Freezing Fours

I can hardly remember a time when the weather was more indecisive than it was tonight. It-was freezing, wet & dry and windy. Despite the weather Impala's trickled in - surprisingly the first arrivals were the ladies of the SBV.

Like the weather, conversation in the SBV ran the gamut: the trials and tribulations of M&A, big white fish, small expensive fish, [fill in the blank] "buddies", weddings, gems, obscure cancers that only 3rd year Stanford medical students know how to pronounce, and how the emphasis on the big 'O' shifts to little 'o' when you start to hear the clock say "tick-tock, tick-tock". ("Say it isn't so!" the post-1975 babies in the van exclaimed!) Usual stuff ;)

Oh, ya, and the workout was great too . . . 8-14x400 + 4x200m.

Peace.
'deezy

Going nutty

It's been awhile since anyone has blogged our adventures so thought I'd do a post of today's race. The title goes along with what we (Angela, Katie and myself) were thinking when we met at the park and ride at 5:30am. Despite our tired feeling we packed into the blue jetta on a mission to run a quick 12K across the bay (sponsered by Emerald Nuts, hence other reason we were feeling nutty) from sausalito to san francisco. Did we succeed, read on and you will find out.....

Topics of the ride to the race included the race course(I was describing the course on the way there to the other two 12K newbee's), the excitement of writing term papers, good movies we've seen lately and butt and hamstring issues to name a few. Parking was easier than expected and we easy popped onto a bus for the journey to sausalito, arriving with tons of lounging time before warming up. It was great to see so many impalas lining up at the starting line. The course was windy and hilly but I must admit I always have a good time on this course despite the many challenges. The south bay runners represented well (in particular Angela M from the south bay is one fast mama) and overall the team ran awesome! We had Caroline A blazing in at second place and Katherine K close behind in third place. I am a bit unsure of how the next few impalas placed but I know they were hahling! After the race we enjoyed munching on emerald nuts, biscotti, coffee and some even braved a glass of beer. Post race activites included a lovely brunch at Martha's awesome apartment (thanks again for hosting Martha!). The brunch not only provided us with great food and company but also filled us in with information about on line dating (we've got some experts on the team).

We then packed back in the car for a fun filled ride home to the south bay. We were greeted by rain on the drive home and strange police acivitiy involving a police escort (which required four police cars) for a man who had run into some bushes on the median of the freeway-nobody really know what happened.

For those south bayers who could not make the trek today, we missed you but hopefully we will meet up on tuesday! And for everyone enjoy the rest of the sunday.

Mile repeats in the fog

Yes that is right on tuesday night five of the SB crew (Janet, Katie, Megan, Shal and I) cruised to SF on what we thought was a warm beautiful night. We were caught off guard by fog, lots of it. The workout was mile repeats with a 200 pick up after each mile for excitement. We all plugged along despite the track being packed full of runners, walkers and such.
The car ride was eventful, with stories about internal medicine rotations, the redding 10miler and the adventures associated with the race, dress styles, sweating before attending weddings.
Have to cut this short, great news Adam and I are buying a house (well a townhouse)!!! Just recieved the news have to go sign papers. More later!

Rabble Rousers in Redding

Ya, I didn't know what a "Rabble Rousers" was either, but after over 500 miles of driving in a car of Impala's you learn a few new things . . .

As you may have heard the Impala's dominated this weekend in the Nor-Cal 10 miler, taking the overall and top Master's positions and with a (count'em) 1,2,3,4,5 suh-weep! we dominated the team results. But, you all could have gathered that information from the race results so here's what wasn't in print: We had some seriously gutsy performances out there today! Nelda, my hero, fought heat exhaustion and just one of those @$&#% days out there to get it done. It was a tough, hot race out there and she wasn't feelin' any love. Mile 4 she starts to call it a day and turn back for home, BUT, then she realizes if she finishes she can still score for the senior team. With the toughest 6 miles ahead of her, she pulled it together and finished. She even managed to motivate and pull several of her teammates up the hills. Bravo, girlfriend! Liz pushed herself to the limit, literally. The pollen infested course was the perfect recipe to rekindle her asthma. And while asthma and 10milers aren't friends, Liz was able to reconcile their differences long enough to cross the finish line. Brilliant! These are just a few of the stellar performances out there today. It was great to see so many Impala's representin'. Congratulations, ladies.

So, as you know, any road trip with the ladies includes some stories, episode(s) or adventure(s) that are worth mentioning. And with that, I would like to thank Brandon of Oxford Suites -Redding for my brand new Scooby-doo toothbrush that he went out and purchased at 11pm at Safeway and then personally, hand-delivered to our room. Cheers, mate. (Details on how this eventuated available in the next SBV trip or Tuesday's warm'up or with any "appropriate" brib,umm incentivised request).

Catch ya on the flip side ;)

'deezy