tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45456650037436610022024-03-04T22:03:23.146-06:00Sally's ugly race picsSallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.comBlogger593125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-11419423989024328832015-02-04T00:42:00.000-06:002015-02-04T00:42:06.413-06:00It has been awhileWell, many things have happened, and I became a little overwhelmed. But, I am back and can tell you the following:<br />
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1. My 91 y/o house probably won't fall down in the next year or so. But, my fingers are crossed.<br />
2. Stabbing myself every week in the thigh is really awful - but the ER has magnetic tweezers to recover broken needles under the skin. That was kind of cool and terrifying at the same time. And, overall, my back pain is semi-manageable. <br />
3. And many other things that I don't need to write. Mostly, my running has gone to heck, but I've run 3 half marathons in the past 60 days. Because, sometime in the past 2 years, I decided that was a good plan to run 13.1 miles repeatedly without training. And, believe me, I have produced MANY ugly race pics. And, I'm back to make more.<br />
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So, maybe it is a good plan to just run a bunch of half marathons. I'm joining the board of an organization that I love and have fundraised for in the past -<a href="http://www.gotrsanantonio.org/who-we-are/bexar-county-council">Girls on the Run of San Antonio</a>. Do you think you could help me fundraise for them this year to the tune of about $3,000 if I run 12 half marathons in 12 months? I promise that if I do, I will post every ugly race pic along the way.<br />
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Here's an introductory ugly race pic from last weekend's Superbowl 7k (credit: Andrew Patterson). <br />
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After overtime and a 10k I somehow signed up for this weekend, I'll try to set up the GOTR fundraising site (tax deductible for any contributor) and start finding my ugly race pics from the first HM of the year - RNR New Orleans. Trust me, it was untrained and ugly. Next up, Alamo City Run Fest half marathon, February 22. Just drop me a comment or message if you think you could donate a few bucks toward this fundraising before I run a bunch of untrained half marathons willy nilly. Oh, wait, I'm likely going to do that anyway, but I'd love the support.<br />
<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-48098736995306813352014-08-18T23:13:00.000-05:002014-08-18T23:21:31.139-05:00Don't believe anything I sayI've often pledged - right here - not to EVER run another untrained half marathon, trail race, nighttime trail race, 200ish mile relay run, etc. I won't even bore you with all of those links, because - well, I lie, apparently - a LOT.<br />
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Several months ago, a (really friggin' fast) buddy running and graphic artists/printing couple announced their debut of a half marathon race - in a newly-opened and never-used section of park on the Southwest side of San Antonio. Nevermind that I had no time to train in July at all and never on trails, I registered. So, I prepared my un-trained self for the race by retrieving my spider-webbed, muddy trail shoes from the porch on Friday, where they have remained muddy and unused since the IAAP trail run in April, and washed them. Yes, April. Do not try this at home - this is VERY poor preparation for a trail half marathon. <br />
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When I tried to describe the location to non-runners I know - "near Lackland AFB," they replied "oh, the landfill?" Hmmm. In Wisconsin, we cover landfills with snow or fake snow and ski on them. With rope tows and chairlifts. Thoughts of impending doom set in. In between not running much and not running trails, I also did not run hills.<br />
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So, raceday, I put on my brave-ist face and thought "I've gutted out trail runs and half marathons before, I can do this" and posed like a goofball.<br />
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Deep down, I was thinking that it was a double-loop, and I could just quit after the first loop (several runners did). So, here's the start<br />
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Up the first (of many) hills. I later looked at this elevation chart - eek<br />
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yeah, that 'up/down' at mile 5 and 10-11ish looked like this - at the initial descent, before you hit the gravel/rocks and 100-foot drop, then climb, when I started getting vertigo and sliding sideways.<br />
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(notice how it just drops off to China).<br />
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So, at least it was overcast and only hot, humid, hilly, and trail for the first lap. I was leap-frogging with another running gal, Lyza, and we kind of chatted intermittently through miles 3-5 about quitting after the first loop (mind you, she ran ~18 miles the day before). And, I really thought about it from miles 5-6.5. But, then, there was not a "half half marathon/10k" category, so dropping out was a DNF (did not finish). I have never DNF'd a race. So, I waited to see what Lyza would do (hoping she'd quit - maybe we could be a virtual relay team that ran at the same time?? Weird things go through your head at this point)...<br />
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(I'm watching her drive on through the finish for lap 2) and dammit if she didn't keep going - so I followed. And that's where it got really ugly.<br />
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Yes, that is 1:31, 6.5 miles in - it only got worse. The sun came out. Around mile 10, after arguing with the voices in my head, I decided it was better to hike it in than risk falling with my clumsy trail running - in week 1 of marathon training. Don't forget - I had to face this again (I even thought about cheating and running through the field, instead of down/up the hill - I wasn't going to place anyway)<br />
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It was even worse the second time, because I knew it was coming. And since I was invested, I slid back down this hill. I was actually GLAD to be climbing back uphill.<br />
And I made it in - as a crazy running chicken DFL (Dead F***ing Last - for the individual HM - there was one relay team after me).<br />
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But, DFL beats DNF (did not finish), beats DNS (did not start). I did not die, and it was a cool (NOT temperature-wise, Fonzie-wise), different race. And it is in my top 3 toughest races (both self-imposed obstacles and the conditions/terrain - somewhere around mile 11ish along the run, I was rating them, trying to distract myself: Tapatio Springs 5k after dislocating my patella <a href="http://www.sallysuglyracepics.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-back-to-back-and-more-owww.html">http://www.sallysuglyracepics.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-back-to-back-and-more-owww.html</a><br />
and the icy Spicewood HM last December <a href="http://www.sallysuglyracepics.blogspot.com/2013/12/catching-up.html">http://www.sallysuglyracepics.blogspot.com/2013/12/catching-up.html.)</a> Even after the race, I'm making it a 3-way tie for the toughest races I've run, including 6 marathons and 20ish? HMs and 3 200+ mile relays.<br />
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And Edragon did a really great job on this inaugural race - there were plenty of water stops, staffed by cute boys, medical support, and post race chow/beer, as well as cool shirts and finisher tiles. Now, they just need to add a chair lift on that HELL hill and a rope tow on a few others...<br />
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Actually, a day later, my toes/toenails hurt from the downhills, but I'm okay. I hope this doesn't imprint in my mind that I should still run untrained races, because I have to be smarter in the future...oooo shiny things/race medals and new crazy races that I have not trained for... <br />
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Thank you to Robert Parker, Karen Rahlf - spelled right!, Scottydog, MicheleD, and LauraC for the pics and the support!<br />
<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-45660067455233576202014-08-12T00:04:00.000-05:002014-08-12T00:04:35.121-05:00Somos soldadosSo, since my last post, I did not say no again to a new opportunity with Girls on the Run, but, in balance, I tried to say not so much yes to things I've been doing for years. <br />
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I am trying to transfer the BrakPak blog to the Brak Pak as a whole (right now, blogspot can bite me, but I'm taking a deep breath and re-confronting that issue in the next few days), backing off on being the team captain of just about every Brak Pak Chiks team in the past 6-7-8 years, and restricting my SARR involvement to race director of the Women's 5k, scholarship committee member, Wednesday zoo run volunteer, and general volunteer. Now, if only I could get my neighbors to spay/neuter all of the stray animals in the neighborhood and fold/distribute the newsletter every month, I would actually also have time for my full time job that pays the bills. Oh, and I need to start training for a December marathon - TODAY. dangit. <br />
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So, here's what last weekend looked like - among folding/distributing neighborhood newsletters, working overtime, and too much else. The Loteria 5k - or 'Mexican bingo.' Somos soldados for this one - mostly since we were all busy and cobbled together costumes by Thursday before the run. I actually found an old BDU blouse from my Army days - strangely, 1 rank and 2 units older than when I was discharged (honorably, after I'd served my time, and at my request!), so I'm not sure why I did not give that one away and still had it floating around my closet.<br />
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This was so not (and is not) intended to be sexy solider - just Brak Pak solidarity (same word root, I love that). If it, in some way seemed to try to be sexy - I started cutting the camo shirt without a bra...much lower, if you know what I mean. I'm sure someone will find it to be a sexy outfit at Goodwill. And my cheesy half-awake grin is pretty much the antithesis of any sort of sexy soldier ever.<br />
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Speaking of un-sexy - and ugly race pics - then I turned in a run that represented a month of piss-poor training (other things got in my way). <br />
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But it made for some ugly race pics..<br />
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Once again, I was passed by my new nemesis - this hairless dog named Mojo - this time at about mile 1 - I shot him with my squirt gun. It's not animal abuse when it's almost 100 degrees and you are a bald dog.<br />
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In the end, we just hammed it up for the camera<br />
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Next up - I try to make it through an un-trained half marathon (13.1 miles) on trails on Sunday. This might hurt, but at least I just stabbed myself with some Humira, so I hope the back will work. The mind, well...<br />
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In other thoughts, I'm not a huge celebrity follower or recent movie watcher, but the death of Robin Williams strikes a personal chord with me. Some of his wonderful portrayals in movies were poignant at certain points in my life - particularly: Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam, and The Birdcage. I loved how he was maniacally brilliant and unpredictable without (or ignoring) a script - and to the surprise sometimes of his co-actors. He was also a big supporter of troops, performing many times overseas. Humor comforts all of us - and distracts many of us from those things we just cannot overcome. I just wish he would have made it through, like the rest of us try to do, and will continue to try to do.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-13820695564142289682014-08-04T23:28:00.001-05:002014-08-04T23:28:52.867-05:00Not even trying to catch upNormally, this is where I would apologize for taking on too much and post a ton of pictures from this past month and promise myself I could keep up next week or month. Not this time. Here's my ugly race picture and it is all - race director of the 35th Annual SARR Women's 5k. I ran more than a 5k back and forth to the start/finish.<br />
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Well, all of the ugly race pics anyway. It kind of shows what the last few months have been like - minus the running, because I did not have time with the quality review work detail and race directing and the other things I keep agreeing to do. It feels like I've been going 100 mph and going nowhere.<br />
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So, the Women's 5k is basically done, with some wrap up tasks to complete and initial planning for next year (permit application, gripe absorption, and shirt ordering). But I only have two weeks to get back to base level running (25 mpw) to start marathon training for the Bryan-College Station marathon in December. Without getting injured, Sally, without getting injured.<br />
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But in 'good' news: 1) I now have time to get the ~$10k estimates on my foundation repair before my 90 y/o house caves in (yay!). 2) It's pretty clear I have psoriatic arthritis [dang blogspot - that is absolutely a real word]. Whenever I have been under stress since my 20s (deployment, trials, bar exam...), my palms turn into a flaky, itchy, terrible mess. Such as now. I always blamed it on environment, but I guess now I know the fun truth. Not so much fun to type decisions with itchy, painful hands. But 3) I'm about to hit 3,000 decisions that I've written since 2007. I know it's geeky and not relatable, but that's close to how many decisions some folks who are retiring have written. And last, and best 4) I now get to work from home 3 days per week. <br />
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Unusually (but I have unusual pets), this has somehow caused Pepper the cat to develop separation anxiety - he must be near me at all times. It's creepy when I'm showering. Here is what he looked like under my chair the other night.<br />
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I guess we all need a break. And maybe some counseling. Or maybe I'll just go back to running and let my pets be freaks - that probably works best for us, I think.<br />
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Next up - getting back on track, Lotteria 5k, and increased Humira.<br />
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Thanks to Randy Beamer, WOAI for the pic. And Pepper, for being a creeper.Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-87034091735459500052014-07-04T20:08:00.000-05:002014-07-04T20:08:19.891-05:00Catching up againIt seems like most of my posts this year involve catching up and falling behind. Every year, I tell myself that I am going to say "no" more often, yet, somehow, I take on more duties. Maybe, next year, I'll say "no" more often, now that I'm yet another year wiser.<br />
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So, here it goes. On June 21, 2014, I ran the Carrabbas Half Marathon Relay. As always, it was hot and humid. Guess who didn't say no to filling in for the announcer/MC, who canceled? <br />
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I took a break from announcing to run the 3rd leg and take some ugly race pics.<br />
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Luckily, it was dark, so there were no ugly running pics. But I made up for that the next day at the SARR Annual picnic and fun run.<br />
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and <strike>pimping </strike>marketing the Women's 5k - without putting down my dos equis.<br />
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And the SARR Scholarship committee (again, not saying "no") - we awarded 8 x $1,000 scholarships at the picnic.<br />
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So, that brings us to today - my favorite day of the year - my birthday! Luckily, SARR produced a race in my honor - but they called it the Freedom 4 miler a/k/a Sally's birthday run. I may have added that last part.<br />
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I was in fine crazy running chicken form.<br />
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Birthday Bok Bok.<br />
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And I'm all caught up - for now. Next up, SARR Monthly Fun Run tomorrow, Free-da's 5k on Sunday, and the final day of my 120-work detail on Monday (which I have been looking forward to for about 119 days). And the Women's 5k is only two weeks away - eek!<br />
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Thanks to Ceci, Victor, Gerry, Celia, LauraC, Tom Lake, SARR, ScottyDog, Lana, and Tony for the pics.<br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-21103356393542147892014-05-29T00:45:00.000-05:002014-05-29T00:45:11.671-05:00Bye, SimbaSimba was my first 'my' pet - and this has been the first face I've seen when I opened my eyes for the last 17 years - whether it was morning or after a post-long-run-nap <br />
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I adopted her in a in Darmstadt, Germany in 1997. The guy who threw her into my Geo Tracker only knew 'its' name was Simba and it liked Sheba catfood. We found that 'it' was a she - at heat age (6-12 mos), not fixed, would eat Friskies, and tolerated spay/vacc (so she was around a year old). She flew (and got lost) from Frankfurt, GE to ATL to DAL to Kileen, resided in Belton, TX, lived through my deployment to Sarajevo,and moved to three residences in San Antonio.<br />
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From the beginning - she hated everyone. She decided she liked only me, but she didn't like all other beings - human, ex-husband,canine, feline, or snake. But, she outlived 3 step-brother-cats and 4 laptops (she remains a gatita of interest in the latter matters).<br />
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As she got older, she tolerated step-dogs and step-brother-cats, foster cats and dogs, and some cat people .<br />
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She's been my only 'free' pet - no major medical issues. Until now. We knew it was coming - Bye Simba. Thank you for making it easier for me.<br />
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PS this picture is Simba alive, sleeping on me.<br />
Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-81385049096055595532014-05-25T14:37:00.002-05:002014-05-25T14:37:20.508-05:00Still behindYes, I am a little overwhelmed right now with work, the Women's 5k, and about a million other things. So, here's a little recap of the past couple of weeks.<br />
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On May 10, I ran the Texas Flower Country Women's 5k in Fredericksburg, TX. It is a beautiful venue and, on the way home, we hit some hill country vineyards.<br />
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Then, May 17 was the Beach 2 Bay Marathon relay from North Padre Island to Corpus Christi on May 17 (my 8th B2B). I ran the (HOT) 6th leg again this year for the Brak Pak Chiks, but at least there was a strong tailwind.<br />
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And here is what 5 miles of hot running (after 4 hours of waiting) makes you look like:<br />
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A hot mess!<br /><br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-44249769274096376692014-05-04T16:50:00.000-05:002014-05-04T16:50:02.186-05:00Still catching upThere is a possibility I will catch up on everything - perhaps by August or so. Last weekend was the Fiesta Fandango Run. It is a ~2.6 mile run in front of the Fiesta Flambeau night parade vanguard. And it is always HOT.<br />
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We shuttle in from Brackenridge Park, where the costumes are judged. After sweating my butt off last year, dressed as a Santa, I decided to go minimalist this year on the costume (e.g. I was too lazy to conceive a costume).<br />
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Here's the start - there were about 1700 runners. Did I mention it was HOT?<br />
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And then, we were off - to a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands, waving turkey legs at us...<br />
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At the finish, there was Tecate, popcorn, and cotton candy - 3 of the 4 food groups.<br />
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And, of course, a pinata that Brak Pak TOOK DOWN!<br />
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And, in the Fiesta tradition of fake royalty, we paid homage to a guy we'll call "El Rey Chancla."<br />
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And, with that, Fiesta 2014 was over. Laura and I hosted book/wine club the following night, and then, I SLEPT.<br />
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This weekend, I ran the P.O.D.E.R. 5k downtown as a Girls on the Run running buddy. (GOTR is one of my favorite local groups that aims to improve elementary and middle school girls' self esteem and overall health through running - this was their end-of-the-season 5k.)<br />
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My GOTR girl this time was Hailee, who (thankfully) was a dead steady little runner - in the zebra shorts. (Often, as a running buddy, the 5k turns into a fartlek drill where we SPRINT for 45 seconds, come to a dead stop, amble for a few minutes - oooo shiny thing, then SPRINT and repeat for 3.1 miles.)<br />
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And some post-run pics, before I rushed to work some OT.<br />
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Next up: Texas Flower Country Women's 5k in Fredericksburg<br />
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Thanks to Tom Lake/SARR, Michele, Dulce, Brice, IAAP, and Scotty Dog for the pics<br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-13880398264293287482014-04-24T23:17:00.000-05:002014-04-24T23:26:18.092-05:00And trying to catch back upThis is a frenzied time of year - both in San Antonio and in my head. Para San Antonio - it's THREE weeks of Fiesta this year, couched around Holy Week. Para mi, it's that plus work detail, Women's 5k planning, and co-hosting <strike>wine</strike> book club. Fun times, but, man, I am tired.<br />
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So, last weekend, I ran the Fiesta Missions 10k on Saturday. Only, this year, the River Authority became distinctly anti-runners, and the race was held at Brooks City Base. I haven't run a race out there in a very long time, and I remembered it being a little hilly. However, the first 5k was nice and flat, and I thought my memory fooled me - until I trudged into the second 5k (just like I remembered - extended inclines). But here's how it looked - we're off...<br />
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So, after making it through the weekend, it was Cornyation on Tuesday - a lovely, raunchy show that involves drag queens, political satire, and (in the past) tortilla throwing. It's also very complicated. Instead of taking pics with the ab fab performers this year, I stalked politicians - here I am with Bexar County Sheriff Pamerleau (she said "this is NOT a get out of jail free card," but, after noticing how I was holding the program, I think it very well could be).</div>
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Wednesday was zoo run with a special celebration for the day that Michele left my age group (she called it something different than "the day every 5 years I leave Sally's age group").</div>
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The final pic was my last-ditch attempt to procure a Boston medal this year. I guess, next year, I'll just have to actually TRAIN and somehow cut 1 hour off my best marathon finish time to BQ. Until then, this week still includes the Fandango pre-night parade run and <strike>book</strike> wine club. And then, I'll sleep - in July, perhaps.<br />
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Thanks to Ceci, Tom/SARR, Dulce, Michele, and Bertha for the pics<br />
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Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-36694052754650331532014-04-10T22:52:00.000-05:002014-04-10T22:52:32.603-05:00Trailing behindI'm not sure why all of my longer-distance runs this year have been trail runs. I really suck at trail running. My left hip still hurts from my fall in Big Bend, though my right thumb tip grew back, but I still hiked it in the last 3ish miles of the Prickly Pear because I KNEW I would fall in the mud.<br />
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So, cue trails, cue mud - and cue the IAAP 10 mile trail run on the SOUTHSIDE last Sunday. Spoiler: I did not fall. These were some beautiful trails along the Medina river - doubletrack, non-technical, wild flowers, lovely old trees, not-so-many hills, and, well, MUD. The mud was crazy, but I really had a fun race, running with 3 strangers and stopping to scrape the mud off our shoes on trees and roads.<br />
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post-race Brak Pak mud - I'm the smart one wearing LOUD gators at house left - next to the guy who changed his shoes. I dressed in LOUD colors so that, unlike a big plane in a big sea, if I got lost, satellites could find me without me having to ping.<br />
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So, this is what running with 5 pounds of mud on your shoes looks like - pathetic crazy running chicken:<br />
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Then, my buddy, Stefan, lapped me - he was only running twice the distance, but had a head start.<br />
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And he's clearly laughing at me.<br />
So, I chased him like a super crazy running chicken (bkaw, bkaw, quiquiriqui?)<br />
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but at least I'm laughing in the rain and mud. Or, maybe, because of this sign....yeah, not lately, Sal.<br />
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Thanks to Ceci/IAAP for the pics and Celia!<br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-7197786132922479702014-03-16T02:19:00.000-05:002014-03-16T02:19:08.034-05:00Donovan's 5k (St. Patty's run)It was a bit drizzly this morning, and then there were the superstar Army Kenyan runners - those are my excuses for not winning today. Seriously? This (his actual chip time was 16:01 - after starting in the back and passing strollers, dogs, and Sallys) is probably the best damn excuse I've formulated:<br />
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I think he finished before we started...<br />
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Above is a Sally sandwich. Below is the landing of the crazy running chicken<br />
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I think I devolved to prancercizing at this point. But, there was beer to cure that..<br /><br />
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And though we ran (far) behind the Kenyans and did not die (always my goal). My medal is a special invisible one that even the Kenyans did not receive (for 8th, 9th, or 12th place, wherever I settled in F 40-44).<br />
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Did not die. Did not fall down. Did not finish last. I'm good with that these days.Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-34105726696125507102014-03-15T21:50:00.000-05:002014-03-15T21:50:58.553-05:00Diary of a really terrible trail runnerI'm not very good at running trails. Scratch that - I downright stink at running trails. I simply cannot sustain concentration while simultaneously picking up my feet to make it to the finish without falling -- almost every time. So, a self-aware runner would avoid running trails, no? No. Bring on the Prickly Pear 10 mile trail run.<br />
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Historically, this race ALWAYS has cruddy weather. This year was probably the best, but it did heavy drizzle on us for the last hour or so (and get cold). I am still bruised from my fall at Big Bend in January - so I was running this course very cautiously and downright fraid-y. <br />
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Here's the start - where I'm trying not to look escared and afeared. (Don'tfalldon'tfalldon'tfall)<br />
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Cue the starting gun - and the crazy running chicken prepares for take off<br />
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And makes it to about mile 8, when the rain starts and the almost-falls start (don'tfalldon'tfalldon'tfall) - and there was about 5 pounds of mud on my shoes. But, I caught up to Bob, who was hiking it in (fast hike - Bob hiked the mountains of Peru last June), so I figured I would just hike it in with Bob and NOT FALL. <br />
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We totally stuck this synchronized finish. So, I told Bob that next time, I get to beat him...<br />
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Oh, yeah, Bob turned 71 this week....<br />
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Afterward, it was a chilly and muddy celebration with Alamo Beer.<br />
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And I did NOT fall. But, I'm still a really terrible trail runner.<br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-27497125467472107062014-03-02T22:20:00.000-06:002014-03-02T22:20:00.608-06:00Catching up - againSo, I'm still not familiar with this inflammatory arthritis thing - but IA and I are really not getting along. I guess it is called a 'flare,' from what I have researched and written about sick and disabled people with RA/AS/IA/etc.for work - and I do not consider myself among that group of folks - until last week. <br />
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Last week was bad. Last week I didn't run, and it took me almost three hours and 45 minutes in the hottest shower I could manage to get to work one day. While I was trying to get to work with my back sounding like a bag of popcorn in the microwave, I finally realized I am one of those sick people and, even though I ignore pain - there is a point where it finally tackles you. So, crap, this makes me angry - better just keep running - but this 'flare' stuff does NOT amuse me.<br />
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So - back to last weekend - I ran the Revenge of the Nerds 5k. My back was angry, but my buddy/race director, LauraC, really did a really nice job on this race.<br />
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So, you are over my whining and the posed pics? And ready for the ugly race pics....well, here you go FRAME BY FRAME:<br />
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I'm pretty sure I crushed that guy's dream of being 9ish or 12ish or wherever I finished in the Female, 40-49 AG. And I'm pretty sure the Russian judge gave me more points for artistic impression at the finish. Those ice skaters were amazing - but they did not need to hit their Garmin mid-trick, so I should get at least one extra point.<br /><br />
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Now, I'm going to go back to trying to ignore my damn back - or I'll just attack it like this<br />
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(self-defense class on Saturday night - poor girl that was my 'attacker')<br /><br />
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Thanks to Ceci, Dulce, Michele, and Red for the pics (hope I'm not forgetting anyone). Red took most of the finish-line pics, which are really funny in motion. Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-10424184995243264492014-02-20T22:43:00.000-06:002014-02-20T22:43:13.589-06:00Race directing in SA and how I am seededRaces have become crowded in San Antonio - and venues have decreased. So, there is a bit of infighting among race directors, as there apparently always has been. I try to float, run most races, and not piss anyone off. I don't want to discount my male compadres, but I have some female race directors who serve as my best sounding boards, gripe sponges, and wonderful allies. Two of the best are Laura Campa and La Ceci Iniguez.<br />
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And, today, while LauraC comes into landing for her race, which will be great --- this was sweet (my bib - I've never been #1 before):<br />
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I'm guessing I cannot run like a seeded Kenyan nor figure those calculations on the bib. But I'll run my first race as numero uno (or I'm Number One, I'm Number One, as my nephews/Dad/sisters say).<br />
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Let's all just play nice - no? Namaste (but I'm number one, I'm number one) :)<br />
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Then, I also volunteered to be a course marshal with the Brak Pak for the Street 2 Feet 5k - thinking I could run in after the last participant, jump on a B-Cycle and make it to the second race. But I went to law school since my math skills are poor - and I just volunteered the first race and headed to the second (more on that below).<br />
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I parked at the SAMA (site of the 2nd race, checked out a B-Cycle, and rode the mile to the start of the first race). Here's the Brak Pak - ready for course marshal duties..<br />
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It was a lovely race, with the best weather the event has experienced. So, after the last participant passed my post, I ran South for a few blocks to jump back on a B-Cycle to spin up to the next race, since it was too late and I am too slow to finish the race and head back. Then, I had technical difficulties (note: B-Cycle later fixed the problems and did not charge me for the bad bike/docking station), so I had to run the mile+ to the start of the second race. It was probably the first time I have ever 'warmed up' for a race and, with my buddy Laura riding her bike in front of me, I felt like a lead runner!<br />
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oh boy, do I look fat!<br />
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with my other favorite fotog - Scottydog - disclaimer: he DROVE to the second race<br />
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And we were off...<br />
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and 3.1 miles later, done...<br />
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looking bad<br />
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And after a lovely post-race celebration, we went for lunch at the Luxury - I was really not yet asleep in this picture (I waited until I got home for a nap).<br />
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I think this is pretty much how I looked, biting it on the trail in Big Bend last month. Except that I maybe only completed two rotations in the air. And it was a trail gnome, not a toe pic, that did me in. And I landed on my left hip. And I smashed into cacti and rocks, instead of a wall and ice. But we both got up and finished. 'Cause it's not how you start, it's how you finish....Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-6991181820687313002014-02-09T23:50:00.001-06:002014-02-09T23:50:55.004-06:00Winter in South TexasIt's pretty much cold, then hot, then cold, then hot, with a sprinkle of graupel. Even though I grew up "up North," where we have almost as many words for freezing precipitation as eskimos, this past week was my first encounter with graupel. <br />
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And I find little training value in running in cold, wet, freezy rain (or I'm just a weenie), but I did make it out to the freezy cold Superbowl 7K last weekend. I was surprised by the number of people who did not understand why it was a 7K - but maybe they were Broncos fans, who did not know how to score 7 points. It was one of those mornings that started out cold - and became colder. Wiser folks wore pants.<br />
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at least the trees broke the wind - a little. Afterward, we made friends with this heater, Alamo Beer, and bloody marys. This, my friends, is why Wisconsinites drink so much beer - cold and Packers not in the Superbowl. I had to represent my fellow 'sconnies.<br />
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Luckily, if you just wait a few days in San Antonio, it becomes 70 degrees. This morning, I ran Ceci's pancake run - a little get together at her house where "we" run 4-10 miles (me = 4) then eat pancakes.</div>
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-85990100437590737272014-01-25T21:41:00.001-06:002014-01-25T21:41:31.928-06:00But I came to my sensesToday was the Endurathon 25k/HM/HM Relay in Bulverde - I've always run the HM or 25k. But it's always cold, and hilly, and big-trucks-trying-to-push-me-off-the-road-y, so I conned my buddy, Laura, into running the relay with me. And, it was a bit cold, and hilly, and the truck thing - but it was a fun race. and recovery...<br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-49505171086739770322014-01-25T21:28:00.000-06:002014-01-25T21:28:07.570-06:00Big Bend or bustHow does one follow up an untrained half marathon? Obviously - by running an untrained 25k trail run - in the middle of nowhere.<br />
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For the fourth year in a row, I made the ~7 hour drive to Big Bend National Park for the Big Bend 50-25-10 over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. <br />
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And, for the first, year, the border was open! Every year, I have looked across the Rio Grande to Boquillas, MX, and watched a guy ride a horse across the river to illegally set out trinkets for sale, but the opening of the crossing continued to be delayed. This year, I finally was able to make the trip.<br />
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First, we took the "international ferry" - yep, it's a 30 second row-boat ride.<br />
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Then (my favorite) we rode burros into town!<br />
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My leeeetle friend (I have a water bottle and my bag stuffed in the front of my jacket - I am NOT pregnant). And here's what the ride looked like:<br />
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She was a very nice burro - who apparently really loved Rose's burro. I am now sure I need a pet burro.<br />
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So, we formed the Brak Pak Chiks posse. I'm pretty sure we looked scary enough to ward off any banditos.<br />
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The guys didn't want to play our burro games and walked into town.</div>
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Then, like the fine athletes we are, we prepared for the next day's 25K by consuming Mexican beer and tequila - and enchiladas.<br />
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So, then there was that matter of a 15.5 mile trail race from the mountains through the desert and on to el rio...we were perky (and chilly) at the start:<br />
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And the run was as tough and beautiful as ever. Here are my proof of life pictures at aid stations 1 & 2 - just in case a bear attacked me, I would have proof I had made it that far...</div>
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Then, a trail gnome tripped me at about mile 10. I sliced the tip of my right thumb off and tore up my left side - but that right hand and left arm were the things protecting my head, so it could have been worse.<br />
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So my aid station 3 proof of life picture is with the left hand, since the right was still bleeding.<br />
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But, with the help of half of Nate's toilet paper stash, I made it to the finish - to take this super cheesy (I'm not really in that much - oh yes I am - pain) finish line pic.<br />
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Then, it was homeward bound...<br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-83203932074492901642014-01-12T19:07:00.001-06:002014-01-12T19:07:52.459-06:002014 has not brought new knowledgeIn 2013, I ran a bunch of half marathons without training much - which was dumb. It seems the dumbness has carried over into 2014. On Sunday, January 5, I ran the Carrerathon Half Marathon (without much training). It was cold, with 20 mph winds (and I didn't train). So, we hid under the bleachers until the last minute.<br />
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Then, it was off to run 13.1 miles and not get blown away. I won't lie - it hurt, especially the last 1.5 miles, when my calves were cramping due to the cold, poor nutrition, and (just maybe) lack of training. So, we have some nice, ugly shots of me limping into the finish:<br />
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Yeah, that was dumb. <strike>For the rest of 2014, I shall faithfully train for each distance.</strike> Um, next up, Big Bend 25K.<br /><br />
Thanks to Ceci, Laura, and Scottydog for the picsSallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-63932499054103504012014-01-04T16:30:00.000-06:002014-01-04T17:00:26.474-06:00Ringing in 2014Holy cats - it is already 2014. At the nascence of each year, I like to think what the coming days will bring. Right now, I'm thinking only four more years of payments on my <strike>vacation home</strike> student loan. But, I'm sure there will be more to 2014 and beyond than that nasty thing, which is now more than my mortgage. Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be lawyers.<br />
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I rung in the New Year with a fantastic fireworks display at Adrian & Darlene's casa - with the multiple (professional) fireworks lighting up the horizon. Then, I hit the SARR Cobweb Chaser - a fun 5k (unless one maybe stabbed her quadriceps a little TOO hard with the Enbrel - I was sore). But, it's always a nice time to come together and celebrate with local runners.<br />
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Check out that fancy jacket Gretchen gave me...<br />
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With Scottydog (he ran 75 races last year) <br />
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with the old school crew - guarding the beer<br />
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And with Gargamel, the escape-dog who returned home after a year<br />
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Sadly, the new year also brought the news that a runner was <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Arrest-made-in-New-Year-s-Eve-Bump-murder-5113498.php">stabbed to death in a San Antonio park</a>. I did not know her, but the event hurt the whole San Antonio running community - which is really a collective conscience. I am terrible about taking off on a run without telling anyone, wearing headphones (low, and just one), running by myself at strange hours, not carrying a phone, and, really, making myself a target. So, let's promise each other that we will be more careful, and run in peace, Lauren Bump.<br />
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Read More at: <a href="http://news4sanantonio.com//news/features/top-stories/stories/arrest-made-op-schnabel-park-murder-7078.shtml">http://news4sanantonio.com//news/features/top-stories/stories/arrest-made-op-schnabel-park-murder-7078.shtml</a></div>
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Thanks to Ceci, Scottydog, and Tom Lake/SARR for the picsSallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-21480347641172542842013-12-15T13:51:00.001-06:002013-12-15T13:51:21.340-06:00Catching upI've been pretty busy - and I'll prove it. Remember how that last post was about how HOT the RNR half marathon was? Well, this is South Texas, where things change fast.<br />
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On Thanksgiving, I ran the Great Turkey 5k Challenge downtown - cold enough to make me wear a jacket AND pants and gloves. I really don't like running in pants or cold...<br />
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Then, there was the 3rd Annual Santa Antonio 5k on December 1, 2013. I was back in a skirt, herding course marshals. We had a fantastic turn out of over 700 Santas!<br />
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Then? You guessed it, it became cold again. Really cold.<br />
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I 'winged' the Spicewood half marathon on December 7, 2013 (I really should train for these things).<br />
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these pics were actually a re-enactment - our photographer Michele was freezing and was inside, warming up, when I passed her post at this tree - so these are posed (which is why I have a bottle of wine in my hand and look waaay warmer in the 29 degree temps)<br />
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But these are real finish line pics - that was a TOUGH course - out and back with killer hills, cold, and WIND. And, of course, the no-training thing. So, after winding down with some wine tasting to finish out the weekend, I hit the downtown lights running tour on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.<br />
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This past Saturday, I ran the Girls on the Run 5k but, being middle/grade-school girls, they didn't have post-run beer, so I headed over to the SARR Missions 5/10 mile race for post-race libations.<br />
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(back in a skirt, but chilly)<br />
Saturday evening, I ran the Huarache Turbo anniversary relay and party. They matched 'slow' runners up with 'fast' runners for a 4 x 1/2 mile cross country relay. <br />
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Now if Leon had just not been a 'slow' runner and turned in sub-3:00 half miles, we could have finished better than 12th! But, he got his wine, and I got my Huarache Turbo shirt, so I'll cut him some slack. Afterward, we ate tamales and pozole - and celebrated Huarache Turbo's first anniversary. (Ceci & Rogelio - in green above - created Huarache Turbo, the company that designs and produces the SARR Women's 5k shirts - I was invoice #1 for the company!)<br />
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And that's my wrap up - it's been cold, then hot, then cold, then warmish, and back to coldish. I've squeezed every dollar's worth of value out of my Santa jacket and peppermint gear. Oh, and I'm also, apparently, broken.<br />
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I guess I've actually been in a lot of pain, after all. So, I'll blame all of my slow finishes on that L5-S1, work on treatment, and come back to be the 'fast' one in the next Huarache Turbo relay.<br /><br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-7159842102432012362013-11-23T21:56:00.000-06:002013-11-23T21:56:10.552-06:00Some like it hot...And some like it cold. Para mi, I like medium, but here in South Texas, there is no such thing. Last Sunday, I parked my car (fo' free) at the Pearl Brewery, checked out a B-cycle, and biked my not-trained-for-a-half-marathon butt the 3 miles to the Rock N Roll San Antonio Half Marathon start. When I arrived at the start, I was already soaking wet with sweat in the 78 degree, 99% humidity morning weather. <br />
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Then, there was the matter of running 13.1 miles. The first 3 weren't so bad, until I passed my car at the Pearl Brewery, the sun broke out, and I knew the monster hill was coming up. Then, the wheels fell off, and I just worked to cross the finish line one way or another. And it was ugly...<br />
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NOTHING is better than ice cold water. Really, nothing.<br />
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About mile 7.5 - I was toast, but luckily, Brak Pak friends had the Brak Pak truck "Tom" on the route with ice-cold water. And only 5.6 to go...I stopped at mile 9 and drank a beer, because I'm a serious athlete and all. So, I really needed these sponges at about mile 11...<br />
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And then, there was the bitter end...<br />
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Pretty much "Dear Dog, please make this end"<br />
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And then I remembered to try to look fabulous. Right.<br />
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And then, I was finally done. Slowest half marathon ever for me.<br />
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And then we re-enacted the Bataan death march to my buddies' car<br />
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As I have said for each of the 7 or 8 half marathons I ran this year - I'm NOT running another HM without training (except for December 7th, but after that, I really may kind of try to stick to that statement somewhat).<br />
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So, how could I possibly follow up that misery? Well, with a bit of a cold front. Today, I ran the Ready.AIM.Run 5k, better known as the courthouse 5k, with my brethren professionals of the San Antonio Bar Association. Start temp? 39 degrees, and again, 99% humidity. Yep, basically, half the degrees with the misty humidity. Lovely. The Kenyans (yes, real Kenyans were there) ran a pace of 5:18, chattering like teenagers, while I managed just less than twice that speed.<br />
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Yeah, pants are for wimps. Next weekend's temps for the <a href="http://www.bishfoundation.net/santa_antonio_5k_run.html">Santa Antonio 5K</a> are supposed to, again, be miserably warm, so we should, once again, have stripping Santas. Crazy San Antonio weather!<br />
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Thanks to Ceci, Celia, Bertha, Victor, Lana, Dulce, Michele, and MarathonFoto for the pics.<br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-72490900828479477622013-10-28T20:42:00.000-05:002013-10-28T20:42:26.255-05:00Post furlough funkSo, we're back to getting paid for working - eventually. It's kind of still sorting itself out, but I did get a paycheck, so that was nice. This new sign in our office really is not so nice - kind of "we spent money on this sign, but didn't pay you..."<br />
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So, the best way to fight a funk is to run some miles. On Saturday, I did the Eastside Cemeteries running tour. Our guide was the (very fast) Bruce, so it was really 3.1 miles of fartleks with very interesting stories.<br />
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This was a very interesting part of the cemeteries I had not visited before - the African American cemeteries.<br />
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So, I was a little sore after that for the Gusto Push 10 mile race on Sunday - 10 miles of concrete and two passes on a concrete bouncy bridge that takes my vertigo to new places. But, in the words of my nephews, I <u>DID</u> it!<br />
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Here's some frame-by-frame finish line pics of me running like a crazy running chicken. <br />
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yep - puro gallina loca. It was humid, so we had to replenish ourselves accordingly.<br />
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No races for me next weekend - I'll continue to fight my funk by traveling to Arlington to root against the Vikings. In a Packers jersey. <br /><br />
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<br />Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4545665003743661002.post-14437246929879791962013-10-09T23:48:00.000-05:002013-10-09T23:48:04.479-05:00Blue...is my favorite color, but not my favorite feeling. I have been trying to fight the blues since getting the ol' furlough notice and dx last Tuesday. After the 15k on Sunday, I put together a "drag myself off the couch" list of no-expense chores that I didn't dislike.<br />
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For example:<br />
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Dislike: Notsobad:<br />
change way-high lightbulbs (did it anyway) plant front bed with cactus<br />
clean house clean and PUT AWAY all laundry (did it)<br />
weed front yard play with critters and plant leftover seeds to see what grows <br />
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And, so, I woke up at a normal time on Tuesday and set forth to accomplish those "notsobad" tasks - for about an hour before I got the call to return to work on Wednesday, without pay. Lovely. Work was a sad place today, so I just tried to shut myself in my office and do my job. Again, without pay.<br />
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When I got home, I thought about just taking a nap and avoiding zoo run, but one thing that always helps when I am feeling blue - running with buddies. These days, even a bad run is the highlight of my day. So, here we were tonight, hamming it up and showing off some new shirts (paid for pre-furlough). I included multiple group pics because I think the progression of the doggies is hilarious - click on the pics to enlarge.<br />
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super cheesy. And I mean Laura - I'm just semi-cheesy.<br />
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Wednesday night zoo run regulars, including the pooches.<br />
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So, to my fellow running buddies, friends, and family - I apologize for being down, blue, depressed, and anxious. Last Tuesday hit me pretty hard, with no 'cures' in sight. Thanks for dealing with grumpy Sally and helping me off the couch.<br />
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And thanks to Michele for doing the legwork on new shirts and Ceci for printing - and the pics. I see the whole world and I want to paint it a lighter shade of blue.Sallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485661249288743579noreply@blogger.com0