Team Lucca

TEAM LUCCA INFORMATION MEETING: PART TWO

Thanks to all who attended the meeting on Saturday and so sorry I did not post the time and date on this site. Because of that and the number of you who called and could not attend, we will be hosting a "Stop by Roxy for Team Lucca Information" Night, this next wednesday, Feb. 3rd from 5 pm to 7 pm. Dale, Emily and I will be there to meet with you and answer questions and give out information on training, racing and talk about Team Lucca in general. Our pastry chef, Kris, is making delicious cookies. So stop by for cookies and coffee. We look forward to meeting you.

Our first goteamlucca.com contest is

Write us a funny or embarrassing story of you and running. Emily and I will pick one and post it here on this site and that person will also recieve a $25 gift certificate to Lucca. http://luccarestaurant.com/

send your story to goteamlucca@gmail.com

They can be a few sentences or a few paragraphs, ( not too long please) and make sure it is an actual story about you.

Running Memories

So here is an example and just one of my many embarrassing running stories. It is one of my first running memories

I had a big problem when I was little. For the life of my I couldn’t sit still. My little body had to be constantly moving, much more so than normal kids.

For years, every Friday morning , we would get marched off to Mass at St. Mike’s School where I would twitch and turn and move around the pew, a continual distraction and certainly because of that, the victim of much teasing especially from the mean boys. Even when I was little, I remember wishing we were part of the Shaker Religion. I could have been their star congregate.

Even though I got straight A’s and B’s in school and was focused enough to learn the lessons, for the life of me I COULD NOT sit still.

My father gave all us kids Native American nicknames. My older brother was “Mountain Eagle Boy”. I was called “Ants in her pants”

It caused my parents such concern they actually took me to a counselor. I remember shaking in my shoes while waiting in his office. I remember him asking me to draw a picture of myself.

I drew a girl with flowers in her hair and a very colorful dress and white go go boots. He concluded I had no self esteem issues.

His prognosis, “a very normal child with an unusually high level of excess energy”. His recommendation, “ try and find the means to exhaust her before you go somewhere that she will be required to sit still”.

The remedy – every Friday and Sunday before church I had to run around the schoolyard or around our house, ten times.

My classmates and brothers and sisters still made fun of me but hey, I got to run!