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Knitter's Review
February 20, 2003
Books are like friendships. They come and they go, but a few trusted titles stick with you through thick and thin. I find this is especially true with my knitting books.
New knitters must build their reference library from scratch, which can be a challenge. Many of you have asked me for advice, and this week I give it.
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Veteran midfielder Heather O' Reilly has been tearing up the right side for the US Women's National Team since 2002. This three-time Olympic gold medalist made her international debut in 2002, and is known for her impeccable work rate. When she's not representing the red, white and blue, O'Reilly is playing for the National Women's Soccer League's (NWSL) Boston Breakers.
Part of Nike's USA Centennial line, this new official USA jersey celebrates 100 years of American soccer.
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In this age of connected devices, there is something almost archaic about the traditional PDA, which has been driven to extinction by the smartphone. However, HP continues to support it for its business customers and the HP iPaq 214 Enterprise (£225 inc. VAT) is the latest iteration.
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Politics Counts: Immigration Is Bigger in Texas
Dante Chinni writes Politics Counts as a regular Capital Journal feature. Mr. Chinni is the director of the American Communities Project at American University, which examines different types of communities across the U.S.
Immigration is a contentious issue across the country. But in Texas, which shares a 1,200-mile border with Mexico, it is something much more.
President Barack Obama's planned fundraising trip to the state became very political very quickly, amid the recent surge of children and families entering the U.S. illegally over the southern border. The White House decided against a trip to the border but added plans for a meeting with local leaders and Gov. Rick Perry. But even before the current crisis, immigration sat at the nexus of politics, economics and culture in the state — and looking at the spread of Texas's foreign-born population helps explain why.
While any discussion of immigration invariably turns to the border (and there are large percentages of foreign-born people there), there are also big foreign-born populations in the state's biggest cities and metro areas. In terms of raw numbers those counties hold the largest foreign-born populations in the state and they have a big influence.
Those places are Texas's Democratic-voting bastions – around Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. In Houston, shown as Harris County on the map, 25% of the population, or more than 1 million residents, are foreign-born. That population, only 32% of which is made up of naturalized citizens and eligible to vote, is instrumental in making that county swing Democratic – President Obama won by less than 1,000 votes in 2012.
The influx of immigrants to those counties isn't just a question of different people with different backgrounds coming to town. It is about people changing the politics of the place, and particularly the biggest places in the state. While this is true across the country (as we noted last week) the impacts are more direct and deeper in Texas.
Consider than even in Texas, which Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney won by 16 percentage points in 2012, Mr. Obama won the vote coming out of 29 counties where the percentage of foreign-born residents is above the state average of 16.3%. And the president won that vote handily, 53% to 45%.
Furthermore, the inward migration into Texas is increasing its foreign-born population. Texas has seen a net inflow of about of more 610,000 people since 2000, according to the Census, and a third of that population has come from international migration – again that's compared to the current statewide foreign-born number of 16.3%.
Those big urban counties have seen some of the largest foreign-born inflows. In Dallas County, the Census estimates that there has been a net inward migration of 35,000 people and 29,000 of them are from another country. Census estimates that Harris County has seen a net inward migration of 102,000 people and 62,000 are from another country.
Foreign and Domestic Migration into Texas's Big Counties
|2013 Pop
|Net Migration since 2000
|International Migration
|Domestic Migration
|Bexar (San Antonio)
|Dallas (Dallas)
|Harris (Houston)
|Tarrant (Ft. Worth)
|Travis (Austin)
Those five big urban counties also led the way in job growth for Texas over the past five years. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows those five counties added 348,000 jobs between December of 2008 and December of 2013. The entire state, 254 counties, added about 660,000 over that time, according to BLS.
In other words much of story of Texas's growth – in terms of economics and raw population – is tied to its growing foreign-born population and it's not just a border-area story. It's about the big urban Democratic-leaning counties in the state.
What's playing out in Texas is a more intense version of the national story on immigration, and that is one very big reason why the debate there in particular is so charged.
Politics Counts: Why Texas Could Flip Quickly From Red to Blue


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Wednesday October 3, 2012
Grovetown, GA--Sometimes deciding on a Player of the Week is easy...one guy who just jumps off the page...other times, like this week, not so easy. A lot of big performances this past Friday. For all around performances, Grovetown's Juwan Biggers was our go-to-guy.
From offense to defense to special teams Biggers did it all in earning our Academy Sports and Outdoors Player of the Week honors. Against Houston County, three touchdowns on the ground, a kick return for a score and some huge plays on "D" to seal a win. Yeah, he did it all.
"It's the will to win really," said Biggers. "Whatever you want to do to win, that's what you're going to do. I guess I can just say that if you want to win, you do whatever you have to do."
"94-yard kick off return, offense, nearly 260 yards, defensively, you know, I couldn't tell you how many tackles off the top of my head but a big interception there to seal the win at the end of the game. Just stuff he's done all year really," said Coach Rodney Holder.
Biggers didn't start the year at quarterback but now has settled into the role and as Coach Holder says, he's putting his best guys out there in an effort to win and Biggers is one of the best.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Tim Lincecum arrived in Scottsdale last month with high hopes. After two down seasons, Lincecum wanted to leave the Cactus League with respectable numbers and joked about his desire to grow a memorable mustache.
Five weeks later, the hair on Lincecum's upper lip would make Tom Selleck proud, but his spring ERA grew just as quickly.
Lincecum couldn't make it out of the fifth inning Sunday against the Kansas City Royals, giving up seven runs on 11 hits, including three homers in the Giants' 13-9 victory. After allowing just two runs in his first three spring starts, the right-hander was charged with 12 runs over 10 innings in his final two outings in the desert. Lincecum will head home with a 6.52 ERA, but manager Bruce Bochy wants him to hone in on a different number: In 191/3 spring innings, Lincecum has walked just five, a far cry from past springs.
"Today certainly inflated (the ERA), but I really liked, for the most part, where he was with his pitches" this spring, Bochy said. "He has kept the ball down and commanded the fastball. Usually in the spring, that's what he battles. For the most part he has been pretty good with his command. Today he was just off."
In search of easier outs and quicker innings, Lincecum has hoped to pitch to contact more often this season. The Royals took advantage of that approach Sunday. A Lorenzo Cain triple brought home the first run, and Salvador Perez put the Royals up 2-1 with a solo homer in the fourth. With two outs in the fifth, Jason Donald poked a three-run shot into the right field bullpen. Carlos Peguero followed with a solo blast that landed near the top of the grass berm in right-center field.
Lincecum said his body started "drifting" toward the plate, causing him to leave too many balls up in the zone. With one start left before the regular season, Lincecum remains confident that he can find consistency.
"Even today with the scuffles, those were things I can fix," he said. "They put some good swings on pitches, and you've got to tip your cap there. But I can still work out of those things a little better than I did today. Right now, it's about locking into the season and trying to get out of that spring training mode you kind of get into."
The third baseman said he isn't involved in the negotiating and has told Vasquez not to bring it up unless a good offer is on the table. According to CSNBayArea.com, the Giants made a three-year, $40 million offer Friday that was rejected by Sandoval's side.
It's a complicated situation for the Giants, who have about $400 million in salary commitments after giving lucrative deals to Matt Cain, Buster Posey and Hunter Pence. The Giants already have $127 million committed to just 12 players for the 2015 season. The front office hasn't ruled out further negotiations before the March 31 season opener, but a deal is said to be unlikely.
Scutaro, 38, has just two at-bats this spring because of back irritation that has bothered him for more than a year. Just before Scutaro returned to the field, the Giants placed veteran infielder Tony Abreu on release waivers, leaving 24-year-old Ehire Adrianza and veteran Brandon Hicks as the only infielders fighting for one last backup spot. If Scutaro starts the season on the disabled list, Adrianza and Hicks would be with the big league club on opening day.
Adrianza helped his case Sunday by hitting a mammoth homer. Brandon Crawford also homered, and Gregor Blanco drove in three runs.
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants.


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WALNUT CREEK -- For Walnut Creek's Marcia and Jerry Morucci, dog means family.
For Southern California's David Helkenn, dog means freedom.
When Marcia, Jerry and David met for the first time at Guide Dogs for the Blind's graduation day this June, dog meant everything.
"At graduation, there's not a dry eye there," Marcia says, in a late October interview in the home she and Jerry have owned for 49 years. "It's fabulous because it completes the circle."
The "circle" begins when a two-month old Labrador retriever, golden retriever, or Labrador/retriever cross is placed in the home of a qualified, volunteer puppy raiser. The cost of training and veterinary care is completely covered by Guide Dogs for the Blind; the only cost to the puppy raisers is the food. Approximately one year later, the dogs are sent to GDB's schools in California and Oregon for intensive training. After several weeks, a human-dog team emerges.
The loop is made permanent when people like the Moruccis shed their tears at the sight of their beloved pup embarking on a lifetime of service and love in the hands of a visually impaired person like Helkenn.
Marcia, 70, has been a secretary at Burton Valley Elementary School for 15 years. Jerry, 73, has been a meat cutter, court reporter, and owner of a deli and butcher shop. Today, he leads walking tours in San Francisco's Italian neighborhoods. Together, they and their three children have raised and loved dogs, and lost them to old age.
"We had to put a dog down and I said, 'Never again,'" Marcia says. "When you give up a guide dog, it breaks your heart, but you see how it will change someone's life."
Jerry is equally moved.
"When we took the class before they'd give us a puppy, what hit me was, how many times are you going to get an opportunity to really change somebody's life? More people need to do this; this is really important," he said, more than once.
The Moruccis started their dog-raising career early on, when the first house they bought came with a dog the seller insisted they take.
"We were 18 and 21 (years old) and what we didn't know was that the dog was pregnant," Jerry laughs. "She had six puppies and that pretty much started our family."
It took far more effort to land Janet, the puppy the Moruccis received in 2011.
"We met once a week for six months before getting a dog," Marcia explains. "The Contra Costa County Puppy Raising Club trains you to learn the program and handle the puppies."
"They want to make sure you're really invested in these dogs," Jerry adds. "GDB brings in dogs from all over the world to produce this particular soft-breed type of dog. They're smart, gentle, obedient, cuddly and they don't want to be alone. They want to be with people all the time."
Raising a guide dog is unusual in a few key aspects. Because the dogs will need to support a visually impaired owner, they are never fed table scraps, are always on a leash when outside, are taken into public spaces like BART and restaurants and they must be trained to eliminate in a specific location ("It's a six-foot circle; you can't just have them relieving anywhere," Marcia says).
Although their diet is tightly-controlled to keep their body composition steady, there is one unrestricted form of nourishment -- praise.
"There's no negative in the training," Marcia says. "We give them their kibble, away from regular meals, and positive reinforcement as treats. It makes them completely happy, because that's all they know."
Jerry says a mild, firm jerk on the leash is all it takes to stop uncontrolled digging or barking.
Attending weekly meetings while raising their puppy gave the Moruccis a solid support team. During vacations, they were able to leave the dog in the care of other members of the group. But nothing could prepare them for the day they had to say goodbye to Janet.
"It was tough," Jerry admits. "You're still attached to the dog."
To ease their anxiety, they learned about the man who would get their pup, David Helkenn: his lifestyle, history, and beliefs.
"We raised this dog Catholic and David's a Presbyterian, so we weren't sure if it would work," Jerry jokes.
At graduation, Marcia completed half of her speech before breaking down. Jerry told the crowd he'd never had an opportunity to make a complete stranger's life better. Since then, they've exchanged letters and emails with David.
"He's a trained engineer, develops websites, he's involved with his church and takes the dog on public transportation ... " Jerry says, pausing as Bebe bounds into the room. Yes, despite the heart-wrenching moment they know will come on the day of graduation, the Moruccis have a new puppy.
"It's a win-win situation," Jerry says, shrugging his shoulders and stroking Bebe's side.
Guide Dogs for the Blind -- www.guidedogs.com.
Contra Costa County Puppy Raising Club -- sites.google.com/site/cccpuppyraising


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LAFAYETTE -- At 100, Rubi Wentzel is happy to share the secret to long life -- music and mushrooms.
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In the opposite wing of the Lafayette home she shares with her daughter Leslie Krikorian, guests from all over the country arrive to celebrate Rubi's 100th birthday.
Born on Oct. 19, 1912, in Spillville, Iowa, Wentzel moved to Toledo, Ohio and took up piano at age 6. More than 90 years later, she still plays.
"My father was in real estate and a house he sold had an old piano in the attic," she remembers. "They insisted he take it and I loved it, right away. I liked the sounds and all I wanted to do was practice. But the interesting part comes later."
Wentzel's three children zip in and out of the conversation, filling in the blanks and rerouting her chronological account when it meanders.
"Did you mention you were 16 when you went to college?" her son Ward asks.
"Did you talk about the plane crash yet?" prompts Leslie.
Carla Bowden, the middle child, says, "Don't forget about the 200 violins, mom."
Wentzel attended the University of Michigan, arriving with two $300 scholarships and a cello.
"After I started cello, I hated piano. With those scholarships, I felt like a very rich woman," she says. "My last year there, I got a job at the Dearborn Inn, playing with my trio. It was 26 miles from school so Henry Ford lent me a car to drive back and forth." A Ford, of course.
Wentzel later toured summer music festivals in the Northeast and eventually married a man by accident.
"I didn't know what was going on. He just stopped at a justice of the peace. Don't know what I was thinking: he had no interest in music," she says.
Wentzel gave up the cello then and earned a commercial pilot's license, even joining the Civil Air Patrol. She flew until the day her plane got tangled in telephone wires -- "It was the instructor who was flying, not me," she chimes -- and crashed.
"I decided to change everything: got a divorce, went back to the cello," she says.
In 1949, she married Fred Wentzel, a German immigrant who worked in the print industry and played the violin. During 55 years of marriage, the Wentzel family lived and worked in several locations, all tied together by teaching and playing music.
Playing in the pit orchestra for artists like Johnny Mathis was a release, she says, insisting she likes all forms of music and boasting of her time in an all-girls saxophone jazz band.
Wentzel appears completely unaware of how unusual her life story is. Part of a generation of women who fought for independence, Wentzel simply rolled up her sleeves and lived the life she wanted -- making music.
Along the way, Wentzel built a solid reputation as a teacher.
Eighteen years ago, Stanley Middle School's Bob Athayde introduced Wentzel to his Lafayette music students.
"I have about 10 students who come for weekly lessons," Wentzel says, "I let them pick out a piece and if it's too hard, I simplify it so they can play their favorite."
When she's not teaching -- "Can't play cello anymore: legs can't hold the thing," she explains -- Wentzel practices yoga with an instructor who comes to her home. "I want to live until I can't do things myself," she says. "And if I went deaf, couldn't hear music; I wouldn't want to live that way."


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Mel Watt: Here's How I'll Run Fannie and Freddie
Mel Watt became the top regulator of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in January and gave his first public speech this past week, outlining a turn in how he plans to run the companies. On Friday, Mr. Watt sat down for his first interview as director in a taping of C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" program that will air Sunday.
Mr. Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, discussed how he sees his responsibilities toward taxpayers and shareholders while operating the companies through a legal process known as conservatorship. He also clarified his view on what the agency should and shouldn't be doing in the absence of legislation to overhaul the companies. A shortened and lightly edited transcript follows:
ON HIS MANDATE AS CONSERVATOR: I try to make the distinction between shrinking the current footprint of Fannie and Freddie and shrinking their risk exposure. I'm committed to the latter. But I don't think it's our role necessarily to shrink the footprint of Fannie and Freddie…. We will certainly allow it to happen to the extent the private sector is ready to step into the space. But if the private sector is not ready to step into the space and you shrink what Fannie and Freddie are doing, then you do damage to housing finance in this country…. I think our responsibility is to reduce the exposure of taxpayers to risk and that's different than reducing the footprint. It's a subtle difference but it is different.
ON HOUSING LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE: I haven't reviewed the bill…. There's nothing in the statutory mandates for FHFA that gives us a role in forming what will happen next. Our role is in taking care of what we're doing now.
ON ENDING THE CONSERVATORSHIP: I don't think about it in terms of taking steps to end the conservatorship. The statute would tell us to back out, and the statute doesn't tell us to back out. It tells us to continue to create a national resilient housing finance market in this country. That roll is there until Congress tells us that it is not there anymore. So I never think about it in terms of how am I going to end this. I think about it in terms of how are we going to perform what is our task under the statute today….I don't think about what might happen two years from now or what might happen five years from now. I'm totally focused on what are our responsibilities today.
ON RESPONSIBILITIES TO SHAREHOLDERS: I have a responsibility to the taxpayers. My responsibility in the conservatorship is not to the shareholders, really. I don't lay awake at night worrying about what's fair to the shareholders. My responsibility is to think about how can I do what is responsible for the taxpayers.
ON CHANGES TO BAILOUT TERMS THAT DON'T LET FANNIE AND FREDDIE REBUILD CAPITAL: There would be no Fannie and Freddie but for the taxpayers. This arrangement was in place when I got there…. I don't know whether I would have thought differently had I been there, but I don't have that luxury. I'm operating under a set of agreements that were put in place. And they require that any monies that Fannie and Freddie are left over at the end of the year they get swept to Treasury for the benefit of the taxpayers. And I think they considered that a reasonable quid pro quo for keeping Fannie and Freddie afloat when they could have just gone out of business.
ON WHETHER THOSE TERMS SHOULD BE CHANGED: I don't think it's my role to change them. If I'm invited to have discussions about that, I certainly would have discussions about it with Treasury…. But right now that's not my role. That's not my responsibility. Most corporations would fight for the chance to have the government saying, 'You know, you don't really need any capital because the taxpayers are standing behind you.' And that's really where we are this junction. Capital is important for a private corporation but this is a corporation that is in a conservatorship with the taxpayers having committed to back it in conservatorship…. Right now it's not creating problems for them to operate under this sweep structure. And I assume that the Treasury believes that this is reasonable compensation for saving Fannie and Freddie when they did it…. It's an arrangement that I'm comfortable operating under.
ON ENCOURAGING BROADER ACCESS TO MORTGAGES: I try to make [skeptics] feel comfortable by always starting the sentence by saying, 'We're going to do this in a safe and sound way.'… While I advocated for people to have access to credit, I was also the first person to introduce a bill that said, 'Don't issue irresponsible, predatory credit to people.' That's a balance we've been walking in this country… Nobody should want to make a loan to anybody who's not going to be able to repay it.
ON WHY FANNIE AND FREDDIE FAILED: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac probably failed for the same reason the whole meltdown occurred. There were a bunch of irresponsible things going on. Everybody shared in the responsibility for that. Whether you were an appraiser, or a broker, or a lender, or Fannie and Freddie—everybody kind of lost sight of the objective to provide responsible housing finance in this country. And it became OK can I make money? Can I make money? So everybody wanted to make money. And everybody was making money but it was unsustainable. And so our responsibility now is to not worry about making money. We want to make sure we're not going to lose money. But we want to provide housing finance in a sustainable way until somebody tells us to do it in a different way.


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Steve~Next year's Brewers Mini Marathon is scheduled for 9/28/2013. The course was rather flat, with elevation increases at each of the bridges and coming out of Miller Valley at 9.5 miles. http://www.race-brewers.com/course-elevation Compared to the hills at the Door County HM that I ran in May, this wasn't too bad. I think you would like the race, the only hitch is packet pick-up was Friday only. The Milwaukee Visitor's Bureau would love you to stay overnight, dine and enjoy what the city has to offer. I spoke to some folks from Rockford who drove in on Friday and after pick-up enjoyed the Art Museum, Lakefront Brewery tours and a great dinner at Lake Park Bistro. It would be great to run together!
Kathy~It can be so easy to let training become the focus at the expense of relationships, isn't it? It sounds like you have everything in balance, and it sure helps to have family/friends that understand how important running is to us.
Dan~Hope you are enjoying running in the beautiful autumn weather we been given this week. It sure is the reward for slogging through those 90 degree dust-bowl July days!
Went out for a lovely 3.5 miles on a sunny, crisp morning. The red maples were gorgeous!!! I feel recovered from last weekend, and have either been walking or biking to work out all the kinks. Contemplating running the ZOOMA Women's HM in Lake Geneva on 10/21.........we'll see how Sunday's 8 - 10 mile run goes.
Run strong, friends!
Message was edited by: Debra Stamm Read today that the Brewers Mini Marathon raised $111,000 to benefit the MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer).
Urun- my son gave me one of the clip on lights for BD; I'll have to try it out to so I don't have to hold a flashlight as I run. He also gave me the promise of running the Fox Cities marathon or half marathon with me next September, my choice of race. That will be fun!
Debra- you're right, the fall colors are near peak here in Sauk County. Played in golf outing to raise funds for a local camp/retreat center our church works with yesterday morning and the colors on the course and with great views of the bluffs were amazing. Son/DIL were visiting this weekend so after church we drove through Devil's Lake and gawked at the beauty of God's creation. And I didn't have my camera.
I did complete the 24.2 miles Friday! Started in the dark as the moon was setting, beauifully quiet. Got to watch the dawn and sunrise as well as the sun coming up on all the fall colors in the forests near out home. I did 3 loops of 6+ miles than added 4.4 on my usual out/back route. I was really feeling it the last 2-3 miles, and sometimes had to change my run/walk cycle to manage. I did 1:1 ration for almost all of it, and finished in just shy of 5:20. Tony, that would make your prediction you made after the HM pretty accurate. I plan to see how the recovery goes this week before I decide which distance I'll register for, half or full. Either way, I'll just be doing shorter runs in the next 3 weeks to try to avoid injury.
Good luck to all those running Chicago next Sunday! Run strong and safe!!
Dan-started running 1/29/2011 at age 57
notable 2012 runs:
Crazylegs Classic-Madison-8K--4/28/2012--00:52:14
Roxbury Rural Run--5K--5/5/2012-- 29:32-PR
Haslanger Classic--10K--8/4/2012--1:06:19 PR
WO-ZHA-WA Run--HM--9/15/2012--2:37:45
Honky Tonk Marathon- Wisconsin Dells- 10/21/2012-5:39:09
2013 runs:
Fleet Feet New Year's Day Dash-8K-1/1/2013--54:23
Door County HM- 5/4/2013
Fox Cities HM- 9/22/2013 (60thBD!)
Hello! I've been gone for a while. Had a VERY busy August and September :-) Our Son was married in Arlington, Tx on Aug. 12. I Did the flowers for his wedding, Since I'm a florist it was hard to refuse their request. Although I was hoping just to attend and enjoy.
Aug. 18th~Rode the 38 mile Vernon Burnin' Bike Ride. 1st female to finish
Aug. 25th~Did the Hotter n Hell Bike Ride. Finished 2nd over all female in the 50 mile
Aug. 26th~Wee-Chi-Tah Half Marathon Trail Run. Finihed 2nd in age group. Not a great run for me. I fell on the down hill and took the hide off my forearm Then had to stop and puke....ugh....
Aug. 27th~ Left for a trip to Canada with our Airstream. Had a wonderful time in Alberta at Banff and Jasper.
Sept 15th~ Arrived home with only a week till the Redman Half Iron Man.
I didn't get any swim time in on vacation and little cycling. I was convienced my husband and family were trying to sabotage my training schedule...lol Finally gave up and took the new wet suit to the college pool to get aquinted with the feel.
Aug 20th~Hubby cooperating willingly, left for OKC in the afternoon so I could swim the course in the time allowed before the race. 7-9 am Fri.
Aug 21st~Went out on Lake Hefner for a swim. Winds were high, water white capping... Not good.....Got very little sleep this night due to a party in the RV Park, my nerves, and fear of death in the lake....
Aug 22nd~ Up at 4 am with only about 3 hours sleep. I wanted to just go home. Got to the Course by 4:45am and set up transiton. Met a group of very nice girls my age and that helped calm me a bit. I was really feeling that I had bit off more than I could handle. Chris took a picture of me before the start, which I call the look of TERROR! I had been swimming in the college pool and sometimes in the lake while he fly fished from his Kayak. Nothing prepared me for seeing the 1 1/4 course layed out in the lake. I couldn't even see the 5 foot diameter bouy at the first turn on the triangular course! It was a USA Triathlon Championship, so the qualifiers in the Full and Half were in the first 2 waves. We mature ladies were the last age group with the beginners in the wave behind us. All I did was just start swimming. Stopped at the 3 kayaks to get my bearings. Some people were getting way off course. When I made the first turn I had the hang of sighting in the open water and made the swim in 1:6. My goal was 1:30. I did breast stroke for a few yards to watch the Full Iron Men swim by. What an amazing sight, gave me chill bumps as they glided past like killer whales....
The bike ride went very well. 3:37, my goal 4 hours.I only had 4 packs of Gu, a banana, water and gatoraide during the cycling. My blood sugar stayed up and no problems with nausia as I had feared.
At the half way point of the run I started to over heat and see the little bubbles. The temp was over 94 and I was only taking ice chips and iced sponges at this point. (If I ever see green gatoraide again I'll puke) I could feel that my quads just above the knees wanted to cramp, so I decided to take it easy. I ran and speed walked alternately. I had come to far to DNF. My goal time was 8 hours and I finished in 8:05:34 :-)
I found that everyone I met had a trainer. I had Utube.....I think there are somethings I would do differently, now that I know, but all in all.....so excited that I FINISHED!!!!!! ( and I wasn't last ;-)
Got my Finsher's jersey and medal and the 70.3 sticker for my car that I wanted more than anything!
Dan you are making great progress. That was a great long run. I haven't been online much since my taper started. We leave for Chicago late Wednesday. I'm ready to go. I developed a foot issue two weeks ago. The Doc suggested I hold off any running till race day. I got a shot of cortisone which seems to have helped.i found out I have bone on bone on my big toe with a spur. Issue appeared after my last long run
I plan on enjoying the race and finishing healthy. hopefully my dedicated training will get me to the finish line.
To all thanks for your support during my journey. Hopefully next week I'll be able to report I chalked one off my bucket list. One month before my 60th birthday. My first full Marathon.
2012 Races: Tony from Florida
Jan.7,2012 Walt Disney World Half Marathon Orlando FL 02:09:14 PR
Oct 7 2012 Chicago Marathon Chicago Illinois 05:17:43
Feb 10, 2012 Rock N Roll Half Marathon St Petersburg FL
2011 Races:
Started running at 58 ( Nov 23rd 2010)
Half Marathon Results
Oct 31,2011 Fl Halloween Halfathron 02:18:22
Sept 4, 2011 Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Virgina Beach Half Marathon 02:28:20
April 30,2011 Country Music Half Marathon Nashville TN 02:56:02
Hi all Mighty Masters -
I checked back a few pages and see that it's been a while since I posted. So here's how I'm doing on my Team In Training challenge. A couple of weeks ago I did the long walk - it was supposed to be 12 miles, but turned out to be 12.5 miles, with six brutal hills at about the 10 mile distance. I finished in 2hrs, 30 min, which I thought was good.
The next day I did a 10K and finished in 1 hour, 31 minutes. This was a great pace for me, especially since it was my first 10K event. The picture of Marie passing that man was great - I make it a point to try to smile even if I feel pretty shot. This picture below was taken on the 10K home stetch, I look pretty determined - I thought I gave the photographer a nice wide smile, but that last mile was somewhat uphill and against the wind. I actually was able to break iunto a run the last 50 yards over the finish line.
Next Sunday (Oct 7) is my big day - San Jose Rock & Roll Half Marathon. My plan for the rest of this week is to rest tomorrow and do some easy 5K walks in my neighborhood a couple of times dring the week to keep flexible, but not try to add any more training. My original goal was to finish before they open the streets to auto traffic after 4 hours. Now I think a reasonable goal will be to finish in close to 3 hours.I am happy that the TNT had two training groups - runners and walkers. I have concentrated on improving my walking technique as well as gaining stamina for the long haul. As this is not a judged racewalk, it will be OK to run, but I'm not planning to do any running until after half way, and then only a few 15 second jogs to rest the walking muscles.
Our weather had cooled down nicely - until this weekend. They say this high 80s heat spell will break by Wednesday - I hope so. Regardless, I won't be wearing all black. But I'll stck to the capri tights as they support my hips and knees.
Ray - will you be participating in this one? I'll be looking for you. I will be interviewed before the race, as the oldest member of the Team In Training.
Everyone - stay healthy, run strong, keep smiling - even if you feel awful, you never know when someone will snap your picture.
Phyllis - 87
San Jose CA
Aug 18, 2010 Started walking/running In my Neighborhood, SJ CA 1 mi 26:08 min
My First Race
Nov 14,2010 Habitat for Humanity, Stanford, Ca 5K 56:08 min 3rd Women's 70+
2012 Events:
1/1/12 New Years Runfor Healthy World Palo Alto 5K 46:33
1/28/12 Coyote Hills, Fremont CA 5K 52:59
3/3/12 Helyer Park, San Jose 5K 46:47
3/10/12 Juana Run Palo alto 8K 1:12:22
3/11/12 Calif. Senior Games Palo Alto Race Walk 5K 44:56 Qualified in my age group for Nationals in 2013
3/17/12 Go Green St Patricks Day Run 5K 31:27 Actual distance run: 2.22 miles
Phyllis~ You're doing fantastic!! Enjoy your Half Marathon, you've worked hard!
Steve~ Congratulations on the new grand daughter. She's just precious....
Mary Kay~ Sorry about the hamstring. That's a bummer, but you're going to work through it as you are such a trooper.
Dan~ 21 miles, WOW! Sounds like you're going to be ready for Full Marathon. Some day I hope to do a full.
Ron & Ray Congrats on the 5 milers! Yor times are great! I just did 5 in 48 yesterday and was happy with that:-)
Marie~ Awesome 10 K! Way to go!!!!
I'm trying to skim the past 2 months and I know I've missed some. Sounds like there is lots of progress being made and goals being met. It's very exciting!
Joni~Congratulations on your outstanding finish in the Redman Half Iron Man!
Phyllis~Love your beautiful smile and the sheer determination on you face in the photo. Best wishes to you as you run your first Half Marathon. You are truly an inspiration to us all!
Tony~Enjoy you first Full Marathon! It has been a pleasure to read about your training during this journey. Sorry to hear about the foot injury, hopefully the cortisone and rest this week will help. Enjoy each mile knowing you are well prepared for you race. Safe travels to Chicago, and run strong!
Dan~24.2 miles -- Awesome! Sounds like you are attune to listening to what your body is telling you and doing a great job adjusting to it.
Yesterday was an absolutely perfect autumn day to enjoy the changing colors of trees and shrubs along the bike path on my 10 mile run. Had a nice strong run with a few hills thrown in. I feel totally recovered from last week's race, Looking forward to the "frozen custard" run with my son's grade school cross-country team this afternoon. I have helped coach the team again this year, and they are an amazing group of young runners. So proud of each of them!
Run strong, friends
Am holding up a table so I'll have to read and reply to your posts later. Miss them, though!
Thank you for all those bad experiences that led to this?? I survived the White Tail! I confirmed before I ran that I could still finish if I ran over 4 hrs but I did it in 3:56:09 and was 4th out of 5 females in my AG; there were only 280 total and I placed 265. I was miserable by the end and took a recovery sick day today but the hardest pain was mental. I must have had a serious deficiency of something because I went into the foulest mood around 7 but thought, *Just stop this; getting upset now will drain you and you're thinking this way bc you're already spent so this is dangerous.* Took off earbuds thinking the music might have been stirring me up but that just made me think more about the ups and downs. Luckily I was pretty much alone because yet another dip to the creek around 11 just made me cry out, "Give me a f'ing break! Another down to another up. When will this sh#t stop?" I kept the rest to myself and spent the next mile swearing I'd never ever set foot on a trail again, even for a hike. I fell behind everyone, first out of choice and then because breathing problems made me stop running. I was sure for about 5 mi. that I was last and that did not help my mood. It turned out there were 15 people behind me but where, I don't know. It would have helped to know that. At the end I felt guilty taking the medal and was thinking I had failed for all the walking I'd done. Every one of my scars from the surgery hurt. Scott and others tried to make me feel good about the race. "You're doing great!" "Congrats on finishing. Way to stick with it!" All I could think was, *Seriously? Turning around is/was further than finishing.* Then Scott pointed out that I could have gotten a ride at any water stop and I have to admit the thought never entered my mind so I guess I did push through.
The race itself was great. Folks were very friendly. The condition of the trail, the markings, the weather, the course were all fantastic. The first half of the course was rolling hills and the second was endless ups and downs but only one between 8 and 9 was steep and long. There were good moments during my race, too. Views were great! Trees were turning color and I saw a huge white-tailed buck dart out of the trees and cross in front of me. I spent about 20 min. Sunday talking myself out of driving back up and running the last half of the course again. Srsly? That really could have been an invitation for injury - but it also could have been fun. My main scar just shouted No! More! and I gave in. Still resting.
Run strong and fierce out there!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
Debra, IDK, but running a whole HM in Lake Geneva sounds kinda wet and cold. j/k. What's your reservation about doing it? You certainly have the distance and speed!!! You have a lot going on with your parenting. Looked at the Brewer's MM also for next year. thinking about doing it, also.
Dan, oh, what a wonderful son! You not only will be running together but you can compare training as you prepare. 24.2 and 5:20!! Great time and perseverance!! You'd kill that marathon and have a new PR!!
Phyllis, Are You Kidding??? A Ten mile walk in 2:30?? That is fantastic!!! Your pic is great! You look so strong and determined that I saved it and am going to show it around. I love the hat, too. You look more than ready for that HM. HAVE A GREAT RACE!!!!
Joni, Jeesh your post give me goosebumps! Amazing Tri!!! You said your blood sugar stayed up for the cycling after the swimming and you are talking about 4.5 hrs. total by that time on one banana, 4 GU and Gatorade? Did you actually test your blood sugar or just assume bc you were still moving that all was fine? And then you made it through the run without eating and drinking only ice chips? If you had it to do again, do you think nutrition here would have helped with the cramping? I'm still trying to figure out fueling.
Tony, so sorry to hear of your toe problem! I have really enjoyed following your training for this race! You've been the most rigorous and disciplined with your training routine of anyone and I've marveled at how you managed to avoid injury. You're training will be my touchstone when I start preparing for a marathon. So now, enjoy the race because it's fun and it's time and you have earned this! RUN, TONY, RUN!! Have a great race!!
Run strong and fierce out there!!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
Mary Kay~ I've been trying to figure out the nutrition thing for a while. I may have mentioned that I'm hypoglycemic. I eat every 2 hours to keep my blood sugar up. I also have had problems in the past 2 years with nausea after about 6 miles. I stopped having dairy before a race and this helped a little. Then I eleminated as much fiber as possible. I've been reading all kinds of articles and accounts from people. The GU seemed to be the most stomach friendly source of calories for a long Tri. I have to say my stomach was very happy and by the time I began to run I was full and hydrated from the bike, just as I had read. I never got the symptoms I do when I need to eat during the run. As for the quads, I don't know, maybe I should have had one more GU during the run. They never really cramped, but felt tight, you know that stinging burn you get when you're reaching the limit. I wanted to finish more than I cared about my time. Never having done this before, I didn't know how my body would react or if I could push it safely. I should have done some Olympic Distances before jumping up to the Half Iron Man, but none were scheduled close enough for me to do. There was one 2 weeks before, but I was advised not to. I do think the heat was getting to me more than anything. Should have run more after work, rather than just in the mornings.
From what I've read everyone's body has different needs and reactions. If anyone has advise on the nutrition during a race I'd love to hear about it.
Sounds like you did what you set out to do in your race. Good for you! BTW~ I was 560 out of 591 in the tri. 22/23 in my age group. If you count the 10 that didn't finish it sounds even better...lol If you Finish, it's all good! Congratulations!!!
Tony~ Best of luck and enjoy it! You've worked hard to get to this point!
Mary Kay! Congratulations on your Trail run! You did awesome and you so did deserve that medal!
Tony! Have a safe trip to Chicago! I cannot wait to read your RR on your first Full Marathon!!! Also.. it seems you will be 60 just a month or so before I will! LOL
Dan! Congrats on your 24 miler! That is quite an accomplishment.
pkar! Wonderful 10 miles! For some reason I cannot see the picture, but sure wish I could. You are so ready for your HM.
Debra, yes, it is very easy to let family and everything else slide when you are training, especially for a Marathon as it is very time consuming. My family is very supportive, but I know my grandaughters will only be little for a short time!
I have been struggling with motivation issues in my running all summer. I am still running 5-6 times a week and I am still loving running, but I just have not wanted to nor had the motivation to train for a Marathon or HM or to even run in a 5K for that matter. I think that 3 HM's and training for and completing a Full Marathon in one year kind of burned me out on racing. Running a full is not the problem...it is the months and months of training in order to run that Marathon that wears you down! LOL
So, I have come to the decision that I am not going to run any events for the rest of this year. I will be training for a HM in the middle of January though and possibly another Marathon in 2013, but I am not going to try to do any more this year. I will be 60 in December and I look forward to competing in the 60-64 and 60-70 AG's! I have felt better and enjoyed my runs much more since I made this decision...with the winter coming, it will be easier to get all of my runs in.
Good luck to everyone who is racing this weekend!! Go Mighty Masters!!!
FM! 3/4/2012 New Orlean RnR - 5:49:55! PR!
10K PR 1:11:22 ( 11:49 mm)
Ran 4 HM's in 2011
HM 11/13/2011 PR!!! (2:35:53) Pensacola, FL
HM 12/3/2011 (2;39:27) Ran for fun and training St. Judes, Memphis, Tn
HM 01/07/2011 (2:48:23) First Light HM - Mobile, AL (My very first HM)
HM 02/14/2011 (2:40:23) Mercedes Benz - Birmingham, AL
2013 Events:
1-5-13 Ms. Blues HM 2:44:57
1-13-13 Gulf HM 2:40:xx
2-24-13 Disney Princess Half Marathon
3/20/2013 Azalea TR 10K
4-7-2013 Pensacola Beach Half Marathon
Woohoo, Chicago, here I come!
Tony, you probably won't see this until you get back since you mentioned that you're leaving today, but I'll "see" you in Chicago, it will be my first marathon, too! I can't wait to exchange experiences with you here when we return! I'm so excited, and so thankful that the weather report is almost picture perfect, highs in the 50s with only a 10% chance of rain. I'm getting more nervous about the travel logistics right now because I'm not a frequent traveler and don't know the ins and outs of mass transit, which Chicago has an abundance of. I fly into Chicago on Saturday, and back home on Monday. Once I get to the start line, THEN I can get nervous about the running, LOL! But I know that I trained very well, I have learned a TON, and I trust the training.
As anyone who has done this will know, and as Debra and Kathy have mentioned, the training takes a lot out of a person and it's hard to fit in a full time job and keeping up a household and family obligations. Having NEVER run before I started this training, it's been a constant uphill battle, constantly (though in small increments) increasing the mileage, and a hot, humid summer, and the entire time I couldn't wait for it to be over. Now that I am tapering (in the cooler Fall temps) I can enjoy the running and for the first time actually think that I may continue to run to some degree after the marathon experience. I just may enjoy running when I don't have to stick to a rigid schedule of so many miles on specific days.
As a nice side effect, I have lost almost 15 lbs and my jeans and all the Fall and Winter clothes I put away in May are pretty loose and sad-looking.
Sue P. (age 57)
Started running January, 2012
First Marathon, Chicago 10/7/12 - 5:53:31
Ohh....good luck SuzeCat!!! I did not realize that you are running Chicago also! The Mighty Master will be well represented and I also know of about 4 others on a different board that I am on that are running Chicago Full also!
I will have a great day of stalking runners in Chicago!!
FM! 3/4/2012 New Orlean RnR - 5:49:55! PR!
10K PR 1:11:22 ( 11:49 mm)
Ran 4 HM's in 2011
HM 11/13/2011 PR!!! (2:35:53) Pensacola, FL
HM 12/3/2011 (2;39:27) Ran for fun and training St. Judes, Memphis, Tn
HM 01/07/2011 (2:48:23) First Light HM - Mobile, AL (My very first HM)
HM 02/14/2011 (2:40:23) Mercedes Benz - Birmingham, AL
2013 Events:
1-5-13 Ms. Blues HM 2:44:57
1-13-13 Gulf HM 2:40:xx
2-24-13 Disney Princess Half Marathon
3/20/2013 Azalea TR 10K
4-7-2013 Pensacola Beach Half Marathon
Sue~All the best to you in running your first Full Marathon in Chicago! I am so excited for you! Your posts have been such an inspiration to me. Training for a marathon is daunting! I cannot fathom the commitment and sacrifice it takes to prepare mentally and physically for the challenge. Trust your training, enjoy the route and the cheers of encouragement from the spectators and when you cross the finish line and the the medal is placed around your neck, smile big! Note: Lots of great shopping in Chicago to help with the start of a new wardrobe! Congrats on the weightloss:)
Run strong!
Tony & Sue and any others I may have missed that are running Chicago full this weekend.....good luck and run well! I know you all have trained and are ready, so trust the training. I anxiously await the race reports.
I've been nursing a strained peroneal tendon which has made my heel bursitis flare up. So, basically 3 weeks of little to no running. The pain was greatly diminshed today when I walked the dog, so I plan to run tomorrow. Taking time off in the middle of training for Goofy has not been good, but I've done cross training so hopefully haven't lost too much conditioning.
Sorry I don't have the time to shot out to everyone tonight. Please know that I'm keeping up w/ all the posts and very proud and excited for each of you on your progress and accomplishments.
Marie from Tennessee
Training for Disney 2013 Goofy Challenge.....Yes, I'm certifiably CRAZY!
61 year olds must be out of their minds to run a half marathon followed by a full the next day!
Disney Half Marathon 1/7/2012 2:37:59
Bear Hunt 5K 9/24/11 28:28 pb
Trojan Trek Trail 5K 8/6/11 31:45
Expo 10K 5/28/11 1:01:28,
Expo 10K 5/26/12 1:05:39
Eastman 10K 9/8/2012 1:01:11 pb
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - The Bud Light Big Air Fridays series starts once more this week, and although the event is much the same, you can always expect to see some new tricks and increasingly impressive feats.
Now in its 11th year, the competition brings out athletes of all ages to show their stuff on a 40-foot jump on Fanny Hill. Competitions are every Friday for eight weeks, and the skiers and snowboarders work to garner enough points to take the series.
Snowmass Village resident Tae Westcott managed to accomplish that last year in the skiing category. Westcott has been working on some new tricks, although he didn't want to say what they are.
"I've definitely got some new stuff for this year," he said.
Westcott, who grew up in the Roaring Fork Valley, said he'd love to capture first place two years in a row. But the younger kids are giving the 27-year-old tough competition.
"There's a lot of new, young kids that are killing it," he said. "You've got 15-, 12-year-olds coming out of (Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club) that are amazing. They don't really have the fear factor."
Westcott is good friends with last year's second-place skier, Nate Berkel.
"Myself and Nate Berkel are getting kind of old," Westcott said. "We feel (old) compared to those guys."
One such young competitor is snowboarder Brandon Rohrbach, who participated in AVSC and just graduated from Basalt High School last year. He's attending the University of Colorado at Boulder, but he hopes to make it home a few Fridays.
Rohrbach was working on a double cork 1080 earlier this season, he said, until he broke his collarbone over the holidays. He's just about recovered but says he isn't too worried about reinjuring himself by competing in Big Air Fridays.
"It's always a factor. You're always putting it on the line," he said. "I don't really try to worry about that."
There is a cash prize for first, second and third place in both skiing and snowboarding every week as well as for the top three in each sport based on overall point accumulation.
Really, it's not about the results, though, Westcott said.
"It's all about having fun," Westcott said. "It doesn't seem as much of a contest as just hitting a jump with your friends in the afternoon."


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Nation's best haunts
If horror is your genre, California's spooky attractions may not be enough to sate you. That's where HauntedHouseRatings.com comes in. This website conducts a consumer poll of haunted houses across the country, and "the stakes were high" this year. Here's the top 10 from their black carpet list of 31. (By the way, California's top-ranked is the Haunted Hotel in San Diego.)
1. Kersey Valley Spookywoods (High Point, N.C.)
2. The Darkness/Creepyworld (St. Louis)
3. Thrillvania's Verdun Manor (Dallas)
4. Headless Horseman (Ulster Park, N.Y.)
5. Cutting Edge Haunted House (Fort Worth, Texas)
The Beast/Edge of Hell (Kansas City, Mo.)
7. ScareHouse (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
8. Erebus Haunted House (Pontiac, Mich.)
9. Wisconsin Feargrounds (Waukesha, Wis.)
10. Netherworld (Atlanta area)
-- Linda Zavoral, email@example.com and Twitter.com/buh_byetravel