd4cUCmShQC0fE0hbXFWXplyl4VW6N_LWuSU2ckvEIIW1Uj2DD0McRwEcbf6okv1xkc6NrVgNEKMC21NrrqBujgwbhGcJFSrzR1m1kPXPXkmLv79k_98zA/s320/IMG_0030.JPG" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhpMb5rC4J_SmSpqdpYaGKyrDFFxI2OlJjqT6z9t8kbnwgkhD4OQJrno8DT0muBSEB1Lzh8taZY6Ez2w8qLVEYak0iT2M-rDXQmaeb0xw6NPvEfoJ6nxIlaSqGz5gwwgWQXrVLxtKZCI/s1600/IMG_0065.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 320px; height: 214px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682451776235353890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhpMb5rC4J_SmSpqdpYaGKyrDFFxI2OlJjqT6z9t8kbnwgkhD4OQJrno8DT0muBSEB1Lzh8taZY6Ez2w8qLVEYak0iT2M-rDXQmaeb0xw6NPvEfoJ6nxIlaSqGz5gwwgWQXrVLxtKZCI/s320/IMG_0065.JPG" /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhpMb5rC4J_SmSpqdpYaGKyrDFFxI2OlJjqT6z9t8kbnwgkhD4OQJrno8DT0muBSEB1Lzh8taZY6Ez2w8qLVEYak0iT2M-rDXQmaeb0xw6NPvEfoJ6nxIlaSqGz5gwwgWQXrVLxtKZCI/s1600/IMG_0065.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTY0IhpDVDV9s8F62Lt8BS7X2Cu-RyqpgjVwE6E1PiRZjHr4lzMXNoWfaemdZbFProitaRBnhBW32Jx1HJMVJnYdPzkbUb9MEztyzbEEt2_4KyWoSGXHwxiqptMwtL09V0-0gLZX8XSo/s1600/IMG_0093.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><img style="width: 320px; height: 318px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682450882603061778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTY0IhpDVDV9s8F62Lt8BS7X2Cu-RyqpgjVwE6E1PiRZjHr4lzMXNoWfaemdZbFProitaRBnhBW32Jx1HJMVJnYdPzkbUb9MEztyzbEEt2_4KyWoSGXHwxiqptMwtL09V0-0gLZX8XSo/s320/IMG_0093.JPG" /></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-34165146525517349382011-11-26T14:51:00.000-08:002011-11-27T07:58:29.566-08:00TEAM Lucca Thanksgiving 2011<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpC7wOhhdPMfqGqr9MartB0T7ygxoC-ek-JqulMpkW5hNFUwA8L8SpH6uiCwE4Nf-q9d8tvua2fieAxwVkDwaO3_O4hNiyk_0DTOe2-3Sy2-yE03rv-0p6NOeZ1Hvv7h2DxXtIfTWWrJs/s1600/IMG_0109.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 213px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679534002886786626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpC7wOhhdPMfqGqr9MartB0T7ygxoC-ek-JqulMpkW5hNFUwA8L8SpH6uiCwE4Nf-q9d8tvua2fieAxwVkDwaO3_O4hNiyk_0DTOe2-3Sy2-yE03rv-0p6NOeZ1Hvv7h2DxXtIfTWWrJs/s320/IMG_0109.JPG" /></a></p><div><div align="center"><b>Thanksgiving Thank You's</b></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Thanks Team! In spite of the cold rainy day, Team Lucca showed up in big numbers, once again for the Sacramento's "Run to Feed the Hungry"</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> I wasn't able to get many photos at the race site with that crazy rain and only got a fraction of the team before and after. Nevertheless it was great to see you all and the brunch at Roxy was just the right note of warmth and delciousness, good friends and family and many reasons to be thankful.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">So happy to state that at our post race brunch raffle this year we raised <b>$1670.00 </b>for the Sacramento Food Bank<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QGwCiX2E58UM6bXzzDWxjlJo53Cj7mB02hHm19ys5vof48OV9eqOGDKJARFHnKLmp9paVaZnIkcOo0_Rj41ATQksGdLt2hwLhyphenhyphenwQlX_v3WDO2i3PaUnWHsGdBdTcwJSut1ORjh0I5ug/s1600/IMG_0133.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><div align="left"> </div></a>.</div><div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OP_ueLOol7JwVhUtVv5ixCa7UwJU6ka29UUDOUqbsYd-yY5ZyQ7zcbSPayMC2AsLosL_zX17zRwcdVGzjctVX2FjleeivZ-_6cgKbJTstb1WC59FG4GjfADk_KQoKZwaixSmSRJW5aY/s1600/IMG_0260.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 274px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679532767932710834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OP_ueLOol7JwVhUtVv5ixCa7UwJU6ka29UUDOUqbsYd-yY5ZyQ7zcbSPayMC2AsLosL_zX17zRwcdVGzjctVX2FjleeivZ-_6cgKbJTstb1WC59FG4GjfADk_KQoKZwaixSmSRJW5aY/s320/IMG_0260.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Many many thanks to <b>Jim Geary</b> one of our most dedicated runners who presented us with a check for <b>$1000</b> on behalf of Team Lucca as a gift from his law firm, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><b>Hanson Bridgett</b></span> to be included with our donation to the Sacramento Food Bank. Thank you kindly to every one at <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Hanson Bridgett</span></b>. Your generosity is so very much appreciated.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QGwCiX2E58UM6bXzzDWxjlJo53Cj7mB02hHm19ys5vof48OV9eqOGDKJARFHnKLmp9paVaZnIkcOo0_Rj41ATQksGdLt2hwLhyphenhyphenwQlX_v3WDO2i3PaUnWHsGdBdTcwJSut1ORjh0I5ug/s1600/IMG_0133.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 214px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679532309198670082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QGwCiX2E58UM6bXzzDWxjlJo53Cj7mB02hHm19ys5vof48OV9eqOGDKJARFHnKLmp9paVaZnIkcOo0_Rj41ATQksGdLt2hwLhyphenhyphenwQlX_v3WDO2i3PaUnWHsGdBdTcwJSut1ORjh0I5ug/s320/IMG_0133.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Also Thank you so very much to all of those who donated some really wonderful prizes:</div><div align="center">Martha Dunn, Photographer- Rachel Lomeil, Sacramento Theatre Company, Music Circus, B Street Theatre, numerous wineries, Piatti Restaurant, Sacramento Farmer's Market, American Grafetti Tatoo, Jeannie Bewley -fine jewelry creations, Chef Ian MacBride and Becky, Jan Newton, Hanna Choi, Jen Hart, Erin MacBride, Tracy Murphy, Kristina Dula and Joanne Obata, Macy's, Virginia Curtola, Lucca and Roxy Restaurants, Cosmopolitan Caberet, Tammie Lopez and Jason, Daniel Tofoya, Norma B and Lucky Dog Ranch.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Plus thank you so much to our Roxy Team, Mike Holyfield, Danny Origel and Jeff DePalma for putting together such a delish brunch.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">And finally a special thanks to Emily Shile for leading the team through 2011.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBdP6n0E9I4PQ_zKZ8TxJt6FIWwgY3-tSshxoxGCVSBURtZJUbw3Dx7UUsjbCdiyC2wZG64SLud21MYU082Bt1KVwkO1OEpf_9V1WAyCHn5hFDou-NaLCh8yVT5WFGjJEH4-CcO2LSik/s1600/IMG_0177.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 214px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679531063962750770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBdP6n0E9I4PQ_zKZ8TxJt6FIWwgY3-tSshxoxGCVSBURtZJUbw3Dx7UUsjbCdiyC2wZG64SLud21MYU082Bt1KVwkO1OEpf_9V1WAyCHn5hFDou-NaLCh8yVT5WFGjJEH4-CcO2LSik/s320/IMG_0177.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Thanksgiving!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><b>California International Marathon Next weekend</b></div><div align="center">Look for Team Lucca on the race course</div></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-29265443000368976672011-11-11T11:48:00.000-08:002011-11-11T12:39:50.893-08:00Such Pretty Boys!<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40k7wvOGdwx7gu3HoDdBeIDjtLxYarocgsouvwd8oT0QwnFYrvcWQWzAP6ZRFR95asqfqawLHhQe28Y4S8lJybhL5EcLg2SBpUW5tN_4R7n_FvP-pq2PT6a4pudmdZoqLwNpZN1r4p1U/s1600/310903_2368581407444_1037709815_32641151_1212680095_n.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673827709160197698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40k7wvOGdwx7gu3HoDdBeIDjtLxYarocgsouvwd8oT0QwnFYrvcWQWzAP6ZRFR95asqfqawLHhQe28Y4S8lJybhL5EcLg2SBpUW5tN_4R7n_FvP-pq2PT6a4pudmdZoqLwNpZN1r4p1U/s320/310903_2368581407444_1037709815_32641151_1212680095_n.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><div align="center">Thanks Rob, Bob, Andy and Dale for representing Team Lucca again in another one of those pretty dirty races.<br /></div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitc531vvanhcU_xDkqCkrBIgRnufz4ezQwoiMHNobeg1m4gc6qT65E6CM7XO0_g-lALUvFkK9sbGfjTtfLbbUhSwty3EMLMaK75RuzwqjqVsjsHI7RXZ5somcxZcT4q5dplTtub1UEx-c/s1600/305732_2364656749330_1037709815_32639947_146051564_n.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 232px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673827834621591314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitc531vvanhcU_xDkqCkrBIgRnufz4ezQwoiMHNobeg1m4gc6qT65E6CM7XO0_g-lALUvFkK9sbGfjTtfLbbUhSwty3EMLMaK75RuzwqjqVsjsHI7RXZ5somcxZcT4q5dplTtub1UEx-c/s320/305732_2364656749330_1037709815_32639947_146051564_n.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#330000;"><strong>DON'T FORGET ~ Thanksgiving Morning: </strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#330000;"><strong>"Run to Feed the Hungry"</strong></span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#330000;"></span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Nove. 24th, 2011 - Please be at Roxy by 7:00 am for pictures and then look for those brown Team Lucca jerseys close to the Team Tent before the start.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">If you are running the 10K and line up at the 9 min mile marker, 15 mins before the start </div><br /><div align="center">I will find you there for pre race pics.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Also plan on joining us post race at Roxy for our annual brunch and raffle. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">Brunch is free - just please bring money for raffle tickets. All proceeds from the raffle go directly to the Sacramento Food Bank</div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhiLYiGF4aQZDF5yqKOinkq8zptJqFx-AnBA89YLvLD6RMT9eiTeDJWtnyw4Vy9pt8xL-iF1teUFRE-2U4Hne8DFIj2TJ916met5oFP42CEIQIOK8EfhDHm968akS4CaNKvFIaKElrLA/s1600/383046_2364648629127_1037709815_32639943_801632383_n.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 237px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673827911856191474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhiLYiGF4aQZDF5yqKOinkq8zptJqFx-AnBA89YLvLD6RMT9eiTeDJWtnyw4Vy9pt8xL-iF1teUFRE-2U4Hne8DFIj2TJ916met5oFP42CEIQIOK8EfhDHm968akS4CaNKvFIaKElrLA/s320/383046_2364648629127_1037709815_32639943_801632383_n.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><div align="center">Raffle prizes include - bottles of wine, housemade pies, theatre tickets, gift certificates for Lucky Dog Ranch New York Steaks, homemade bread, massage certificates, tattoo and body piercing gift certificates and gift certificates to Lucca and Roxy,</div><br /><div align="center">plus so much more.<br /></div><br /><div align="center">We are still collecting prizes so please send Emily or I a message thru Facebook if you would like to contribute. All prize contributions are so very much appreciated!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Hopefully see you soon at Sacramento's best family running event of the year!</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Terri </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-3791337867261464652011-08-26T21:31:00.001-07:002011-08-26T22:00:58.270-07:00Team Lucca Tough Mudder 2011<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtyjTWlVDXzO1PlVoHT8TkwJyCmAklxHy81_mjQISylbnk0a71wdRFhZUf-0fRObwwoC3uU_a3UpRqZqEdx3ecGlCDSZKPfcZRk-BGtJQKa7c3uVwmhiZWAnrCloCM1vrx6T6Mr8kO4M/s1600/172002_10150142693571424_592521423_8091163_2859026_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 165px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645389164173926850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtyjTWlVDXzO1PlVoHT8TkwJyCmAklxHy81_mjQISylbnk0a71wdRFhZUf-0fRObwwoC3uU_a3UpRqZqEdx3ecGlCDSZKPfcZRk-BGtJQKa7c3uVwmhiZWAnrCloCM1vrx6T6Mr8kO4M/s400/172002_10150142693571424_592521423_8091163_2859026_o.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tammie</span></div><div align="center">
<br /></div><div align="center"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB41kmC_Gq3dFkPa0iKIueSj3DdM0VruQAoWjfL9CgJ6lJMl3-mcrCYnmJB3uwC21pusSV8AMkLxItLpfaxVC9zhtr6aJOuhA47YKpjFASo_Za3R_gLBIGJ0myMiOHCYmV7w3PuYIK91w/s1600/5215771156_5901d08838_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 155px; height: 318px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645389071761327346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB41kmC_Gq3dFkPa0iKIueSj3DdM0VruQAoWjfL9CgJ6lJMl3-mcrCYnmJB3uwC21pusSV8AMkLxItLpfaxVC9zhtr6aJOuhA47YKpjFASo_Za3R_gLBIGJ0myMiOHCYmV7w3PuYIK91w/s400/5215771156_5901d08838_b.jpg" /></a>Rob</div><div>
<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6D1mCLphfuIbPED08b8-_dolh7gHGllWA8aiovrPda6AbSMsXE76X0YE5ab40t3g-DXoUAdFHy1Gp3Fc3yZZfItxl0BKS65mSS50Xx1M2fWQGOGpPu4hC7lPbidkap4K04cq_aWb82s/s1600/IMG_2259.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 207px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645388949333489010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6D1mCLphfuIbPED08b8-_dolh7gHGllWA8aiovrPda6AbSMsXE76X0YE5ab40t3g-DXoUAdFHy1Gp3Fc3yZZfItxl0BKS65mSS50Xx1M2fWQGOGpPu4hC7lPbidkap4K04cq_aWb82s/s400/IMG_2259.JPG" /></a>Bob</div><div>
<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDKGLLUQunl3oHgo9DBGBQ3qGhrj_cSwzkXywDa46_LDQ6oKLZhl5wK1LXXzbZIuNjT886_ZN_Q0_Uqt4XCN3JAhx5susuyXBbQmERR60ERKDUFVqIuQbHfQTEeeRWRF-4ehyyco_HF0/s1600/5215184623_29baa8fb57_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 205px; height: 362px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645388820016960306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDKGLLUQunl3oHgo9DBGBQ3qGhrj_cSwzkXywDa46_LDQ6oKLZhl5wK1LXXzbZIuNjT886_ZN_Q0_Uqt4XCN3JAhx5susuyXBbQmERR60ERKDUFVqIuQbHfQTEeeRWRF-4ehyyco_HF0/s400/5215184623_29baa8fb57_b.jpg" /></a>Dale</div><div>
<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSxVs4Cjs5dx8Y29m46WV2smcH5I9FFFXwgVAvqsOIa1LQ7q5SoGqNQdeUtbD8WJVIZlyJQC30rXYFOnN9EJf8HZ4kIEg0n4JBx8oJ5yEN2qTrPqqLZoeLCwZnEbuxina4b-wfIhddOc/s1600/5779200746_f8a3c1ed66_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 290px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645388698495009186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSxVs4Cjs5dx8Y29m46WV2smcH5I9FFFXwgVAvqsOIa1LQ7q5SoGqNQdeUtbD8WJVIZlyJQC30rXYFOnN9EJf8HZ4kIEg0n4JBx8oJ5yEN2qTrPqqLZoeLCwZnEbuxina4b-wfIhddOc/s400/5779200746_f8a3c1ed66_b.jpg" /></a>Andrew</div><div>
<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Come with me to watch these fearless ahtletes do their insane muddy challenging best at this years "TOUGH MUDDER" </div><div>
<br /></div><div> </div><div>Straight from the website <a href="http://toughmudder.com/">http://toughmudder.com</a></div><div>
<br /></div><div> </div><div><i>"Tough Mudder is not your average lame-ass mud run or spirit crushing endurance road race. Our 10-12 mile obstacle courses are designed by British Special Forces to test all around strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie. Tough Mudder has raised over one million dollars for the Wounded Warriors Project" </i></div><div><i>
<br /></i></div><div> </div><div>When: September 17th</div><div>Where: Lake Tahoe </div><div>
<br /></div><div> </div><div>Call me at Roxy if you are interested in carpooling up with Gina and I to cheer our team on.</div><div>It will be such a crazy bloody muddy time. Can't wait.</div><div> </div><div>
<br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-14295086722562061552011-08-12T14:41:00.001-07:002011-08-12T14:49:42.370-07:002011 Team Lucca Races<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Here are the next 5 Team Lucca races for 2011:
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<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">August 27: <a href="http://www.raceforthearts.com/">Race for the Arts</a>
<br />September 11: <a href="http://www.chipsrunning.com/buffalo-stampede-parrott-migration/">Buffalo Stampede</a>
<br />October 2: <a href="http://urbancowhalfmarathon.com/">Urban Cow Half Marathon</a>
<br />November 24 : <a href="http://www.runtofeedthehungry.com/">Run to Feed the Hungry</a>
<br />December 4: <a href="http://www.runcim.org/">California Int'l Marathon</a>
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<br />Get signed up for the races you want to do! We'd really LOVE if you would consider the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><i><a href="http://www.runtofeedthehungry.com/">Run to Feed the Hungry</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> (this is always our favorite race!)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-66153546902430243322011-08-05T07:12:00.000-07:002011-08-05T17:04:29.263-07:00"The Good Ones"<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgZ0xsjwWwQ0mXuj7fsIum6FBVVqncRuMkwYE0ScdPxGDYbTBIQ6xnjBtBZ_3QswmbZXpyIqiPpil3SaL97qE2xAt4vBOg4av7i9jDb6k_xR_w0EHbRdxJVUT4Pxa4KGzyz85BjQVrpM/s1600/IMG_5002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><img style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; width: 182px; height: 400px; display: block; cursor: pointer; " id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637512490471654962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgZ0xsjwWwQ0mXuj7fsIum6FBVVqncRuMkwYE0ScdPxGDYbTBIQ6xnjBtBZ_3QswmbZXpyIqiPpil3SaL97qE2xAt4vBOg4av7i9jDb6k_xR_w0EHbRdxJVUT4Pxa4KGzyz85BjQVrpM/s400/IMG_5002.JPG" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgZ0xsjwWwQ0mXuj7fsIum6FBVVqncRuMkwYE0ScdPxGDYbTBIQ6xnjBtBZ_3QswmbZXpyIqiPpil3SaL97qE2xAt4vBOg4av7i9jDb6k_xR_w0EHbRdxJVUT4Pxa4KGzyz85BjQVrpM/s1600/IMG_5002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span></span></span><blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgZ0xsjwWwQ0mXuj7fsIum6FBVVqncRuMkwYE0ScdPxGDYbTBIQ6xnjBtBZ_3QswmbZXpyIqiPpil3SaL97qE2xAt4vBOg4av7i9jDb6k_xR_w0EHbRdxJVUT4Pxa4KGzyz85BjQVrpM/s1600/IMG_5002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There are people on this earth who live at a truly heightened level of understanding. With a sense of compassionate calmness they achieve things large and small in heroic measure. While far easier for some to resort to righteous anger, bombastic opinion, fear driven choices, ego centered decision making, outright negativity, these rare people really get it and choose to "walk the walk" with quiet dignity in an effort to change the course of the moment, the day, the week, the world. </span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> I like to think of these people as "the good ones". </span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Those doing good solely for the sake of good. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We have one of these good ones on our Team Lucca</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></blockquote></div></span></div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Megan Gash travels to third world countries looking for women to help by providing them the means to better their lives. The work she does is partly funded by the Bill Gates Foundation.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is world travel in no way easy, glamorous or remotely safe. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yet Megan loves it.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Megan is a Team Lucca</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Runner. It is an honor and a pleasure to have her as part of our Team. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Per my asking, here is her running story.</i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Hi Terri,<br />Sure! I’m flattered you asked. Here’s a bit about myself and then the answers to the questions about running (your questions are inserted in the text).</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br />I live in midtown Sacramento and I work in Davis at an international non-profit organization named Freedom from Hunger. </span></span><a href="http://freedomfromhunger.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">freedomfromhunger.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">We assist local organizations to deliver education and small microfinance loans to women in developing countries. I work as a research specialist, studying whether our programs have impact. Naturally, my main hobby is traveling, and my job fortunately allows me to do a lot of it.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">So first Megan some running questions. What got you started?</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I started running because of a desire to feel better physically and also to lose some weight. A good friend, Emily Schile, had been encouraging me to run for a while and I finally decided to give it a try. I started out really slowly, by running for a couple of minutes and then walking a few minutes. I slowly worked my way up, and felt good about it both physically and simply having a sense of accomplishment, and I kept up with it.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Running has been very positive for me. I lost the weight I wanted to, and I’ve kept it off. I have more muscle definition than I’ve ever had before, I have more energy, I don’t need to sleep as much, I am more fit and alert overall, and it’s really helped with dealing with daily stress.<br /><br /></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">What are your current running goals?</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">My current goals are to keep up with my regular running and eventually do a half-marathon. Travel for my job often makes it difficult to find a solid few months to train, mainly since it can be hard to run while traveling. I like to increase my speed, too, but I don’t have any specific goals for it. I am not very competitive athletically and I find that I feel best when I sort of stumble into a new speed instead of planning for it and pushing myself. I ended up running a 9:34 mile average for the Feed the Hungry run last November, which was not planned, and a great improvement from my 11:27 average at the Zoo Zoom the prior April. The cold temperature really helped, though!</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 14px; " class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">What are some of the countries you travel to?</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I travel to wherever the project takes me, but the trips in the past year or two have been to Mali (in West Africa), India, the Philippines and Ecuador. My next trip is to a conference in Tanzania in October. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 14px; " class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Any wonderfully memorable runs while traveling?</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">On a trip to Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), I went for a run one early morning around 5:30am. It was in May, and very, very hot. I went running early to avoid some of the heat and humidity, and because I had jet lag and was wide awake at that time. I ran from my hotel to a park where a lot of local residents were taking their morning walks. Although I didn't stand out because I was a runner - sometimes you really are the only person out there running, and local residents think that you are running "from" something instead of just running for exercise - I did stand out because I was one of the few who wasn't doing morning calisthenics during the run. While walking in their traditional long tunics and thin pants with white tennis shoes (I was in my running capris , long tee shirt and running shoes), they were throwing their arms up over and over as the walked, almost like doing a walking jumping jack. A lot of people were doing this! It kinda of made me laugh, but also felt good to see others were out and about getting their exercise publicly, like me. It felt like I was part of a community, but doing things just a little differently than them.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">What if anything is difficult for you about running ?</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I’m a pretty slow runner, and I find that it’s hard to improve quickly. It’s also hard to have good runs consistently. Some days I have a great run, some days a crummy one, and I can’t do a lot to control that, a good run seems to just happen or not.<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I’m just really proud I’ve stuck with running. It helps tremendously to be part of Team Lucca and know that I should</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> participate in runs; it’s a positive kind of pressure that encourages me to stick with it since I know people will notice that I’m not there. It also feels good to continue improving. I have always felt from other Team Lucca members that although it’s great to be a fast runner, there is absolutely no pressure to do that, just show up and finish. It’s a very supportive environment. I’ve also found that running with others on a weekly basis is a great motivator to keep it up, and keep pushing myself to improve bit by bit.</span></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">What do you enjoy the most about those weekly runs?</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></i></span><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I love the “me” time. I love being outside, in the fresh air, running out my frustrations and stress, clearing my head. It always makes me feel good, even if it started as a crummy run</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px;font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11;" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-23871161283711750052011-07-04T22:01:00.000-07:002011-07-05T07:09:47.017-07:00Fourth of July Run<div><br /><div><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Happy Fourth of July!</span></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;">Yes, just a little bit of a crazy cycling fan. Ron was out the door at 4:30 am to beat the heat for a few hours anyway, with work out at the ranch. I was up and at em soon after trying to get my own ranch chores done in order to race home and catch a bit of the Tour de France before running off to see the Team run on this soon to be sweltering sweaty Sacramento summer day. Yet a day just perfect for a low key neighborhood Fourth of July 5 mile race</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ19h1I4D_Cp8XeKxIYnC-cf1KPWLVFgZPWGpWnrDUuOI3GIaodxieVRvkwowtuO7BN-gLDVpDt4-bs31-uHiPD-NBGkw2o0eq7iY2Xpz5XFNC1qKg-FYZOjD5SuelucYD3pTTQJjaL4/s1600/IMG_5151.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 144px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625733666560864786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ19h1I4D_Cp8XeKxIYnC-cf1KPWLVFgZPWGpWnrDUuOI3GIaodxieVRvkwowtuO7BN-gLDVpDt4-bs31-uHiPD-NBGkw2o0eq7iY2Xpz5XFNC1qKg-FYZOjD5SuelucYD3pTTQJjaL4/s200/IMG_5151.JPG" /></a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ19h1I4D_Cp8XeKxIYnC-cf1KPWLVFgZPWGpWnrDUuOI3GIaodxieVRvkwowtuO7BN-gLDVpDt4-bs31-uHiPD-NBGkw2o0eq7iY2Xpz5XFNC1qKg-FYZOjD5SuelucYD3pTTQJjaL4/s1600/IMG_5151.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><div align="left"> </div></a><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Held annually and known as Sacramento's oldest running event, runners around the city line up in the lovely River Park neighborhood to begin the days festivites by running. No chips, no bibs, just runners who love to run.<br /></div><p align="center"><img style="width: 148px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625733242620732034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YD3CppCckdyD0nN6wIVcTReWAcNIZV5tjXAEi3VwcxBYYKLkzjBwIS9Iu9Ni3qFFQdB7ximpv-NwtBWcYNPj493XhnJb7xTUsIGGFn0TdZnTPcaxjYzM0V42W7VnKiW0XygW-GX8TK8/s200/IMG_5104.JPG" /></p><p align="center"><br /></p><div><div><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 200px; height: 174px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625732642306962706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xV250k3OK8B2qi0538A7Ssdj3lEoYIzLQo-G_iOsCqSjszI_8dUB10zH2bdcuHlC-6J8cM2SZSgAEuj17LyEFlbjggV-WZstBPMuWUFjmiITpWM3W2IQB2UjjMNcvo4_3PsLMhR3pnc/s200/IMG_5014.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 116px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625732774585476082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ShoKGHMXs77DNeC0NgR7MCH0SV9NA303WeA1ZG9KyI5eTSD9DhsfGTGFzb_NK3wTgYwbSWhjaDnqViy0DaJ1FhJWrapph57c5uehvD0pElck4x5ePZePX1URdCaXWsQt5VpTc238JuU/s200/IMG_5016.JPG" /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Runners and friends I just think the world of - Rich Hanna, Deborah Meltvedt</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and Rick Kushman</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 134px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625731828849957794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGgPmmLeNoqQ2IRhyphenhyphenYUx5YZcef-PiNXQUmk7gPQ41vbvH9drjxHB4DjNhGdJfWATjRPf0Yt7cVYNgp_ITyS8dRRk_8pmB2moc4XcHUMCNHW7ogWgQE3_8inEoGfc_XZ2uxgeacjIvI_o/s200/IMG_5043.JPG" /><img style="width: 160px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625731525243717074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqRlNkNdqGu-wZ98dB0y4YRUDNwumHmt3T6y16hh1uF_AfKkPXQjvM9aRC2jtjXXgJS0iw1oewAlNuDyihUSBdHjmasd6gJ-TZHEJyFS93D2W-HNXAVk9U5m3QL8v7o51umndm3ANdyY/s200/IMG_5057.JPG" /><img style="width: 140px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625731732585242418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikX4xCTkItpiK8YKwxd9-fPsLfwEEvIqpA4ssPUKUkrtRVGz0hiiQy5Ma8mgokfkDr3aVve01w71FaulUfdSYgmYBc_k3hua6T6qObBo4ivWyyLVPrr5TTHsP2WQyY-RrDjJMLuwg8pu0/s200/IMG_5042.JPG" /></div><div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 200px; height: 140px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625731190203938898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhMBy0A2lYp4bIZoDWGWLfWMLi5YWGGSTbTP_fU7E6kffvLBRQcul15zOkWTiEf4tx-Nif-FD_1AZAJAYnb597v3PQDTSH207gIhyphenhyphenwB6uIJ9U1_muUgaRkAmDHfaL6M_HETKzxmGntSI/s200/IMG_5003.JPG" /></div><div><br /><div><br /><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">It was great to see our Team out there on this cooker of a blazing hot morning and then it was back home for another quick glance at the tour before off and running again. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So here I sit late into the evening, finally getting to watch the finish and see with my own two eyes the winning of today's yellow jersey by an American, Tyler Ferrar. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Perfect way to end the day. Up in about 6 hours to do it all again. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy running, happy cycling, happy Fourth of July.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_R_TIoYH1H9Ott0cubefLiVv0bm_Zze9gheIcM5Y9CQtZSOSB-00vqRucXnH73ULIzOhrB9aoxcT92pzkKJ6gsK-3SuCQUCCf2QKrhhp3wDN1hN-UpVY5g8kLikm2rA33ew1ncyb62YU/s1600/IMG_4882.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 142px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625741593677351314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_R_TIoYH1H9Ott0cubefLiVv0bm_Zze9gheIcM5Y9CQtZSOSB-00vqRucXnH73ULIzOhrB9aoxcT92pzkKJ6gsK-3SuCQUCCf2QKrhhp3wDN1hN-UpVY5g8kLikm2rA33ew1ncyb62YU/s200/IMG_4882.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-86551709509807428572011-05-30T21:07:00.000-07:002011-05-30T21:26:10.888-07:00No Excuses 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gaatZvwaTBthLUVgw2MnRhoLda7_LufFSNtKwGdgOTf1Xqc7H9KGeOgGENqxi2ACKhJHTDrcBRKt0eK9qPBgmFuVonq3ibM1AAAtv7iNb9oq2YDVvYmxqnrxolsWgQrZNKEomTF72AQ/s1600/5778643295_93e35ccf54_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gaatZvwaTBthLUVgw2MnRhoLda7_LufFSNtKwGdgOTf1Xqc7H9KGeOgGENqxi2ACKhJHTDrcBRKt0eK9qPBgmFuVonq3ibM1AAAtv7iNb9oq2YDVvYmxqnrxolsWgQrZNKEomTF72AQ/s400/5778643295_93e35ccf54_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612731567359476306" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Good Day for Running</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Really great race day in Land Park. Thank you all Team Lucca runners for laying it all out on the track. Haven't seen the results yet but I think 4 or 5 of our guys came in around 20 mins.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Plan now as you've got a whole month. Our next big Team Lucca race will be the Alzheimer's Aid Race on July 9th. I will get out more info on as we get closer to the date.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Until then we have Karyn running in the Western States 100 again this year. If anyone wants to wait with me at the finish, it is really quite something to watch these seasoned runners as they come in and finish this mind boggling feat.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">PLENTY OF PICS IN THE PHOTOSTREAM</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-31436023035226366692011-05-26T17:49:00.000-07:002011-05-26T18:05:13.919-07:00No Excuses 2011<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvwdyk9h-YHxq-oJVJkO40KAe-zF1RfWC6qI3pye-P3l6rjbblaMmvQ7HoYN88wBKIdoRT-th7Nr0uHGJ8OU9SF6QRAaW57yjiUPPox2mWpUmXMBduvO2zJ-xduR8p7BLiJXYssyBz9g/s1600/IMG_0330.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 128px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611192939484715058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvwdyk9h-YHxq-oJVJkO40KAe-zF1RfWC6qI3pye-P3l6rjbblaMmvQ7HoYN88wBKIdoRT-th7Nr0uHGJ8OU9SF6QRAaW57yjiUPPox2mWpUmXMBduvO2zJ-xduR8p7BLiJXYssyBz9g/s200/IMG_0330.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_8gsZRwnn9pt4R1VPQKrj6WtUuac_HXFx9tRXM1WFjEjOsZy1ves_-FM5W8DxyjyUIHwXqJ20jepbYuSJRA83LwgIcBGaMP_bI58KQJZ9OPasp9nb0_4gEP5K28sENmZb8cT0gHhOfY/s1600/IMG_0361.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 149px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611192832420765650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_8gsZRwnn9pt4R1VPQKrj6WtUuac_HXFx9tRXM1WFjEjOsZy1ves_-FM5W8DxyjyUIHwXqJ20jepbYuSJRA83LwgIcBGaMP_bI58KQJZ9OPasp9nb0_4gEP5K28sENmZb8cT0gHhOfY/s200/IMG_0361.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJeHDdIukyTVd9G93VpGa8MwTqR9bNx3aneHqi5gGIkCH-c4hP0UnTPJTG0eORZPtp0GXweG4IBBtxU9sSBYQX7wKNvQIiMzS1fphnGBxSwyCpFh-Sj9fu2-Zhbmb-w6QXjQlENjYCw0/s1600/IMG_0376.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 132px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611192733417418626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJeHDdIukyTVd9G93VpGa8MwTqR9bNx3aneHqi5gGIkCH-c4hP0UnTPJTG0eORZPtp0GXweG4IBBtxU9sSBYQX7wKNvQIiMzS1fphnGBxSwyCpFh-Sj9fu2-Zhbmb-w6QXjQlENjYCw0/s200/IMG_0376.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>TEAM LUCCA: "NO EXCUSES" - This Monday morning. Be There!</div><div>Race start 8:30 am in Land Park. Brunch at Roxy Restaurant after</div><div><br /><a href="http://roxyrestaurantandbar.com/">http://roxyrestaurantandbar.com</a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Yd6RkU_v9VPhrSHuirWOd8C-28yuh2UGifvIwHn1fG2r_i9qTf7KKzHzE_J6esP124K-ADFIs4fVwJintA3U5YURBBrfL55Dvk-ujo52sp-MbBAFw3grJzLhwmNs6qIkViMXvlHqH18/s1600/IMG_0300.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 200px; height: 162px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611192100605638258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Yd6RkU_v9VPhrSHuirWOd8C-28yuh2UGifvIwHn1fG2r_i9qTf7KKzHzE_J6esP124K-ADFIs4fVwJintA3U5YURBBrfL55Dvk-ujo52sp-MbBAFw3grJzLhwmNs6qIkViMXvlHqH18/s200/IMG_0300.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-sQ3cK2X9Fef7M8OkAWdmqrj4ww1USRrbWt-NFqSI_CAN0AY4prFOwOH1F7yfgyscaKUdObNAFJ-UboMGcPwsqDG8XJVaXeUG0VoGd2rFWgwk0FIltERiqC8GYCZiwAmdxtA3g2eC48/s1600/IMG_0169.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 125px; height: 163px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611191938678127010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-sQ3cK2X9Fef7M8OkAWdmqrj4ww1USRrbWt-NFqSI_CAN0AY4prFOwOH1F7yfgyscaKUdObNAFJ-UboMGcPwsqDG8XJVaXeUG0VoGd2rFWgwk0FIltERiqC8GYCZiwAmdxtA3g2eC48/s200/IMG_0169.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXh_ZXawCHEmHAITNEiHxkDz1mFdCLVTr5TOTOTz3mbdnV6Q2AjPxD8zLuImR8K7V222SSXQYs88_rnV-O4-MFUoELHEhL8zDeNLDh8yi-beKLhl9HaKfbNOQYL8hTL_nYhxw8ksSoLk/s1600/IMG_0254.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 200px; height: 156px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611191831797224818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXh_ZXawCHEmHAITNEiHxkDz1mFdCLVTr5TOTOTz3mbdnV6Q2AjPxD8zLuImR8K7V222SSXQYs88_rnV-O4-MFUoELHEhL8zDeNLDh8yi-beKLhl9HaKfbNOQYL8hTL_nYhxw8ksSoLk/s200/IMG_0254.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-40158572372749197092011-05-09T07:51:00.001-07:002011-05-09T07:59:36.128-07:00Race for the Cure 2011: Team Lucca<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OzujHilaj3CmhcK401s31_q0vc-dbp5Bi08b_i8tBULvOl554Pt0sV7Armj8ifv9S4_NIEg-ksWXv80BDHbJKHZ2n8M_9SRkLsKnkvh0TeI0s2Mgb46rMYePPX9aI6hNpdDfjaqR_C0/s1600/IMG_2236.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="color:#000000;"></span><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 234px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604729330689057378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OzujHilaj3CmhcK401s31_q0vc-dbp5Bi08b_i8tBULvOl554Pt0sV7Armj8ifv9S4_NIEg-ksWXv80BDHbJKHZ2n8M_9SRkLsKnkvh0TeI0s2Mgb46rMYePPX9aI6hNpdDfjaqR_C0/s400/IMG_2236.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A Big Thank You to our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">Race for the Cure</span> Team</span></div><div align="center"><i>Tam and Mom, Pheebs, Trish, Becky, Ian and family, Bob, Kristen and Dan</i></div><div> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-85347677844274242772011-04-14T09:27:00.000-07:002011-05-02T20:20:14.174-07:00Putting on the Pink<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iDwKJyW0Fa5V7Yub7ypQnWIkTk9FRWePybXQ503NrjdxJ-DPJ9ULrs1v-HiC3IHfchde2Hm82euZeHvnOBGfo5-X3K_RlqF_yx9zsRcCBg3QOhyphenhyphenEgzaw3qBM8R-22qimqzB3s3ce8Vk/s1600/IMG_0715.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iDwKJyW0Fa5V7Yub7ypQnWIkTk9FRWePybXQ503NrjdxJ-DPJ9ULrs1v-HiC3IHfchde2Hm82euZeHvnOBGfo5-X3K_RlqF_yx9zsRcCBg3QOhyphenhyphenEgzaw3qBM8R-22qimqzB3s3ce8Vk/s200/IMG_0715.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602324349689842914" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></u></span></div>This upcoming Saturday: Race for the Cure<div><br />I<span class="Apple-style-span">t was the first race I ever ran. After years of running, this is the one I picked. Truly it was one of the onl</span><span class="Apple-style-span">y bi</span><span class="Apple-style-span">g races out there at the time</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div></div></span><div></div><div> </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This going back to the day where as a runner if you wanted to listen to music you did so on a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">huge CD cassette player that you tucked into a big fanny pack strapped awkwardly around your waist.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><br /></div></span><div></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3I3GdZEypJJ39qA1JDBUaQGDowB-GDzW-NXFDj62759s67kZLQKT0IIG3K9diCxaVV3Cm6gux_hzgXtApGNG5FMBziZBp_LxvisP4ghrep7buLQ18J2oXbDqzWEAWycRPwW2ips3fPJc/s1600/IMG_0014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 320px; height: 204px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595646791097901778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3I3GdZEypJJ39qA1JDBUaQGDowB-GDzW-NXFDj62759s67kZLQKT0IIG3K9diCxaVV3Cm6gux_hzgXtApGNG5FMBziZBp_LxvisP4ghrep7buLQ18J2oXbDqzWEAWycRPwW2ips3fPJc/s320/IMG_0014.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Team Lucca 2004</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I was so unsure of myself as a potential racer that day, I walked down the long sidewalk to the start line seriously vacillating between jumping over to the left side, the walkers or staying on the right side the runners. I was concerned someone on a megaphone might see me flailing along and announce "will bib number ( mine) please move out of the way. This side for racers only."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginUIb-GGshW1wql5XBwYW_4pFXwTCXXHzoqtSZ_1QV1RNTQLyOrH1U4gF1GpU3j7gPFPN6l24w8xhsSs1C8URzOLe3FZ-ubNFaAD2W2UQhaUcsNsT7oBe9Cy5Jmjw3bBrakOMOZ3bYp4/s1600/IMG_0767.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 320px; height: 225px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595646484617045682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginUIb-GGshW1wql5XBwYW_4pFXwTCXXHzoqtSZ_1QV1RNTQLyOrH1U4gF1GpU3j7gPFPN6l24w8xhsSs1C8URzOLe3FZ-ubNFaAD2W2UQhaUcsNsT7oBe9Cy5Jmjw3bBrakOMOZ3bYp4/s320/IMG_0767.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Team Lucca 2005</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I finished that race in such a heightened state of emotion. Elation as I passed runners. Happy to have passed allot of runners that I finished and that I ran really fast. Distraught over the number of backs I passed with sad messages of remembrance and honor.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQvhWpNGQCDw6-0-y4y2fbW7oBXbhf17dQ-CRkgrWFpjrcaVs52NIXZYxzINgmo5ivIsMFz7fzKiqXcfi4OAIwdcXeikiN4O8WLlLQy9-H22Qdjy7YurQQXpITAzD4_3umP5NPzuePzI/s1600/IMG_0716.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 198px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595646239527308674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQvhWpNGQCDw6-0-y4y2fbW7oBXbhf17dQ-CRkgrWFpjrcaVs52NIXZYxzINgmo5ivIsMFz7fzKiqXcfi4OAIwdcXeikiN4O8WLlLQy9-H22Qdjy7YurQQXpITAzD4_3umP5NPzuePzI/s320/IMG_0716.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Team Lucca kids 2005</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This race with around 30,000 participants now in Sacramento has become not so much a runners race as a yearly event for far too many. It has become an annual rite of springtime, of Mother's day, of hope and promise and one year for me anyway an experience in frustration. The year we ran in a kind of protest over, - where does all this money go? How many more years will be out here doing this? How long will it take to end this thing?</span></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This thing being breast cancer.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And yet it is this monster, this mission, this advocacy that made me a runner.</span></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfVFIYQ7ypVpAttDoOAtGwRsKcWPrQxf9t_NYPGSsuN2yk9NqmBeLozlVbDILSo3aQd4Yl5y8_cjpIw_WsFryOE4E_2_tUB0BNSM1lRxpf3y7rXq55_dKhbCnir_8zBJexX_o4hoRoLU/s1600/IMG_0720.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 303px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595645106540705698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfVFIYQ7ypVpAttDoOAtGwRsKcWPrQxf9t_NYPGSsuN2yk9NqmBeLozlVbDILSo3aQd4Yl5y8_cjpIw_WsFryOE4E_2_tUB0BNSM1lRxpf3y7rXq55_dKhbCnir_8zBJexX_o4hoRoLU/s320/IMG_0720.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MmC6PTsOKcTY8Ur06tT-9tQli7oHmZahzWXiNqBz0mebmGRMQLXpVcBfTzjiId-lBSy-FSHyfy31jKDqGtxoGyLkU8PwDrN_1ASzLpw2b6H00dvF3pmHL_araOuDu_wXZnG-gyj8prg/s1600/IMG_0723.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 320px; height: 305px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595646039505930450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MmC6PTsOKcTY8Ur06tT-9tQli7oHmZahzWXiNqBz0mebmGRMQLXpVcBfTzjiId-lBSy-FSHyfy31jKDqGtxoGyLkU8PwDrN_1ASzLpw2b6H00dvF3pmHL_araOuDu_wXZnG-gyj8prg/s320/IMG_0723.JPG" /></span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Ron, Shannon, Kerry and kids 2005</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Two years earlier with tears and shock and anger and despair from a women who was the most beautiful, strong, intelligent, funny, sweet, confident, glorious women in the world, came these words -</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>"Terri do </i></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">everything</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i> you can to take care of yourself. Do </i></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">everything</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i> you can to not have to go through this"</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This again being breast cancer, the women my gift from God, mother.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWvuxfZ_k0I8nBVXvWX9vCZl-Dp18SyLcoTxqa3OdsB7tfWY6Sdw66YzDERqtIWd9VtzYZQv9ChaQEc2gw38rhFeoJKJEf5CYwjdJLyI3AthpIfCBC1vXBasu_A04YvPCqAa1rBDsa2w/s1600/race+cure+2006.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 320px; height: 208px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595644889229250498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWvuxfZ_k0I8nBVXvWX9vCZl-Dp18SyLcoTxqa3OdsB7tfWY6Sdw66YzDERqtIWd9VtzYZQv9ChaQEc2gw38rhFeoJKJEf5CYwjdJLyI3AthpIfCBC1vXBasu_A04YvPCqAa1rBDsa2w/s320/race+cure+2006.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Team Lucca 2006</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It was a year of shock and heartbreak. Mom telling me that she had pulled her back out lifting one of her grand kids. A week later, no that was not it, the cancer had moved into her bones.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Doctors telling us we would probably have her through Christmas. Me planning a month long leave of absence from my restaurant manager job in Napa to go home and spend the month of October with her. Mom passing away in September.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEcUERutDKGoq-uSjgRwljQkZN-V7Jscqv0lmIx7bmG6nbwQI7C479fxu6lVImlJTftnhECjwFeYT7_7s1zWo5ti_mM4_KB8neS4hD09bZ9lpfNR2Q7rCiDKmYqoGXp63Bn5ZojurBfk/s1600/IMG_2201.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 320px; height: 246px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595644373806599250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEcUERutDKGoq-uSjgRwljQkZN-V7Jscqv0lmIx7bmG6nbwQI7C479fxu6lVImlJTftnhECjwFeYT7_7s1zWo5ti_mM4_KB8neS4hD09bZ9lpfNR2Q7rCiDKmYqoGXp63Bn5ZojurBfk/s320/IMG_2201.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Team Lucca 2007</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">A year of being overwhelmed at times with a grief so big all I could do was brace myself for it's onslaught and run and run and run. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Pounding out the pain on so many days, so many slabs of pavement.</span></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYs0V5LEnzibAQHTKDYEHgMYNFVYSwGSbDuy5-bFf3nReSKxUX5YBTlKSEJy47tKRe4MYraI9d82KVdOLzoBCaCt2wuD5DAM6L_faHvmgfnva23tvVHvxQywcXoQjL8ozEN3oPwa3ruU/s1600/IMG_1316.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 200px; height: 104px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595643767412089106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYs0V5LEnzibAQHTKDYEHgMYNFVYSwGSbDuy5-bFf3nReSKxUX5YBTlKSEJy47tKRe4MYraI9d82KVdOLzoBCaCt2wuD5DAM6L_faHvmgfnva23tvVHvxQywcXoQjL8ozEN3oPwa3ruU/s200/IMG_1316.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Team Lucca 2008</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">She was too young. She was full of life, full of plans. We would travel someday to Europe together. We would have lots of time.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I have three incredibly wonderful younger sisters. We are all in our forties and fifties and we all live with the constant, "Who will it be and when?" As a friend told me once regarding wearing </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">a bike helmet, "it's not about if you fall, it's about when". So it seems with the four of us.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Yet we are all runners, we all take pretty darn good care of ourselves and my sister, Katherine an oncology nurse assures us if mom would have been diagnosed today she would still be alive with all the advancements they have made.</span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeMZqx5rnNABeyBYLC83tsyEeQbEyHxWmmO_7IY2qMnnZJuTLUWymQszoC5d9tVl4VmdsnTgFfqArJ1WnK1WRz8DEVqSGuvZQW1uc1WwQYcmXoIdeRfgma5AAtGsKVJCI9S7SCxM-ObQ/s1600/IMG_2278.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 185px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595641894987430114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeMZqx5rnNABeyBYLC83tsyEeQbEyHxWmmO_7IY2qMnnZJuTLUWymQszoC5d9tVl4VmdsnTgFfqArJ1WnK1WRz8DEVqSGuvZQW1uc1WwQYcmXoIdeRfgma5AAtGsKVJCI9S7SCxM-ObQ/s200/IMG_2278.JPG" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Running solo 2009</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Still it is not enough. So we keep running. As Melissa Etheridge says in her breast cancer ballad,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"And if you ask me why I am still running, I'll tell you...I run for hope. I run for your mother, your sister, your wife, I run for you and me....I run for life"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbTHiEKXLLIhMq2RX64h3RAO8T2Ay_g62EYfwot_bSzJHpxJRnj0LD3a2KEpXx6dTkcqm7lOegNEiPR8eTJPlocotBFvTcg13YCw8KeNQ4w8iXuJX9pVzmD5Xxud8jtFewFc9vMquFjY/s1600/bob+and+dale.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 200px; height: 194px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595640600944596962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbTHiEKXLLIhMq2RX64h3RAO8T2Ay_g62EYfwot_bSzJHpxJRnj0LD3a2KEpXx6dTkcqm7lOegNEiPR8eTJPlocotBFvTcg13YCw8KeNQ4w8iXuJX9pVzmD5Xxud8jtFewFc9vMquFjY/s200/bob+and+dale.jpg" /></span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span">Bob and Dale 2010</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">So come run with me on a Saturday morning, May 7th. I will gladly pay for the first 10 people who call and say they would like to participate with me and I will feed you a delicious brunch after. Please call Glenn at Lucca Restaurant 916.669.5300, and tell him you would like to join me. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">He is my friend, devoted list keeper and has been a big part of organizing Team Lucca over the past 8 years.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">or register yourself at </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><a href="http://komensacramento.org/komen-race-for-the-cure"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" class="Apple-style-span">www.komensacramento.org/komen-race-for-the cure</span></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBosMaBiZy_5xZEcEsX_KKYynT8SBvzM83bi4YQQBBHzhFXyzXLG4Auj1Ctck0_dQMhMqWpANnSZOjaRma9AUPxG1Od6LaOJA7evSyTcWCwH7fS9Icl-oETIw6yE-dBaBRMOI5B44BEGc/s1600/pretty+mom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="width: 140px; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595533997468960066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBosMaBiZy_5xZEcEsX_KKYynT8SBvzM83bi4YQQBBHzhFXyzXLG4Auj1Ctck0_dQMhMqWpANnSZOjaRma9AUPxG1Od6LaOJA7evSyTcWCwH7fS9Icl-oETIw6yE-dBaBRMOI5B44BEGc/s200/pretty+mom.jpg" /></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">All my early days of running I ran always only to have that time to be with her. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It amazes me sometimes the actual physical pain I feel in my heart thinking of her. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It amazes me that at fifty one years old and eighteen years later, I long so much to see her to be with her, </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">for my mother, <i>still.</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-9734275218970412332011-04-10T16:51:00.000-07:002011-04-10T21:19:50.066-07:00Zoo Zoom 2011<div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9ANSqBPkOyl7kDMHs5zp7q1a-pTxQmSg7f6zl-0Ubr0UC70VkTIfjPU0wNZOOJJgYGJiSL0M2QWnrqC1OO82GQGoQfPGoDK1iuFIBpIw0XHKqjDKW21l3SQ1CaMPMWRQSNhvneFU77k/s1600/IMG_0218.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 186px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594173186269493618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9ANSqBPkOyl7kDMHs5zp7q1a-pTxQmSg7f6zl-0Ubr0UC70VkTIfjPU0wNZOOJJgYGJiSL0M2QWnrqC1OO82GQGoQfPGoDK1iuFIBpIw0XHKqjDKW21l3SQ1CaMPMWRQSNhvneFU77k/s320/IMG_0218.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Such a great team. I think fun is our main objective though watching Jonathan, Dan, Andy, Lauren and Jim come in remind me what fast people we have and how amazing our team really is.</span></span> </span></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6MVpqrZ75rgzHdHEZzKB1uqgdSql7sJcNzxgZdodh0Jm2mWHhBZndWGf6oKQLgRU6CbBuhdyLH8C2bqmCVwYRUrLTt0b4MzBIl2XRoO8jGkEMUsP-A14xvptzPpOxyq8cmR6XRrX1hM/s1600/IMG_0392.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 192px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594173015364582258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6MVpqrZ75rgzHdHEZzKB1uqgdSql7sJcNzxgZdodh0Jm2mWHhBZndWGf6oKQLgRU6CbBuhdyLH8C2bqmCVwYRUrLTt0b4MzBIl2XRoO8jGkEMUsP-A14xvptzPpOxyq8cmR6XRrX1hM/s320/IMG_0392.JPG" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Thanks to all of you that came out to run or cheer this morning. I just think the world of all of you.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">It is wonderful to see the running community in Sacramento as a whole continue to grow year after year along with our Team Lucca. This being our fifth year of participation in the Zoo Zoom race. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Pictures of today's race are available in the photostream. Best way to view them is to click on the photo tab and then once you see the photostream go to the top left corner and next to the flickr logo it will say "go to photostream" click on that and it will take you to the fastest way and easist way to view photos. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrebdgt-tUwAfrgeppKPW0TMkueeVVprg5lzKAVmF-7waTxLAiUkGkriyKhTJpfppsM8Z_cUyrZChlhDediiMHrO-pAxdRcDZnDHaMizh6aOClm0SMCZRcHwgYuDAE0qren0mG98Rg0M/s1600/IMG_0239.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 320px; height: 190px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594172720139925250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrebdgt-tUwAfrgeppKPW0TMkueeVVprg5lzKAVmF-7waTxLAiUkGkriyKhTJpfppsM8Z_cUyrZChlhDediiMHrO-pAxdRcDZnDHaMizh6aOClm0SMCZRcHwgYuDAE0qren0mG98Rg0M/s320/IMG_0239.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Good to see you all today. Coming up next "The American River Parkway Half"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">Will post details very soon.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOakHm3bZnZrnCa1m9ijtki_pW1E56mzHI2QQkAtv2EKZgbNfLHB1nykfps3Gi-57564cKKamX6FIBLPVLIM8RKDPg9_13akfiJtzBx8JRs-3Fs9kb1JEh2c-F77MqJbiKLcnqFbMCXL8/s1600/IMG_0221.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 146px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594172856998514994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOakHm3bZnZrnCa1m9ijtki_pW1E56mzHI2QQkAtv2EKZgbNfLHB1nykfps3Gi-57564cKKamX6FIBLPVLIM8RKDPg9_13akfiJtzBx8JRs-3Fs9kb1JEh2c-F77MqJbiKLcnqFbMCXL8/s320/IMG_0221.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-88138205199835672702011-04-02T18:40:00.000-07:002011-04-03T09:13:34.413-07:00Jim: LA Marathon<p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo883rWYZ9jGZzSiAvo4DRst0kBCT4HaC-O04hw2jDpyX-dDG4z4-EbGdg7-5mN8_CuLVBBd9pvKefH_vqgnJU4ias56aDSzgQmC38TQtzgc58PfdrXpmuAnKXx2X1zZt5uJX-nnrWl-s/s1600/712808-1066-0034.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 253px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591203645610382386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo883rWYZ9jGZzSiAvo4DRst0kBCT4HaC-O04hw2jDpyX-dDG4z4-EbGdg7-5mN8_CuLVBBd9pvKefH_vqgnJU4ias56aDSzgQmC38TQtzgc58PfdrXpmuAnKXx2X1zZt5uJX-nnrWl-s/s320/712808-1066-0034.jpg" /></a> </p><br /><div align="center">Terri, </div><br /><div align="center">My first of three marathons in six weeks was a bit wet. The LA Marathon was more of a swim than a race but the Lucca shirt kept me from hyperthermia unlike a couple of thousand other runners. </div><br /><div align="center">By the time I finished (4:30) I think I was a bit bedraggled. This photo at least looks like I was happy to get out of the rain. </div><br /><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 212px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591203853020222834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxb91PXiVGbxNpAAPw79N_zRj3yjgQRxaM8sRgH3VsKiNrAjWahX1X48yIbxrK0qUz9wjF27VkpxIUWzFavWylD784nOW2JULMqKsilUeLSoDAaJQmGUOHIe0RiVT3MsMbm4AodqTwPE/s320/712830-2016-0050.jpg" /></p><br /><p align="center">Four hours later it was still pouring. (This) photo was taken from my hotel room. </p><br /><div></div><br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaOBxEz6KIj1DfiJh4M7YH8s_CaDx7WSpYje25NsxhqbUmGjV2pa1MRNh0twCJZrNNk6LkCwtdVTEAcNCI_4LLYNxARq6q4kW7msJrGWJ1LE9q-tb5BeCJfdjhNJNOpoO5_QMDinspu4/s1600/DSC00832.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591203753395997218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaOBxEz6KIj1DfiJh4M7YH8s_CaDx7WSpYje25NsxhqbUmGjV2pa1MRNh0twCJZrNNk6LkCwtdVTEAcNCI_4LLYNxARq6q4kW7msJrGWJ1LE9q-tb5BeCJfdjhNJNOpoO5_QMDinspu4/s320/DSC00832.jpg" /></a></p><br /><p align="center">It is on to Boston for the April 18th marathon and then Big Sur on May 1st.</p><br /><div align="center">If we have any more rain, I'll be running with web feet. </div><br /><div align="center">Jim Geary</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-28899120146862592432011-02-26T16:35:00.001-08:002011-02-27T19:23:41.772-08:00"Set fire to the rain" by Adele<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykG43TyqiCM-PlM2T5NTL9TL2cRGTuKMdi1m5lM_bZrJxH4xi2Nzq-ngF6pSM0BFlgPui75clkZVqWLUQDZ2joWE8ezohhkIpcDVFCem0KVZFie9YqVR4PnvcqxFPPByfxWYL6I5Nj1I/s1600/25484_389763512349_562227349_3815993_3921532_n.jpg"><span style="color:#333333;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578567234692006498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykG43TyqiCM-PlM2T5NTL9TL2cRGTuKMdi1m5lM_bZrJxH4xi2Nzq-ngF6pSM0BFlgPui75clkZVqWLUQDZ2joWE8ezohhkIpcDVFCem0KVZFie9YqVR4PnvcqxFPPByfxWYL6I5Nj1I/s320/25484_389763512349_562227349_3815993_3921532_n.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;">There was a little bit of a storm going on, a little thunder, a little wind, lots of crazy pelting rain. Then a little sunshine, a little hail, a little sunshine with the hail. Such is life in Northern California on a Friday in February.<br /><br /></span><div><span style="color:#000000;">Yesterday I woke up at the usual early hour to one of the noisiest rain storms, knocking down the neighborhood, that I've heard in quite awhile. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">Yet still, layering it up, out into the tumulteous storm I run. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">I ran four blustery, rain soaked, brittle cold, miles listening to miss Adele on the ipod, <span style="color:#990000;">"<em>Set fire to the rain</em>"</span> while thinking to myself the whole time, this is so perfect.<br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">Try it sometime - running in a storm, the freezing cold, Adele? Who knows you might just get hooked.<br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">Heads up our next big group <strong><span style="color:#660000;">Team Lucca Race</span></strong> will be, the <strong><span style="color:#660000;">Zoo Zoom on April 10th</span></strong>. I know many of you can do this easy 10K and run it really fast. This is a Buzz Oates, RunSac series race so plan on amping it up speed wise for this one, okay? </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">Any of you running a race for the first time should love this race. Land Park is always one of the prettiest places to race in Sacramento.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">See you then if not sooner. We are still meeting Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings for group runs if anyone would like to join us.</span></div><br /><div><a href="http://sacramentozoozoom.com/"><span style="color:#000099;">http://sacramentozoozoom.com/</span></a></div><div><a href="http://adele.tv/"><span style="color:#330033;">http://adele.tv/</span></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-72389660662374329272011-02-19T06:51:00.000-08:002011-02-19T16:10:07.610-08:00Run Sac Series<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcCovbAlWxQ0YVuJAbkWs2MksGTJePi7XkAsw51VP9kdx0-33JFVzJ7KrM6dMbMD3_HapEgCmaxZER-FGYaeBB88It01P0HZtv7eS3RuGDtaeWxDbtbWfz81bRBM8xIn51FfbPzu3Xe8/s1600/176066_10150142692836424_592521423_8091157_6683880_o.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 224px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575414705359558338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcCovbAlWxQ0YVuJAbkWs2MksGTJePi7XkAsw51VP9kdx0-33JFVzJ7KrM6dMbMD3_HapEgCmaxZER-FGYaeBB88It01P0HZtv7eS3RuGDtaeWxDbtbWfz81bRBM8xIn51FfbPzu3Xe8/s320/176066_10150142692836424_592521423_8091157_6683880_o.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">Thank You Emily, Team Lucca Leader and Marathoner for accepting our Team Lucca </div><div align="center">"Run Sac" series 1st place in a Corporate Division Award</div><div align="center">and great job to our Team and all you fast runners that made this happen</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPGY69KdDtEYFTwIcmf0xjK8kiuhmkHaecdnqAc63XNnSTBzwfVysrJdH4aaJ0W6u2fWe4ZAyzt0tLxGP15GHtfNLhkCsWABlnR7SiNrs7DvJfAYsDEiV9ex8TbSn99K2H-F-1OTNBt4/s1600/176066_10150142692826424_592521423_8091156_2098756_o.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575414610884937410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPGY69KdDtEYFTwIcmf0xjK8kiuhmkHaecdnqAc63XNnSTBzwfVysrJdH4aaJ0W6u2fWe4ZAyzt0tLxGP15GHtfNLhkCsWABlnR7SiNrs7DvJfAYsDEiV9ex8TbSn99K2H-F-1OTNBt4/s320/176066_10150142692826424_592521423_8091156_2098756_o.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">A guy we think the world of, Rich Hanna of California Road Race Management and Emily<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48E3aVUqW_Kox_BcuemlpIygaDljNvYMwG9ofg2TTfCUI9RYK2bBl1y3aKxGt1_HTRKgnUscMbUwK6mmo7JBD_ElV7tKlrktG8H8BRKXx1zerkhL6O-_ZaH-sQ5zKnYL1PjUDZMSNEIc/s1600/172002_10150142693571424_592521423_8091163_2859026_o.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575414496290800418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48E3aVUqW_Kox_BcuemlpIygaDljNvYMwG9ofg2TTfCUI9RYK2bBl1y3aKxGt1_HTRKgnUscMbUwK6mmo7JBD_ElV7tKlrktG8H8BRKXx1zerkhL6O-_ZaH-sQ5zKnYL1PjUDZMSNEIc/s320/172002_10150142693571424_592521423_8091163_2859026_o.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6D3KrzYJ2Muwi9lTltg8m3vtYjTLoPAl1h9N8h6AtNbgpu87Zuge-_wTOMkPn1OuRm6xg22sN33BXXvg36CKb59nxYRlIWoSHA_3cBXeDcV05-yZ0-rEqa_WFIarZIXW43-J_ehlNtAE/s1600/172002_10150142693561424_592521423_8091162_5510479_o.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575414376886202578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6D3KrzYJ2Muwi9lTltg8m3vtYjTLoPAl1h9N8h6AtNbgpu87Zuge-_wTOMkPn1OuRm6xg22sN33BXXvg36CKb59nxYRlIWoSHA_3cBXeDcV05-yZ0-rEqa_WFIarZIXW43-J_ehlNtAE/s320/172002_10150142693561424_592521423_8091162_5510479_o.jpg" /></a><br />Thanks so much Ladies! </div><div align="center">Representing Team Lucca: Joanne Obata, Tammie Lopez, Emily Tash and Tamara Geary </div><div align="center"><br /> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-dv0FsL-Lv4Ur6dy3thncWi1IdWV0rwVvETm2A-0L5fT-tDu5p4EQWmy0avKQGbyKGFh4-FuD9_hMJ2r7JQjdJBirzKRHwfA3Ws98dKqZxaIfMheTUzceIb05ulVP2KCvYNo1J4wcv8/s1600/176066_10150142692821424_592521423_8091155_1112437_o.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 140px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575414006185845410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-dv0FsL-Lv4Ur6dy3thncWi1IdWV0rwVvETm2A-0L5fT-tDu5p4EQWmy0avKQGbyKGFh4-FuD9_hMJ2r7JQjdJBirzKRHwfA3Ws98dKqZxaIfMheTUzceIb05ulVP2KCvYNo1J4wcv8/s200/176066_10150142692821424_592521423_8091155_1112437_o.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUqSfdBjRHSOxSV1O4bfbjt8I2hl_xG2nTkw-IQMr8odYdRvlJ6hKRdc-7mp_77qptjahritFqXkz7-iTPFvf0BvwQ-JKnP_oJwNpBzc_ptPMNPLdS7gHOcboF1J8XUHdhFhyphenhyphenEUbBPCU/s1600/176066_10150142692816424_592521423_8091154_5002261_o.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 140px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575413906890023394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUqSfdBjRHSOxSV1O4bfbjt8I2hl_xG2nTkw-IQMr8odYdRvlJ6hKRdc-7mp_77qptjahritFqXkz7-iTPFvf0BvwQ-JKnP_oJwNpBzc_ptPMNPLdS7gHOcboF1J8XUHdhFhyphenhyphenEUbBPCU/s200/176066_10150142692816424_592521423_8091154_5002261_o.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm17UIm2cIHy6YqQKu1VLPjxwJa4cFqbtRgvy0KvtqgX77uz8sgwNnohpVP-8gCjd2ZKTZ8RhOLluflDe0a4XATjATazF6hoZPfVfHAlT_7eqQUVM6_AJhVaYrMuBcK8HzpNYmMtHFns4/s1600/176066_10150142692806424_592521423_8091153_4467461_o.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 151px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575413807094324978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm17UIm2cIHy6YqQKu1VLPjxwJa4cFqbtRgvy0KvtqgX77uz8sgwNnohpVP-8gCjd2ZKTZ8RhOLluflDe0a4XATjATazF6hoZPfVfHAlT_7eqQUVM6_AJhVaYrMuBcK8HzpNYmMtHFns4/s200/176066_10150142692806424_592521423_8091153_4467461_o.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">Team Lucca Running Buddies<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-3335711224372172612011-02-03T17:10:00.000-08:002011-02-03T17:47:36.293-08:00February In California<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IibG5_oVQNpakSk9GvBGDukDUEPDlrPUVWvrbFS8QJhK2371AwOEruFwe0P86sEcDAmVZR-2FmUh4im7zoACbxP_RE0Aq-TfcQYGEPnM0DuitErTKZJcp6zxuLNm-Tl6BAL9xQj7eWA/s1600/IMG_5958.JPG"><img style="width: 320px; height: 260px; cursor: hand;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569637146260259794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IibG5_oVQNpakSk9GvBGDukDUEPDlrPUVWvrbFS8QJhK2371AwOEruFwe0P86sEcDAmVZR-2FmUh4im7zoACbxP_RE0Aq-TfcQYGEPnM0DuitErTKZJcp6zxuLNm-Tl6BAL9xQj7eWA/s320/IMG_5958.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUXgL1rRzTORh1JiNv-LoF7X7Ptm078ZfRUyf7oe4QkrstCvieBtSPySDy9DUNxyPYXjzdo3PBgQb3Q2QKGN7RwJxVuzzXqAHKbERB7DAW2OIMvyKAgqGisTQApf8M_5rbKaojMHxMK4/s1600/IMG_5981.JPG"><img style="width: 320px; height: 229px; cursor: hand;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569636908913189618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUXgL1rRzTORh1JiNv-LoF7X7Ptm078ZfRUyf7oe4QkrstCvieBtSPySDy9DUNxyPYXjzdo3PBgQb3Q2QKGN7RwJxVuzzXqAHKbERB7DAW2OIMvyKAgqGisTQApf8M_5rbKaojMHxMK4/s320/IMG_5981.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Team Lucca 2011 Meeting and Mixer at Lucca</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy07eUbV_ZKPryb1bPdy7RHNZYlkf2M_yjgCBcSjbKGq8ASPk7SFHHmNfkyJftbQis1to-i7adeaUbm1W4S6GfUpI7WDRUCY9lvfePg6GGyrEL0SBme5hDRDRnGoXnH6C3NYDi8WI7ro/s1600/IMG_5798.JPG"><img style="width: 264px; height: 320px; cursor: hand;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569636674343027650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy07eUbV_ZKPryb1bPdy7RHNZYlkf2M_yjgCBcSjbKGq8ASPk7SFHHmNfkyJftbQis1to-i7adeaUbm1W4S6GfUpI7WDRUCY9lvfePg6GGyrEL0SBme5hDRDRnGoXnH6C3NYDi8WI7ro/s320/IMG_5798.JPG" /></a><br />Layering up for winter riding<br /><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSyvUPIWajLoBMjfqVxI7Q6jBQoOcsfY_lgSsy8GGtdb76PI_nBjDHC-XW1caNDaWGk891GzoCaxd_cEqX9syqw328tDKULyyjYwZF-fzDNrg4azoRwiOQuh_CxO2oJLctcBNIIOUiC0/s1600/IMG_6580.JPG"><img style="width: 320px; height: 189px; cursor: hand;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569636471939434354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSyvUPIWajLoBMjfqVxI7Q6jBQoOcsfY_lgSsy8GGtdb76PI_nBjDHC-XW1caNDaWGk891GzoCaxd_cEqX9syqw328tDKULyyjYwZF-fzDNrg4azoRwiOQuh_CxO2oJLctcBNIIOUiC0/s320/IMG_6580.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Wednesday evening, Running around the State Capitol<br /><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8y_c7kj2EIPhJSQgMwBHKeMakv6K9PveC1e9tktJzI0tL2NJCuM7BA4upY4bROyFZW8Rm6ug1HYaFp0pf8xu5clki_5RdlelG4D_HVrcl0RLQLIQ86IXpgRY5oqNUWA__yAHjssJRmaQ/s1600/IMG_6574.JPG"><img style="width: 320px; height: 262px; cursor: hand;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569636076718838978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8y_c7kj2EIPhJSQgMwBHKeMakv6K9PveC1e9tktJzI0tL2NJCuM7BA4upY4bROyFZW8Rm6ug1HYaFp0pf8xu5clki_5RdlelG4D_HVrcl0RLQLIQ86IXpgRY5oqNUWA__yAHjssJRmaQ/s320/IMG_6574.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRAdqtCoYu0aFEgezrMQJ2Ql07NunGJT8D_LNY4IQWxH80HLCpmS_j6AJpdX-l3a6hxqVtCIjXtCYoG7RmW2t_4x0DAVflOXEd-_9iGCfppTqQXYqvsPXyKYUa3M1XmdHgdE491WLOH8/s1600/IMG_6570.JPG"><img style="width: 320px; height: 300px; cursor: hand;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569635891837187810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRAdqtCoYu0aFEgezrMQJ2Ql07NunGJT8D_LNY4IQWxH80HLCpmS_j6AJpdX-l3a6hxqVtCIjXtCYoG7RmW2t_4x0DAVflOXEd-_9iGCfppTqQXYqvsPXyKYUa3M1XmdHgdE491WLOH8/s320/IMG_6570.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Important to remember between all the crazy complaining regarding this state of ours -</div><div>it is still wintertime and while a lot of the country sits at a stand still, frozen cold in a blizzard, we get to do this the first days of February, run and ride and be outside often in this lovely place where the grass is already bright green and the days bright with promise of a spectacular spring.</div><div><br /></div><div>These are the glorious sunny crisp days that remind me to be so thankful this is home.</div><div><br /></div><div>Team Lucca runs every Saturday morning and Wednesday night. Come join us!</div><div><br /><br /></div><div> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-53291480174728710162011-01-28T16:00:00.000-08:002011-01-30T09:21:04.502-08:00<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlp8l3rbwnHnW6g5U3ldszj4BNfEqUnDckIwivmjK_Jf5aGLRY6fll68XkLvhwaFwy4bJhUCRG87SN5Ov4mFwmVduhd-ifByEoWJi8qwGr0pyLCmhdw0YaBDp8QOQDRDZGaHZLENyJ9FE/s1600/Meshell.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567390990927731602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlp8l3rbwnHnW6g5U3ldszj4BNfEqUnDckIwivmjK_Jf5aGLRY6fll68XkLvhwaFwy4bJhUCRG87SN5Ov4mFwmVduhd-ifByEoWJi8qwGr0pyLCmhdw0YaBDp8QOQDRDZGaHZLENyJ9FE/s320/Meshell.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So happy to have this wonderful lady, mother of two and excellent runner with Team Lucca</span></i></span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Meshell and her daughter, KatieBeth</span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>at the inaugural </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>"Whole Foods' Run</i></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div align="center"> </div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Tahoma; color:#2a2a2a;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For me the worst part of any race is the waking up early. Way earlier than my natural eternal clock would wake me up. No surprise that I would wake up 30 minutes late on this particular race day too. So the rushing around starts. The inner questions begin "do I have my water bottle, do I have my ipod, do I have my gloves, do I have my bib and shoes"? Not only for myself but for my my two runner children as well. Zack,17 and KatieBeth, 15. I could write in detail the amount of good it does to keep your mouth shut (nagging) as a parent and set good habits by example, but that's another story. So, we are off....flying out the door with our backpacks and gear.<br /><br />Whole Foods Running School www.runningschoolfunrun.com started this run to promote good health in the community and among our youth, where we all know obesity is running amok. A very good reason to wake up early and drag my children out in the cold.<br /><br />Organized at the Whole Foods in Roseville, gathering in the parking lot, the festivities began and ended at this location. I appreciated plenty of room for parking and easy access to registration and the start. Due to my lack of organization skills I had not registered yet, so had to do so before the buzzer went off. I easily found the reg table and all the computers set up for easy accessibility. Because my children were running the 5k and were not that excited about waiting 2 hours for me to run 13.1, I decided to run the 10k instead. It turns out that was a very good idea!<br /><br />The 10k and 13.1 runners all started together, and for an inaugural event, there was a huge crowd. Shout out... to Rich Hanna who pulls Sacramento together. Running the 10k and not the 13.1, I had enough energy to just go for it and run hard and have some fun with it. I was not prepared for the hills. Not huge hills, but hills nontheless. I powered up the hills and recovered on the down. What I loved the most about this event was the community coming out and the type of runners that challenged themselves. Running up those hills were mothers of new babies, friends out to challenge each other, people who just wanted to get off the couch and start a new life. I love the diversity that community events bring together. I am reminded that people run for so many reasons and very few run to "win" something. On the turn around and running past those that are behind my pack (mind you, I am a slow runner) is the most fun. Seeing the faces of those who won’t give up and the personal challenges all around. It is so inspirational, and keeps me going. So for me, as a distance runner I start to warm up around mile 5. My muscles warm up, I'm relaxed, my rhythm and my breath and muscles begin to work together. I have found the sweet spot. I am in my element and could run easily for another 15 miles. But today...it's about going a fast (for me) 6 miles. I have to remind myself that I don't have another 2 hours to go and I can kick it into gear. I have a hard time with running speed. That is something I will want to work on this season.<br /><br />The course is easy and relaxed, and good for all levels. As I come into the finish my two beautiful children are waiting for me with the medals that they received 20 minutes before and I am reminded why I do such things. We get our cytomax and walk around waiting for the food line to open up. After standing in line for food, that really wasn't that good. Some type of flax cereal, yogurt, fruit, and apple juice....where are the bagels and cookies? I'm just say'n. Haha, Whole Foods....go figure. After we eat and the kids are still starving, we watch the half marathon runners come in. So far and few between, no medals left, no food left, and festivities are winding down. So...in retrospect, I am glad I did the 10k and not </span></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">10k and not the 13.1. This event was better for the short distance, for sure. The cost was also a bit steep for this type of event. For sure it goes to a great cause but for a family with lots of children,...could be an expensive day.<br /><br />So, as for if I would do this one again?....Only with the kids, it is definitely a family event. However, a good way to kick off our 2011.</span></span> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.8px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Tahoma; min-height: 12.0pxcolor:#2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <div align="left"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-5151313808606806522011-01-28T12:23:00.000-08:002011-01-28T15:44:56.327-08:00Dan: Redding Marathon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBOqonecd1nS8cmweXXRQegqZyiLiKFzWy-p-xb0jA2RyFekRs0LoMg1UlgM8Cj9acWMhywEeevinY9-v3tEe2mZ5YB69cqYsKbEc38AlMSMm9mlA6oNIs_aUZftxWgAiJnPQ8vi9acE/s1600/001_1_%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 178px; HEIGHT: 108px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567335297707976450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBOqonecd1nS8cmweXXRQegqZyiLiKFzWy-p-xb0jA2RyFekRs0LoMg1UlgM8Cj9acWMhywEeevinY9-v3tEe2mZ5YB69cqYsKbEc38AlMSMm9mlA6oNIs_aUZftxWgAiJnPQ8vi9acE/s200/001_1_%25282%2529.JPG" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNNxIrkWa9UsSiFdNG5B3bLznOWmZvmIZOoEHnKGj5B-lViZxE87YQLvwBscmlAQglcSd8Zoid1o6sWfMXr6uvwFAQT-65piScsYvyUEo6q9zMjTrYxxjHorWV04Q1G38R8U-PdZ2N2o/s1600/011_11.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 174px; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567336775037016194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNNxIrkWa9UsSiFdNG5B3bLznOWmZvmIZOoEHnKGj5B-lViZxE87YQLvwBscmlAQglcSd8Zoid1o6sWfMXr6uvwFAQT-65piScsYvyUEo6q9zMjTrYxxjHorWV04Q1G38R8U-PdZ2N2o/s200/011_11.JPG" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0-SuyvXjLWsnsSDsUP4POz9WG3HJdTo2MA3xDXmejew4zrtRAfvF_EienTo5JuLIYLzkULGfYLgqNVVsCBDhnTP3dUMyj4ZmgbpthDUItwGEFuU7yUTfbF9Qf-k75LYdL3cffWt-m60/s1600/012_12_%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 114px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567335797565352658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0-SuyvXjLWsnsSDsUP4POz9WG3HJdTo2MA3xDXmejew4zrtRAfvF_EienTo5JuLIYLzkULGfYLgqNVVsCBDhnTP3dUMyj4ZmgbpthDUItwGEFuU7yUTfbF9Qf-k75LYdL3cffWt-m60/s200/012_12_%25282%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thank you Dan for representing Team Lucca at the Redding Marathon</span></p><div><p style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; FONT: 12px normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(42,42,42)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hi Terri,</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; FONT: 12px normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(42,42,42)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thank you once again for a fantastic team building evening last night. You always amaze me and are such an inspiration. Attached are the photos from the Redding Marathon last weekend (16Jan2011) with all the Team Lucca gear in action. The race started above Shasta Dam, crossed over the dam and continued and included some of the most beautiful scenery I've ever had the privilege to run in and it finished at the Sundial Bridge (some of the views that I got to see along the way are also included in the photos, thanks to my folks who took the photos. And yes, I do use my cell phone as a camera, just in case you were wondering, but these photos are not from there). </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; FONT: 12px normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(42,42,42)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I ended up finishing 39th overall in the race (only 3 people finished under 3 hours---my time was 3:46) ---a race that included a hellish 2 mile uphill climb that hit 4% to 6% grades for good chunks of it at miles 12 through 14 and other quad-pounding hills along the way, primarily the start. The most beautiful part was the scenery and the friendliness of absolutely everyone encountered during the race on the course--runners and spectators. The most painful part was a cramp that literally stopped me in my tracks at mile 21 that took hold first of my right quad, then, upon stopping, my left hamstring, followed by my right one. That hit required me to hobble-bobble the last 5.2 miles (which took a grueling 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete, if that gives the picture of how impaired I got. If you look closely at the pictures of me running across the Sundial Bridge the pain is pretty visible). I owe tremendous thanks to angels from Redding, Sue and Lynn that were monitoring the course and inspired me all the way to the finish line. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; FONT: 12px normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(42,42,42)"></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">All the best,</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Dan</div></span><p></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; FONT: 12px normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(42,42,42)"></p><p style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; FONT: 12px normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(42,42,42)" align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BvKiTyTFju9F4ODVT7NDyQnGTTiDcO3lzHbaMCCvzQjA_GceO2PnAVwvMa86iz7DyLShStnc6Z-cAfHCFNF7l2fnkZT11H57fUy3MhqimUZiouD-RjaxAJk8l3vH_z9UiZPgwYozyeo/s1600/007_7.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 140px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQycBboRkxN-gTNUaE1smhHOopX0tf0-vNB6dUpGg4ztLbC7H71SeH3q4Q_B-RyL8eFYD4BRqiQKxu6Jf4yC27rAutDrGMD1B5oLS_loQzzuJLpQz0542jnR9ZeSd5lbFveIYSYEeNmjg/s320/TeamLucca20.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559169177901507906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">2011 Team Lucca </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Meeting and Mixer </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">at Lucca</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wednesday evening, January 19th</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">6:30 pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are interested in recreational running with a great group of joyful, happy to be running runners, stop by and hear what Team Lucca 2011 is all about.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hope to see you then!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Terri, Emily, Becky, Joanne, Dale and Bob</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-59563329408756693412011-01-06T09:41:00.001-08:002011-03-28T15:18:28.797-07:00Running like dogs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTjwRZzG_qf11FwhJqCtzkb0rRhj-DENreon-T0Ul700I15HNbqpQmqXbwYmCib4Gfteee9SkgZnRcYU3WQpQg7VXYbcrsMSzz-7xtNaafsgpWVAuobkCsrL4eX9cfBJtAiypNWY8GBU/s1600/Rain.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559157618401456722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTjwRZzG_qf11FwhJqCtzkb0rRhj-DENreon-T0Ul700I15HNbqpQmqXbwYmCib4Gfteee9SkgZnRcYU3WQpQg7VXYbcrsMSzz-7xtNaafsgpWVAuobkCsrL4eX9cfBJtAiypNWY8GBU/s320/Rain.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> </span><br /><div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Not the kind of story one usually admits to but as a kid while tagging along with my veterinarian dad when visiting farms or ranches - if there were dogs there to be had, of all of us kids they would often find me - cover me with licks, knock me over, chase me around and cause in this kid anyway an early onset love/hate relationship with dogs.</span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was about seven or eight when dad hopefully meaning it as a kind of comical reassurance said, "Sweetie don't take this the wrong way but I think in another life you were a dog". </span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thank goodness I was only seven or eight and not the awkward thirteen or I may have never recovered from the comparison.</span></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I now pretty much completley love dogs and while my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lucky</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> will run like the wind chasing cattle he is not a good runners dog. Unlike Team Lucca's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rosie </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">girl who Emily adopted about a year ago and who accompanied us on runs along the trail as part of her, learning to behave with humans process. Then there is the famous </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bolt</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, who trains with Karyn H. on all her endurance runs. Craig's dogs, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jerry Lee</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nadine</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> make me feel like a cartoon character as they do not run with you, you instead run with them whether you are capable or not at about a 7 min mile pace.</span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Watching a dog running in the rain is like watching an unabashed furr ball of joy on four legs. </span></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So sometimes you have to think like a dog. With that said, if you are not running at this time of the year, you are really missing out. There is something so sublime about running in the rain. This here right now, is perfect running weather. Wait until July and you will find yourself longing for these mother nature provided cooling mist nornings where you can sink into your own little silvery world in shrouds of fog of rain.</span></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So bring your dog or just yourself and come join us this Sunday morning 9:00 am, back up on the levy for our first 2011 group run. </span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rain or shine we will be there.</span></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Two suggestions for this winter of 2011, plan on running at least once in the rain and if you ever get a chance watch this little gem of a movie titled,</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"My life as a dog"</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> made in Sweden in 1985 by Lasse Hallstrom. It is a rare and precious heartbreakingly hysterical portrayel of the hopes and longings of one little boy.</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770975100379710889.post-55651144523106947362010-12-23T10:59:00.000-08:002010-12-30T09:16:46.695-08:00A Zillion Thanks<div style="text-align: left;">I owe some big thanks to so many of you for contributing in a multitude of ways to the success of our Team Lucca this past year.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I was delighted to hear over and over again over the course of the year from people at so many events how great it was that we were there. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope that this next year brings as much enthusiasm, fun and exciting times for our team as this past one has.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So a huge thanks to all of you who showed up wearing those bright brown Team Lucca jerseys at way too many race events to mention.</div><div style="text-align: left;">It is always an honor to have you represent our Team but truly what excites me the most is the fact that all of you made a choice along the way to do something pretty incredible for yourselves. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Often at some point during any event I would find myself so moved, just thrilled, covered with goose bumps watching you accomplish your goals. </div><div style="text-align: left;">You are all an inspiration to me and I look foward to more good things to come.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Some special thanks to the following </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiLB35z8gP4UyISBY2Ngykeg56_kTeH4llcJD1_n8KpKczr0OYqjmXbTEGsseJNUTZM0L_eCTTlF8pHyZHQd99K-Fy-3AYr4h4WT_hVx37Q3AYoVlbcU9LgvI6ewsPfBeMZi3fsV7QkU/s200/IMG_4699.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556282649444711026" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 88px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Xh1q54DqGU253d53rupb4HCJ17y8-Y39-zHjzl6JguPiXtiHPHVHH8nkSTf_hpXyJVlSsiM8Iig7kAj6Azh8hRCl8Q3hCt64rT4l68C3G7dKJgQCx1lIn5YpvsdZ7kvLGPkKeIlNqNs/s200/IMG_4119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556282489240070402" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywI2Idley663RLIKmGQd76ZuygMtQ_Dzh84dh26irSyMTGoJNAZHMgM7NhAKII-0d4aqW_GJJp00kUOUfnL_sFeX9FSoVwgWG9sCKU3kvH_AV5p2pr4WmWln31zpFK_v5za6fuWPttEY/s200/IMG_0662.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556282372909195442" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Much of the effort of our team events this year in local races and training goes to these two ladies. Becky and Emily were relentless in their dedication, energy and input. Much of the success of Team Lucca 2010 is because of these two wonderful and talented runners.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7GGZc2OFjUZsRChARtGFHelrMSlYVTcAmHjSy2kKqcPMtLl3tIzO_yaayD-AkT4r6PLlpe7Y1cN9Ih_UBuad8Zem7i4Ur4Nf8At0VGQqdPf4MV06PK9g_hmmOojar45VgobxSK9507Q/s320/Tamara" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556280697170258178" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEumq6IXlmKVdzMwYISVBmsZ-l4-3m6g7JAj-HsZ0-mJexM6nfJBM2HnNFHMe0pL2pKVHEN-lB20JIlKdFvU2zhraKy5aHWvBadA0CZN7aD_Al_OEWtzv0jfQ7xwMMNoq5svwFDHwIlg/s1600/k1.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEumq6IXlmKVdzMwYISVBmsZ-l4-3m6g7JAj-HsZ0-mJexM6nfJBM2HnNFHMe0pL2pKVHEN-lB20JIlKdFvU2zhraKy5aHWvBadA0CZN7aD_Al_OEWtzv0jfQ7xwMMNoq5svwFDHwIlg/s320/k1.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556280134214549986" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thrilling to have these two incredible ladies represent </div><div style="text-align: center;">Team Lucca around the world. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Karyn at the Western States 100, AR50, Iron Man Cozumel, and so many more races and Tamara in </div><div style="text-align: center;">Athens, Greece, Nashville, SF's "Bay to Breakers", San Diego half and then some.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMcWW520Wf4wvkJIbemMKq7HNjuR2uS4A9AFK-ZXG3ZPKpedwun9mljIFNlDK2-Z4HPoQJCmmpv8gu_88VE0fZpdAAAcVMi__AG_9XOp3X95yH4bcfwAbizntvgxXHICIwMITmLT6aLM/s1600/IMG_1250.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMcWW520Wf4wvkJIbemMKq7HNjuR2uS4A9AFK-ZXG3ZPKpedwun9mljIFNlDK2-Z4HPoQJCmmpv8gu_88VE0fZpdAAAcVMi__AG_9XOp3X95yH4bcfwAbizntvgxXHICIwMITmLT6aLM/s320/IMG_1250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556277349014924514" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7fqof1n4XviHpKQT19O5Mk9YLu7LUw_aNdq6pn1IwLFHd1gYY6OYeLUXI1Xu3iP-lXKSiv4TW6ty2Kfy6lf1DFbhgIPBIFte09HDr81cYWJf9BDLEmOhpMINNWzfUutARGs4oylRyP4/s320/IMG_8723.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556277492823414594" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Big thanks for the perpetual encouragement for the whole team from six time Iron Man finisher, Joanne - who also taught me the gross but necessary art of dislodging nose mucosa </div><div style="text-align: center;">( Not even sure mucosa is a real word, maybe a little Sarah P going on there, just trying to be delicate about the snot rocket thing)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Still, gotta keep those air passages open, right Jo?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXzV92m3sjgo0ILVxGRnM7Kmb2O2A8SaIA4PTqw26Qkf4bV-A4X9AJ0gfnd3-WFX1TNvSrYJ4OZIBvCTe8-kTBOR0WJGWuIethz1UZh76ekhLClLazPsGkxWJ1Ytjporeou93OSUcF2Y/s1600/IMG_4932.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 59px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyYQ6l7aGrJy8tTGbybzKeLSEvgyP7kpSLBOYbomv9SDwusr9k-fgBL6902QOyJDVYUk8J4S70fhZx8WiAD_FbVMfra8l8jn-noRUuBac-SzTttQmv6EE90OJQZWeSV23maMjPd3wI6w/s200/t3+014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556275873688738882" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1aTt_TU4R7AsWwJlmIB5YRytvZuKr5XmKQ0MmrjGm8YG4BmHzKq5dAnQWg0Lb2d7-5HYLeepUq-Gm1nlaRthu2jKsaOAfuiivTSxcDBJsNTMdNCXkghYO-nmeBD1Lwl_Fz9OWOoONvg/s1600/001.JPG"></a>Always grateful for my own personal inspiration - My boys</div><div style="text-align: center;">Luke and Joe</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 320px; 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