Washington DC
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Ladies’ Monday Night Supper Club
Just for the record, I am the last person to sign up for an all women’s anything. Having said that, a long time ago, I read a book called the The Florabama Ladies’ Auxiliary & Sewing Circle by Lois Battle. It is about a group of poor Southern women who form a sewing club, which…
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Dragon Boat Racing
I have never won any sporting related medals but all that changed this weekend. History was made when some of my work folks and I won two Bronze medals in the annual Dragon Boat Festival in DC. The first medal was in Mix Minor 250meters and the second was for Mix Major 500meters. We competed…
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Pike’s Peek 10k race report
My goal was a sub 55:00. Didn’t quite get there but a personal best none the less. I like this distance A LOT. I feel like given a little more effort, I can improve a great deal. Perhaps a sub 50:00? Good reason to commence those track workouts ASAP. Dev offered me his old Timex Ironman…
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Am I a Runner?
A few days after the CB 10-miler, I found myself in good company of the RED FOX. When not being a champion runner (4th American at the CB 2010; 22nd overall) he is my affable neighbor with whom I’ve shared many a bourbons and who in turn eats half of my groceries. After talking about…
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The 2010 Cherry Blossom 10-mile Race Report
I arrived with just enough time to throw my bag at the nice bag-check man and find the start line – a total of 30 seconds before the start. This year I would sally forth with the Blue wave. This was a good sign. Having started with the last (Purple?) corral the previous two years,…
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The 2010 Cherry Blossom race result
Not what I wanted. But I got out what I put in. Here is the Full Race Report. Num Name Ag Hometown 5 Mile Gun Tim Net Tim Pace S 8088 Elena Petzold 27 Arlington VA 46:16 1:44:33 1:33:31 9:22 14016 Karen Kinder 40 Reston VA 47:56 1:53:09 1:33:31 9:22 11893 Anne Murray 30 Arlington…
The Antibland Chronicles 