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Training, racing, and having funJennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.comBlogger548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-14817269392111247402019-03-10T19:21:00.001-07:002019-03-10T19:21:18.639-07:00Autumn 2018So many great things make up fall.<br />
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Maybe not all involved agree. Maybe somebody is just darn tired of being asked if he has a Target Red Card. If not why he "doesn't he want to save 3%? Today?"Truth: I'd pay 4% more if you'd quit asking!<br />
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Fall is about flannel shirts, cowboy boots, kittens, and snakes? Yes snakes!<br />
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For the record ...my father taught me never to be afraid of a garter snake and to pick them up by the neck. While I applaud Annika's courage, she is not executing proper snake handling technique. Annika's Father told her it was ok to hold the snake by the tail. As a native of Northern California what does he really know about snakes? Last I knew the only snakes he had slithering around his back yard were rattlesnakes. I doubt he and his friends went about catching them and building condominiums for snakes and frogs. Did they? It wasn't until years after the fact I found out my friend Kristi's mother was letting the snakes out of their condominiums. I'm still a little offended. Those were not low income apartments we built. They were luxury condominiums.<br />
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Annika would really rather have a kitten. Poor kid. She gets to keep neither the horse, the kitten , nor the snake.<br />
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At least she has plenty to keep her busy and entertained. College hockey games and meeting Wildcat Willie are always a hit.<br />
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Isaac still likes to be pushed around town in his Chariot for Wednesday's infamous Muffin Run. Someday both of my kids will be in school and after the run I might actually be able to eat a muffin. Actually I lied when both of my kids are in school after the Muffin Run I'll likely run another lap or ride my bike, or go to yoga, or nordic ski, or clean my house when both kids are in school.....No actually that would be a lie. I won't clean my house who am I kidding. </div>
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Annika stayed true to her furry animal theme. If you are going to trick or treat in the U.P. don't be a fool and pick a warm costume. </div>
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Isaac wanted to be Isaac for Halloween. He ended up wearing several different recycled/reused costumes for multiple events. Halloween is a season of events now. I mean a full month of it.<br />
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I like the costumes....but can we just stop giving kids sticky shi* with sugar and dye? Every fall goes something like this . Take Annika to her well child. Spend most of the appointment talking about avoiding food bad for teeth and eating healthy food. Listen to why parent should never bribe kids with food. Then I spend the entire next month being bombarded with teeth rotting diabetes causing candy. One evening of candy is enough.<br />
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Schools do not need to dismiss at 10:40 a.m. on Halloween. Especially since multiple school and community Halloween parties have taken place every weekend in October. Although it is kind, teachers do not need to send home students with candy. Although it is kind, the library does not need to give out candy on Halloween day. Enough of candy. I get it. Kids love candy and they need to be kids. However it's a special kind of Hell parents live through when children manage to produce a previously unknown goodie bag during the car ride home from a community party. Almost always it is filled with a mixture of toxic plastic toys from the dollar store and candy. The toys are usually a combination of the following: some sort of a sticky slime, a bouncy ball about the right size to lodge in an airway of a kid old enough to know better but drunk on sugar and dye, something made of plastic that makes noise a lot of it. There is also sticky candy. The bummer about this candy is it's not only bad for the teeth but it tastes bad too. As a parent who may have to confiscate said candy it is not worth eating. Often it is so crappy and the kids are so overdone the said candy gets spat out into family vehicle. For the sake of this blog we can assume family vehicle is a mini van. Remnants are found for months. Of course one wouldn't knowingly allow their children to open said goodie bags unsupervised. It always works that children get more goodie bags than one parent is aware of. I get it I have handed out sweets and treats at a party. It is so fun to give. It just feels good to be generous. When one solo parents at a Halloween party said goodie bag is likely to be produced while Solo Parent driving home. Solo parent will likely be navigating a round about with high volumes of traffic.The noise makers will be found and utilized . The bouncy ball will hopefully be dropped and lost even if it means tears. There will be tears. There are always tears after a big party with one parent and lots of music and sugar. Upon arrival home Solo Parent will perform damage control cleaning operations. Solo Parent will hope noise makers break soon<strike> before she smashes them</strike>. The noise makers will not break. There will be one really cool toy in the goodie bag. It won't actually be that cool because it will be a knock off. It will be made really, really cheaply. It will break. There will be tears. Solo Parent will stop wiping sticky spots to wipe tears. Some sticky spots will be forgotten until the next day. Pressed Shirt Partner Parent will note the sticky spots upon loading clean and polished children in mini van for church. Pressed Shirt Partner will comment that Solo Halloween Party Parent should not allow children to eat in mini -van. Pressed Shirt Partner Parent will comment how no food is allowed to be consumed in Pressed Shirt Partner's <strike>self driving</strike> Tesla.<br />
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Homemade masks rock. They are sticky but chipmunks and raccoons are pretty cute.<br />
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Racoons and puppy dogs are cute too.<br />
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Elmo is pretty lovable. It's a bit harder to get stuck hard candy out of Elmo's fur. Seriously do kids just lick and stick Dum Dum suckers on purpose? Is that a new trend?<br />
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1st Day of School. Uniforms pressed and polished for the first grader. For Isaac the preschooler...we'll just settle for pants. Actually Isaac won't wear pants. He won't wear shoes. He won't wear long sleeve t-shirts or a coat. It's shorts, plaid preferably, shorts sleeves and sandals. It's going to be a long cold winter for Isaac. One would think he was born in California. </div>
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We've taken to afternoon trail runs/rides. Isaac rails the single track on his bike and Annika loves to run ahead.<br />
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Bancroft Furnace. Proof there was plenty of civilized life before our time here.<br />
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And proof that Mother Nature will take back her forest pretty darn quickly.<br />
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Nice place to have a snack.<br />
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With a new school year comes a birthday. 7. Already. Seems just the other day I was riding bikes with my gal pals on the PCH looking like I probably should have gone one size up in my cycling jersey. Seriously. How does that happen? </div>
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The passing of the 7 years I mean. We all know how cycling jerseys get too small .. too much chewing not enough turning of the pedals.<br />
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For birthday #7 Annika got her ears pierced. I actually got my ears re-pierced too so we could be twinges. I hadn't worn earring in so long the holes closed. If anybody knows please tell me how not to loose ear ring backs while swimming or removing swim caps. I'm all ears for suggestions.<br />
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With so many fun things to do in summer I decided to pick one event to participate in. It's a hard choice when there is just so much to do and summer is so short.<br />
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This summer I chose the Marquette Trails 50 ultra marathon. For clarification, I did the 50 k not 50 miles. The trails and training are literally ride outside my door. Also the race itself starts at 5:30 a.m. which mimics my summer training schedule. On weekends there are group training runs at ...oh dark thirty as well. 4 hour training blocks are a big ask when you have a family but much more tolerable if you are home from said 4 hour trail run by 9:30 a.m. (and have an outdoor shower). Lake Superior will always be ready to provide you with an ice bath. </div>
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I loved the training.<br />
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As I approached "Top of The World" I heard a banjo playing and hoped it was my family. I hadn't seen them yet. Of course it was my family. My banjo playing husband, my mother in law, and my two children .</div>
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Of course one of my children was up in a tree and needed help down. Of course, I needed to lift said child out of tree for a hug before carrying on with my race. I told them my knee that had been bothering me was going to hold up but I was tired and struggling because I ran too hard in the beginning. They told me I was in 4th place. My mother in law told me I looked better than a lot of people. She has watched countless endurance events and is an excellent judge of who is going to crump. The moment I told them I was struggling and why I was struggling was magic. It was like a weight vest was lifted off me. Suddenly I had spring in my step again. I actually started to run well again. I enjoy running well ever so much (especially on race day :) I have actual Garmin data to prove it. Soon I was on my way up the final peak called Hogsback. One of my friends was working the course and commented that I had wounds on my legs. I didn't really pay much attention. I was just happy my knee didn't hurt and was trying to keep it that way. I actually sat on my butt on scooched down several spots on Hogsback not fully trusting my quads to hold me 45 k into the day. I finished all of the hard work and saw my family again at a road crossing.</div>
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There was a grinding climb up a fireroad that I struggled to run on shorter runs in training. I fully expected to walk it on race day but Annika ran out after me and ran me up the hill. In fairness, Isaac attempted to run with us, but he made a poor choice in footwear and paid the price. </div>
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The finish felt like the perfect venue for a summer blue grass music festival. There was a band, food and lots of my favorite people. I wanted to hang out in the grass all day and just soak up the goodness. Medical came over to me and asked if I wanted my wounds dressed. Tim said I needed to go home before I got shocky. Shortly after finishing I was presented with an award for the fastest combined women's time between the trail ultra marathon and the ski marathon.<br />
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I put on a pretty good show for my mother in law by additionally collecting awards for 4th overall female and first in age. People kept handing me awards and stopping me for pictures and greeting. Everybody was nice, most everybody new my name. It is just a different sort of experience than what an age group athlete experiences at races like Ironman or the Boston Marathon. I'm extremely grateful to have had all of these experiences. As fas as the combined award goes, I'm not sure how many women actually did both events. I think not many but I feel honored to accept it. I love being a multisport athlete. I love all of the sports this area has to offer. I really appreciate the race directors taking time to create a division for people like me who compete in multiple sports. I learned a lot about ultramarathon running and would like to apply the knowledge. I think ultramarathons are not unlike Ironman or really any distance triathlon where it really take few attempts to work the kinks out.<br />
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I can't take all the credit for racing. Annika and Isaac raced too.<br />
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Annika had much the same issue as me. She went out too fast. She didn't have the experience I did to own it. She panicked and tried to turn around and run back to the start.<br />
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It was a one mile race and she was more than 1/2 mile in. I had to get forceful and say there is no way you are running backwards on the course. I think a few parents heard me and thought "wow that woman pushes her desire to compete onto her child. " That was not the issue. Isaac came up on Annika and she started running again.<br />
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She took a drink from her water bottle ...because Mom carries a water bottle on her 20 mile runs Annika carried one too and showed Isaac who was boss.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Special thanks to my husband and mother in law who not only watched kids while I raced but locked small children out of my bedroom for a couple hours post event so I could rest and dress my wounds. </span><br />
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Summer of 2018 was fast and full of fun!</div>
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And frequently full of messy adventures. </div>
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But never you fear for this year I showed my inner genius by installing an outdoor shower. It may or may not have been a little hard to explain to contractors exactly why somebody who lives where it snows 6 months a year would want an outdoor shower. If I have to explain you obviously don't know me. It was indeed the best purchase/addition ever!</div>
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Chariot runs happened but in a slightly different capacity. </div>
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My kids sure do know how to coordinate their outfits with their favorite things. </div>
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KTM truck ...you bring me smiles.</div>
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Camping happened. It was primitive. </div>
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It was fun. <br />
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When you have a dump truck and corn chips what more could you need.<br />
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And some berry picking.<br />
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Recommended reading..."Blueberries for Sal" . </div>
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U.P Caviar<br />
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Recommended eating blueberry pie. </div>
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Isaac's bike might be the love of his life.<br />
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Water bugs<br />
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Some more s'mores<br />
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Horse camp and riding lessons. It's a girls dream come true.<br />
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We broke in our new play structure.<br />
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We went to the rodeo.Isaac might not be sure about a pink cowboy hat but we were asked to wear pink to support breast cancer awareness.<br />
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Rodeo hasn't been high on my list for places to go but the horse Annika rides at lessons was barrel racing and we were curious. Despite being a bit skeptical of spending an afternoon at the rodeo we all found it extremely entertaining.<br />
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After the rodeo we made <strike>Isaac</strike> Tim the cake of <strike>Isaac's</strike> his dream.<br />
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A dump truck cake.<br />
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<br />Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-43282616019261978502018-07-29T16:35:00.000-07:002018-07-29T16:35:32.796-07:00What my birthday brings.... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My birthday is May 23. Growing up in the Upper Pennisula my birthday coincided with certain things. The blooming of wildflowers (lily of the valley and trilliums). The first harvest of rhubarb. The near end of the school year. Warmer...maybe even summer like weather.All things wonderful except ...blackflies. Black flies are the uninvited guest to my birthday party. </div>
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I'm not sure what to make of 41 candles. It would be overwhelming to try to blow out such a great many. So I chose to go with the 4&1 and enlist help.<br />
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I'm not sure that I look old in the above picture but I do look like I need a shower and I do look tired. Rather than reevaluating my life and saying somethings got to give I choose to believe that needing a shower and looking tired are signs that you are getting life right.<br />
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Spring is in full swing. Annika is rocking the soccer field..and even picking a few daisies<br />
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Frog catching skills are at an all time high.<br />
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Scavenging skills are in full effect as well...soon we won't have to pack snacks . We'll have blueberries, raspberries, and thimbleberries.<br />
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Sugarloaf "No stair challenge" is underway.<br />
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Even Isaac is summiting sans assistance.<br />
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Snacks are important. So are plaid shorts.<br />
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Riding bikes is a fun date .<br />
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or family date/circus activity.<br />
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I love riding bikes but apparently I most beautiful when running. </div>
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Annika's wish came true. She lost a tooth at school with only a few days left in the school year. </div>
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Eating rice krispy treats with no front teeth may be challenging but like a true competitor she finds a way to manage. </div>
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We have a reverse Goldie Locks situation...a little girl got out of bed because somebody has been getting into the honey...<br />
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No, we don't have a large black lab...We have a Mama Bear and her name is Miss Honey.<br />
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Miss Honey likes our honey and has a cub. Annika named the cub Honey Bear. Annika tapped on the window just as Miss Honey reached her paw to the hives. She ran off but was successful in toppling the hives on another visit until an electrical fence was placed. Since the electric fence has been place Miss Honey has left the hives standing and stayed out of neighbors trash.<br />
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Project Airstream renovation is underway. We are half way there...the shell has been restored. According to Annika the shell was dingy but now is shiny and new. It's quite a process but my sports psychology reading has schooled me to believe it's all about the process. If you commit to a process the end result will be a good one. </div>
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We all knew the Paw Patrol 40 th celebration would be a tough act to follow. We had to pull out the stops for Isaac's 3rd birthday celebration. Off to Chicago we went for all of Isaac's favorite things.<br />
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Choo -choo train! Isaac is thrilled. Annika on the other hand thinks the L train could smell a little fresher.<br />
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City sounds and smells were forgiven when Annika enjoyed Millenial Park, the Lincoln Park Zoo, the Shedd Aquarium and of course the hotel pool.<br />
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Every where we went there was something to delight.<br />
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There is no better way to explore than on foot..or so I say. Annika might request an Uber.<br />
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Annika might request an Uber.<br />
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Traveling is tiring. We all agree Chicago has great eats.<br />
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Back home on Sunday another cake was made. Paw Patrol!<br />
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We might be a little tired come Monday but despite fatigue when it is your chance to wear the crown show up. Just show up. You won't regret it.<br />
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Thank you Isaac for bringing not only laughter and joy into our lives but fashion as well. Who needs a Gucci purse when you can sport Thomas the Train.<br />
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Spring break ended and it was back to the books. We celebrated family literacy night by displaying a diorama from a book we all loved. Brighty of the Grand Canyon. </div>
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It wasn't easy but Annika and Isaac worked hard to give "Ba Ba" the 40th birthday of his dreams. A Paw Patrol Party. </div>
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We also celebrated by skiing ...because everybody skis on April 20h.<br />
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A Paw Patrol mask and plastic table cloth are can not be underrated in celebrating the big 40.<br />
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Happy Birthday "Ba Ba" Tim !<br />
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<br />Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-2662601746853832322018-04-25T18:17:00.002-07:002018-04-25T18:17:28.886-07:00Spring Break!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What could be better than cousins, California sun, and Grandparents! </div>
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What better place than the beach? Three cheers for Gramps. At age 91, he will make the effort to find a parking place at the beach and endure a lot of sun and sand to hang out with his Grandkids and Great Grandkids. We could all take a few notes from that act.</div>
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Playing with cousins at the beach is pretty magical.<br />
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I took a turn keeping an eye on all the kids while Tim and Seth body surfed. </div>
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I got a lot of credit for not a lot of work! Sign me up to the watch kids at the beach any day. A little sand in the hair is nothing compared to tucking mittens into jackets and rescuing kids whose boots have fallen off in the snow. </div>
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The trails in San Luis Obispo are awesome. I really do miss the canyons California...maybe not the mountain lions but I do miss the long sustained climbs for running and riding.<br />
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Even Tim enjoyed running the trails. This speaks volume because Tim is not known for enjoying running.<br />
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It was pretty spectacular to be a able to see Grandma and Grandpa's house from the trails across the canyons.</div>
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Pretty much this trip was spent at the beach, on the trails, and eating a lot of good food at Grandpa and Grandma's house.<br />
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Tim tried to slack line at the beach.<br />
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He thinks it would be great ACL rehab. I think it would be better rehab. If you can master slackening you probably will be less likely to tear your ACL in the first place.<br />
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I tired too. I had a hard time getting beyond the one legged pistol squat required to get up on the slack line. I reconnected with the trails and did a really long solo run..<br />
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It seemed really long at least. 11 miles isn't very far at 8 min/miles on the treadmill. Forget the minutes vs mile debate. How about we quantify in terms of canyons climbed and vertical feet gained and lost.<br />
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I did a lot of climbing and descending and enjoyed spectacular views and terrain.<br />
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Unfortunately, I did a little too good of job "reconnecting with the terrain." Perhaps I should work on the slack line to improve my agility.<br />
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That moment when your are falling towards the ground knowing you are going to hit the ground long before you stop moving. I opted not to treat my wounds trailside because I thought it might make me a little queazy. Thankfully I was only about 1.5 miles from finish at the time of my blunder. I carefully hightailed it down the mountain ( I call it a mountain at least) and back to my in-laws. I passed a few groups hiking up and got a few stares. I thought about telling them I had enncounter with a mountain lion. Given the pattern of blood dripping down my leg it would have been believable but I decided it wasn't fair to give mtn lions a bad wrap. I'm sure I was also quite a sight climbing the fence back into my in laws hard.<br />
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After that it was time to relax. We all need some recovery.</div>
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Ava and Isaac are 3 weeks apart. They were a hoot. I know Isaac really loves Ava because he went out of his way to ensure Ava had Trader Joe's corn chips. Based on the "corn chip of kindness act" I am certain I will be spending sometime explaining why you can't marry your cousin on a future visit.<br />
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Unfortunately Isaac did not behave as gentlemanly towards his older cousin Rachel. Treating her as he would his older sister. He was sure to throw sand.<br />
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Throw sand and run. Isaac's favorite things.<br />
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Flowers and family are a few of mine.<br />
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We celebrated Easter with a community wide egg hunt.<br />
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The Easter Bunny had his work cut out for him.<br />
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He could have saved himself a challenge and challenged by the children by hiding white eggs.<br />
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I'm certain an Easter egg hunt can't get much more epic than this.<br />
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There is no such thing a bad weather. Only bad clothing<br />
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Dying eggs is fun!<br />
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Somehow the Easter Bunny made it. He delivered flip flops (for California) and ski boot bags for year around usage:)<br />
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After church it was to the ski hill.<br />
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Closing day is fast approaching.<br />
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Not because of lack of snow.<br />
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We are not Irish<br />
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But on St. Patrick's Day we wore green.<br />
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Around town and to the ski hill.<br />
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Annika and friend warming up for Annika's first "race". A lot of talk about skis parallel<br />
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<br />Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-72692007169637832182018-04-16T05:15:00.003-07:002018-04-16T05:15:47.158-07:00The Chance to Race<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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I may have adopted nordic skiing racing a bit late in life but I love it. I am forever grateful to have the opportunity to race right out my door. </div>
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Sometimes I find it a bit challenging to be ready for a 50K in the beginning of January. Snow coverage can be spotty in November and December. It's also the coldest and darkest time of the year. </div>
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Yet...the hours and stress we endure getting in a good ski are nothing compared to what race directors endure preparing 50 k for a ski race. This year alone there was a fear of too little snow, too much snow, too cold of weather, weather that was too warm and resulted in rain the night before the event and then became too cold and created a skating rink. A beautiful rainbow shown in the ski just before the sunset on Friday and everybody I know to note. Rainbows and racing. It's got to be a positive omen of some sort. </div>
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Tim elected to race classic earlier in the week. At the time the snow was fresh and soft. For bigger guys (people over 140 pounds) the soft snow is a lot of work for skating. I wasn't convinced the snow would stay soft. I also figured softer snow would be more laborious than hard packed but I would suffer and sink less than most. I elected to skate ski. I wasn't fully convinced I wanted the drama, chemistry, and physics involved with getting the kick wax right in questionable conditions. Unless one has access to seven pairs of classic skis and an on snow ski tech (ok maybe you don't need an on snow ski tech but why not shoot the moon) it's really hard to get the kick wax right the night before when conditions will be changing. Scrambling around race day morning scraping off sticky kick wax and applying something different gives me anxiety. Sure ..the option of waxless classic is there but in only a few conditions is it a remotely competitive one. </div>
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Temps dropped significantly over night and the race course was anything but soft Saturday morning. It would have been a dream course for the large and lanky. Tim took a gamble on his kick wax and came up short....klister or waxless skins would have helped <strike>but Tim didn't listen to his wife and purchase high end skin tech skis as she encouraged. Please note all male readers should take note of this situation. Never disregard a wife's encouragement to spend money on sporting goods. </strike> This left Tim to double pole 50k. For those of you who are not skiers but have been to a gym with a ski erg...think about pulling down those ropes for 3.5 hours. <strike>A happy wife is a happy life. </strike> I skated and it wasn't the best day of my life. I sort of felt like I was a plastic bag blowing across a Walmart parking lot. It was icy. So very icy. I really have the least amount of experience nordic skiing on ice. I was longing for a nice sturdy pair of alpine skis with about three sheets of medal! On the bright side the ice was fast. Likely I will never ski 50k faster. Negotiating frozen ruts in a pack of many shot my nerves from the start. I skied tentatively and failed to keep my ski flat. Thus allowing my left ski to turn on it's side in a frozen groomer/snowmobile track and I fell. For better or worse I allowed this fall to define the limits of my abilities in these conditions on this day. I felt like I had to put the "race" aspect of my day on the back burner. Being conservative at that point probably wasn't a bad choice. Later in the day, I was disappointed to note I had more energy to spend. I lacked the confidence to execute the passes required to ski harder. I sat in on a pace line. I thought I was completely out of the womens race. I skied efficiently and tried to convince myself I was performing to the best of my ability. My self talk went something like this: You know....I did see several people crash and/or break poles while trying to pass. Certainly this pace is faster than the one I would maintain with a broken pole. </div>
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After the race I realized 5 women beat me by 90 seconds or less. I also realized I skied the second 25 k faster than many of the women who beat me. I started wondering if and how my race results would have differed if my mind chatter had been different. I felt frustrated with my situation but also a little lucky because the rutty icy conditions exposed my flaws and now I could work on them. For the next few months I chose to really think about my form skiing and make changes. I did a drills. I worked on the things that I wasn't a natural at.</div>
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We are lucky because we took a master's class/clinic through our local college and expert coaches gave us some feedback. I would not have known what changes to make without their guidance. There are great you tube videos showing different techniques but you need to know what is relevant to you. Change is hard some say. To be honest I wasn't sure I would be able to make the suggested changes. I was not sure I was capable especially when muscle memory is strong. In order to perform the drill I needed to glide longer on each ski. This required several subtle changes in balance and form. Not long after adopting this technique my "runners knee" type knee pain alleviated and so did Tim's hip pain. Hmm...and then I noticed my times on Strava were getting faster. I didn't thing too much about that because speed in skiing is relative to snow, wind, and temperature conditions. I just kept focused on my drills and awareness of my balance and form. Watching the Olympics was really exciting. Seeing and feeling my own form change and improve was exciting. It was better than any Strava KOM or race trophy for sure ...skiing just became more and more fun! Soon it was time for the Great Bear Chase 50k. </div>
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This time it wasn't icy. I was ready. I'm smiling. Even though it's early in the race and anything can happen I'm confident to know I'm going to go home shelled because there is nothing out here to unnerve me. I'm also smiling because I'm in a pace line. Pace lining allows me to go faster than I could ever go solo. Going fast is fun. Going fast is something I love.<br />
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I'm also a little bit smug because I know in my heart I am a way better skier than I would have been if I hadn't taken time to make changes. I also believe that by improving my form I have far bettered my chances of skiing late into life.<br />
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I know somebody who raced the Noque at 86 (10K). I admire that.<br />
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When I get old I'm going to spend my free time skiing. Probably I am going to spend some time waxing, scraping, brushing as well... and then brushing some more because I am told I never brush my skis well enough.<br />
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Well ...if not me waxing , scraping, brushing in my free time my husband :)<br />
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The send lap of the race course was a lot harder than the first. The smiles didn't come as easily. A squall came up dumping fresh (slow) snow on the course. I left the group I was skiing with and tried with all my might to close the gap on the group ahead. My solo effort was in vein as I never could reel them in. I skied alone in the wind. No man's land is a <strike>shit ton of work</strike> lonely place to be. I fought off the desire to just ease up and see if somebody would step it up and pull for me. I felt a bit like I was slogging along and wondered if I had popped myself. Judging by who I passed and who did not pass me. I was skiing well and the snow was slow. <span style="text-align: center;">I propelled myself with all my might and as I crested the final climb and head down the decent to the finish. I thought about the 5 women who beat me by 90 seconds at the Noque. There were no women in sight but in honor of that thought I tried to chase down a lone male skier entering the finish chute. Just as I approached the finish line I heard somebody skating behind me. It sounded like a helicopter approaching me</span><strike style="text-align: center;"> attempting to destroy me. </strike><span style="text-align: center;">I did not know if it was man or women but I sensed it was coming for me. "S/he's in my slip stream was the only non obscenity floating threw my head. I knew this person would have the benefit of my draft and if she or he passed me it would be too late to respond the finish was too close. I moved left and moved right trying to shake the person then I threw my poles forward to break the timing wand with my ski poles ...which completely defined me as a dated alpine skier. My competitor lunged for the line then collapsed Jessie Diggins style to the ground. I was still a bit turned inside out from my effort and looking sideways at my competitor who was lying in a heap to realize volunteers were unclipping my skis. As the volunteer released my bindings I fell over backwards. I'm sure our finish was a crowd pleaser but I'm not sure her lunge helped her any more than my attempt to break the timing wand. In citizens racing your time is dictated when the timing chip on the inside of your race bib crosses the line. I thought I beat her but the volunteers kept commenting "it was a photo finish". I'm pretty skeptical that there is camera at the finish line of a citizens race. So I just had to watch and wait for a while longer</span></div>
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Tim and I headed to the high school to shower and get lunch. Finish pasties and bakery treats! I went to the timing kiosk and had my result printed out. It stated my time. Age group ranking 1. Gender ranking 2. Oof. I relish the chance to race. It is a privilege indeed. I would rather race hard and get beat at the line than not race. The thought of loosing the overall win at the line after working so hard and being in until the very end. Just too much ......I know, I know...there is no crying in baseball. I turns out there was another women up ahead and out of my zip code who took the win by 4 minutes. Phew. Out of my league. It will take me a few more drills and a summer on roller skis to contend with that.<br />
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I turns out there was another woman ahead and out of my zip code. She took the win by 4 minutes. Phew. Out of my league for now...but never say never. Just say thanks for the motivation.Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-33397310765435397362018-03-26T19:00:00.000-07:002018-03-27T18:48:45.680-07:00Christmas 2017 and Early Winter 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The gap between Fall and full on winter requires creativity. In Arizona one may be familiar with the statement "but it's a dry heat". In the Superior land region dreaded is the phrase "Cold with no snow to insulate". No ....just no!</div>
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Fat biking is fun but it can be slippery. </div>
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But it can be slippery. I don't know what Isaac's problem is he's running tubeless :)<br />
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Getting the Christmas tree in Dad's new truck. We balanced out our emissions from the gas guzzling pick up by chopping down a tree that needed to be thinned. Yes... where we live forests actually need to be thinned and sometimes the city orders you to run your water. I'm shocked to report the Christmas tree did not fall on anybody. It is a right of passage that the Christmas tree falls on somebody. If not you may as well have bought it at Costco. </div>
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Christmas Eve and we are all spiffed up. Isaac has no idea what fun is in store.<br />
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Grandpa and Grandma are in for an early morning.<br />
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It is unclear who Santa brought the rings for. I still insist it was me. </div>
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Others do not agree.<br />
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Soon after Christmas we headed to Kansas city for a family wedding.<br />
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Kansas was a delightful surprise. Seeing family was a treasure!<br />
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Issac didn't even spill anything...at least not on his suit. His suit is quite a step up from his first polyester one. The one with the clip on tie. We can thank cousin Scott for the linen.<br />
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Annika was the flower girl. She was 100% committed to the job and picked up every pedal post ceremony.<br />
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We clean up alright :)</div>
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When we returned home we finally got some good snow.<br />
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Back yard adventures can be the best ones.<br />
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Winter forts are awesome.<br />
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And even better with friends (even if we had to leave the back yard)<br />
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The first nordic race sneaks comes quickly even if the snow does not.<br />
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Annika rocked the start and most of the race...The finish...well loosing with grace...it's a skill that takes practice.<br />
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Isaac bandited the race. I still feel guilty I didn't sign him up even though his entry would have been free. I just didn't think a 2 year old would actually ski more than 100 meters after getting dropped off the main pack. ..Then again this is Isaac. Next time he gets a bib. He earned it.<br />
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Annika rocks gold lame` and the ice rink.<br />
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Isaac is ready for hockey sans skates<br />
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Snow shoes he has dialed<br />
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Annika prefers getting off the beaten path.<br />
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We got a babysitter and celebrated Valentine Big Bay style. It's not too far away. The trails are all classic tracks only and a bit rugged. They remind of nordic skiing as a kid. We did not have skate lanes.<br />
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It was pretty adventurous and fun.<br />
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Lake Superior froze in a way it never had before...or so we are told.<br />
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It was completely smooth at one of the local beaches and 3/4 of the town was there dancing on ice.<br />
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Can't say no weekend. Camping: Dad + kids. No Moms. No showers. No using the word no. Minimal redirection. </div>
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First family pets . Below are the first family pets...not above. </div>
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Welcome to your new home Token and Thumper. </div>
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So much for letting the bunnies out in a portable cage to enjoy the grass. Thumper got out and played whack a mole with us hiding under the deck for the night. Thankfully, Grandpa Dan was in town and a late night rendezvous vous was made to the Tractor Supply store. First thing in the morning Thumper found herself in a live trap. She has lived happily in captivity since.</div>
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School is out at 2:30 p.m. leaving plenty of time for after school hikes.<br />
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Nothing like checking out the view in the forest.<br />
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I put my best effort into finding epic fall color. Every year is different. This year required a lot of patience in waiting and once it reached peak it was gone in an instant.<br />
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We enjoyed it just the same. No bugs. Warm weather. Can't complain to much.<br />
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Fall trip to the Hayes Corn Maze.<br />
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Feeding goats.<br />
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Finding pumpkins.<br />
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Lassoing and riding deer.<br />
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Good times.<br />
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Sometimes it's hard to be the little one. Life isn't fair.</div>
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Don't worry little brother. I'll outgrow this gear in a year and you'll wear them next.<br />
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I promise you'll get a turn and I'll teach you all I know.<br />
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Getting ready for skating lessons.<br />
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Post stroller run with Mom.... Isaac only wears short sleeves.<br />
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Except when tricked into a matching jacket with "Baba" for a hockey game.<br />
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Fall color tour Marquette Mtn. Ride chair up. Race down a technical, trecharous trail at full speed for Annika.<br />
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Playground fun to close out the evening.<br />
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PB&J's at the Coop<br />
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Yum!<br />
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Library fun.<br />
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YMCA Halloween party.<br />
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Father Marquette Halloween party.<br />
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Isaac was not a fan until he found the pudding.<br />
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So many Halloween events. Isaac found tried a different costume out of the hand me down costume bin for each one....but Halloween and costumes just don't really suit him. Maybe next year.<br />
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Annika loved it!<br />
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This was Halloween morning Yup!<br />
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Isaac was forcefully shoved in a snowsuit, boots, and his sisters pink mittens and sent outside despite wanting to wear plaid shorts and no shirt and snuggle with blankets inside.<br />
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Of note..Isaac now has Navy mittens.<br />
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Trick or treating in the neighborhood.<br />
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Too bad the snow didn't last.<br />
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More hockey games.<br />
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Entertaining themselves.<br />
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Do we call animal control or child protective services?<br />
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I'll just be upstairs having a glass of wine :)<br />
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Where is Isaac?<br />
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Shoulder season. Yeah for fat bikes.<br />
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And open gym at Peak. Who says you can't stay in shape with kids.<br />
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More hockey.<br />
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Isaac post dome run with Mom. Eating Super hero muffins with beets ground up into them and not complaining. Score one Mom!!!<br />
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More of Annika on the ice.<br />
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Watching hockey with Dad! Eating ice cream. AKA: king king.<br />
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Dad's new truck to pull the airstream. Aka the "RUK"<br />
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Thinning the forest and getting a crowded , scraggly Christmas tree. Aren't we environmental to balance out the gas gosling truck. Where is the snow? We want a white Christmas!<br />
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We are ready to ski. Annika rocks the runs! Isaac cried because he isn't aloud to ride the chairlift at all and has to be assisted on the handle tow. Life as the little one. Paci is now left behind for ski hill adventures.<br />
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Christmas Eve! Annika and Isaac wearing stylish outfits passed of from cousins!<br />
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Baba joins in the fun. He does wear shoes and socks to Christmas even service.<br />
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The Marquette Marathon was my favorite race this summer. I wasn't planning for it to be. Running a 1/2 marathon on the trails and roads I train might seem boring. The opposite was true. Above all I'm always grateful for my time to workout. Sometimes to make it happen conditions are less than ideal. Solo before dawn flushing animals, snow/ice covered descents prepping for Boston's hills, 16 mile runs on a treadmill ( Amazon prime.Netflix) Pushing a stroller on a group run only to be sidelined mid great conversation to find a lost paci, toy or snack. ...These problems of privilege for sure. They are also taxing enough to make me feel like the race was my daily workout with a red carpet and paparazzi. I mean really .... Police men forcing the cars to stop so I could cross the street with out breaking stride.....I love it! That has to be "so red carpet" don't you agree? People cheering in the crowd that actually want to see you do well because they like you as a person is kind of neat too. To those who stood in the rain and howling wind to cheer and take pictures I owe you one. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I didn't plan to leave the start hard but somehow I found myself on the front line surrounded by great people and having a blast. The minute the National Anthem was over it started to poor. I confess I fist pumped...who wants to over heat anyway. </span></div>
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My plan was to take the best of my fitness and augment it with smarts. I planned to run the first 10 miles holding back and put out a 5k effort for the final 5k. The first 10 miles are pretty easy. A few gentle rollers and net down hill. Go to fast and you'll pay. The land lord knocks on the door demanding the rent in the final 5 k. It is up hill and it can be windy. The last mile is up third street. It is a false flat. The street is wide open and you see the finish line for way too long. Do not listen to music....you'll be demoralized when the 4th song comes on and you are not there yet. I metered out my efforts perfectly except I underestimated just how strong the wind would be coming off Lake Superior. I'm a tough chick but no match for Mother Superior. My 5k effort barely got me across Pine Street without blowing over. Then it hailed on me and I sign a police barricade blow over all in the last mile of the race. I started laughing. I just couldn't help it because I realized it's the stuff you can't make up that I really, really love most about racing. I'm 1/3 struggling, 1/3, smiling, and 1/3 laughing in disbelief as I approach the finish line.<br />
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Candid shots capture everything. This shot is not a carefully curated version of myself. It's true to what I was thinking . "That was fun. I'm glad it ended before I blew up, 1:36 is pretty good for life styling the training and let's be honest "Shit! I could see 1:34 on the clock as I approached it...how the hell long does it take you to finish something?"<br />
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And the real reason it was the best race of summer....The Friday night kids race. Sometimes I think I am over racing the distance of the marathon. I wonder why it is important to run any faster than I already have. My why is below.<br />
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Someday, she might care about running. Running the marathon. If so, she will want to beat me. When I think about my best time. It's a little bit soft. When I think about this I am motivated to give the marathon my very best effort and then a little more.( <strike>But not just this instant because it is minus 9 degrees and I have no childcare for Isaac making 2.5 -3 hour runs impossible. Also I'm 40 and 40 year old don't run marathon PR's without a shit ton of rehab, and I ski in the winter... and on top of all thatI'm tired and lacking sleep. So maybe next year....2019 I'll launch myself)</strike>The number one thing older parents tell me is that if they could do one thing differently it would be to make their children struggle a little bit more. </div>
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Ore To Shore Mountain Bike Marathon</div>
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This years Ore to Shore performance may have been outshined by Annika's on stage debut. </div>
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It's hard to compete with a 5 year old child playing a deer. Little lone a deer with antlers that just won't stay in place. It didn't seem to bother her too much. </div>
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Thankfully we had no mechanicals on course. No accidents. Not even a lost shoe for Team Neuschwander. Yes, I said that. Who looses a shoe in a bike race? Despite the ankle ratchet some riders lost their shoes in the mud. I only stepped in until mid thigh and envisioned needing a snorkel. I can't imagine suspending my race to look for a sunken shoe nor can I imagine riding any length of time barefoot on a pedal. I do imagine that if you race long enough your number will come up. Eventually one will be forced to deal with the unthinkable. Just a lot of mud. Did I mention mud? </div>
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We had a lot of mud. Times were slower across the board than last year but still was a fun day of racing <strike>says the woman who did not do the majority of the clean up. </strike> I would have been happier to race the course in better conditions so we could spend the afternoon picking blueberries... but was not to be.<br />
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I think I left a big chunk of my quads in Copper Harbor the weekend prior. I met a girl named Mary. She was mighty strong. I would get ahead on the climbs and she would catch me and pull ahead on the flats. When we hit the pavement on Hoist road I wanted to draft. I just wanted to sit on her rear wheel and let her do all the work. I'm not a bad person. It's was my quads who were being a**holes. The race was draft legal and.. she was pulling at a pace that seemed plenty fast. Guilt burned stronger than my quads and I forced myself to the front to take a pull. There was a pack of 5 men riding that I would not feel bad drafting off. I suggested we work together and get those boys. It was a big gap . We made short work of closing it. Unfortunately the men had blown up and couldn't hold our wheels. Mary and I had no choice but to drop them boys. We reentered the singletrack and enjoyed much dryer terrain near Forestville. Mary and I went back and forth a few more times but having the home field advantage I eventually pulled away. At the end of the day I was 9th woman (vs 16th last year)...and that actually means something. It means I earned a preferred start for 2018... which means my bike gets to start at the front of the race (no guarantee it will finish there). I will be granted the privilege to pee in a port potty just before race start and not start behind 1,000 other bikes and not have to ride around bike crashes in the first minute of the race. <i>For a minute let's be totally honest I'm just excited to have a merit based opportunity to line up in front of really flashy looking 30 year old girls who ride their bike 6-7 days week and have no wrinkles...Sadly I'm not sure the mechanic in chief has any desire to return to the race start if it is a wet summer. </i><br />
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Best race of summer quite possibly and best kids race in the world: Marquette Trail 50 kids race. A real gnarly trail run followed by pizza and dancing to live folk music. It's the best of times. Isaac ran the whole thing!<br />
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I'm not sure it helped get the kids wiggles out before sitting quietly in a pew but it sure was fun.<br />
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And the view from the top is devine.<br />
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Annika launched herself and landed on the top bunk. Her "nest" is her happy place and once was her Dad's<br />
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Isaac is not so patiently waiting for his flight feathers<br />
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After a hot afternoon spent inside rearranging furniture we headed to the water fall to cool off.<br />
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I took the long way a found this on the trail. Early August and in peak color. Tim said "that leaf just gave up on life" Maybe it won the race to reach full beauty.<br />
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This is Isaac. It's 100% who he is right now. 100% who he has always been ...really since before he was born. I've warned future teachers of the impending class clown.<br />
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This is Annika...</div>
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And so is this....<br />
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And this<br />
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You can't really bet on what you are going to get<br />
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Except a whole heart and a lot of spirit<br />
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Birthday party at Peak Gymnastics<br />
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Grandma and Grandpa at the house!<br />
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A weekend in Copper Harbor never ever disappoints. This weekend was no exception. Copper Harbor is a magical place with about 3 small hotels/cabins, 2 restaurants, zero cell phone service and countless mountain bike trails.<br />
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Copper Harbor's entire economy exists on mountain biking. It is all about mountain biking except for one weekend a summer when it is all about triathlon...Ok, it's all about triathlon for about 4 hours. Then it is once again all about mountain biking.<br />
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I suggest bringing some skills, some pads, some suspension or riding on the kiddy trails.<br />
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In years past I gave a little thought to the Copperman Triathlon but did not secure accommodations in time. They fill fast unless you have gear to camp. (Airstream renovations underway).<br />
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I scored us a rustic hotel room at the Lake Fanny Hoe resort. It was on Lake Fanny Hoe, a stones throw from "Squirrel Park" and a 4 minute pedal from the race start.<br />
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.It was perfect except...<br />
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But on race day or any day... who needs sleep to ride a bike? Certainly not Isaac!<br />
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This was my first triathlon in four years. 800 M swim, 23 mile bike, 5 mile run. This distance was manageable. I knew the event would be fun. I log hours of endurance training between what my is offered in my basement and out my backdoor. Attempting to coordinate minimal swim opportunities with childcare is a big fat joke though. So I just decided that a few swims would be good enough and I wouldn't stress out about it.<br />
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I heard a lot of nervous chattering race day morning. Talking of hyperventilating, holding kayaks, constrictive wetsuits. I was nervous.... Nervous that Isaac would get bit by the otherwise friendly dog whose tail he couldn't resist pulling. I left Tim outnumbered by irrational and impulsive little people and breathed a sigh of relief as I got in the water. I'm the one with my hands together in prayer. I'm not praying that I have a great swim. I would need 10,000 hours of swim training to have a great swim. I'm praying my children behave so my husband can tolerate me participating in an event like this again.<br />
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Where's waldo? The hand attached to the arm with Xterra written in red. I used to think my swimming was hopeless. I feel differently now. I actually like to swim and would be interested in logging hours of training and taking lessons to master the craft. It just it a scheduling nightmare right now. So I'm saving that for life next chapter....<br />
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Out of the water I felt a little spent but my swim was fine for me. As Tim said it was "irrelevant" I was the 9th women out of the water and left transition in 5th...despite my wetsuit getting stuck on both ankles and flopping around like fish out of water to get it off.<br />
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It was on to the bike to continue making up ground and recover from my swim. I reviewed the times from last years race the day I signed up. There were some "ringers" from far off lands like Duluth, Chicago, Twin Cities but to be honest none of them looked like they were triple threat ringers who could blow my doors off in all three disciplines. I thought I had a legitimate shot to go top 5 and had a rough time predicted for each event.<br />
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Tim told me to roll the disc for old times sake but not to expect myself to go as fast as I used to past because "you don't train like that anymore." This is where our race plans/expectations differed. I just was physically unable to roll a Zipp disk (restickered in custom pink that even says idropboys.com) wear an aero helmet and waste my time out there on the course believing I couldn't be as fast as I once was. I just believed "as fast or faster." I know you can't "not do the work" and be fast....but what if maybe you did do the work and then you marinated in it? Trust me when you spend as much time in the kitchen as I do...you've got to think of the chicken ...not like a chicken... The best chicken is marinated . You do the work and then you let it soak in. The keeping it cool in the fridge is the smaller daily efforts you've made over the last 4 years. This was likely to be a 2 hour event not a 5 -12 hour event.<br />
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I finished the bike 1:04:30 which is 21.6 mph. It was faster than I projected but probably a little soft vs myself prior to 2010. It's defiantly something I could easily clean up if I focused on the specifics of it. The bike was beautiful and I had a lot of fun riding hard and fast. Onto the run I didn't know what place I was in. Judging by the two bike turn arounds I thought I had passed every woman in the race. I sort of thought if I was leading somebody would tell me. I'll confess I felt a little out of sorts coming off the bike and moving onto the run. I didn't hurt at all or feel over fatigued. I really felt a little spinny. Apparently I wasn't used to moving on a bike at 20 plus mph and then running. The disk is classic and it makes a cool sound but it is a stiff ride and I felt a little like I jumped off a merry go round and started running. I guess that is what one deserves if they really have only done brick runs off a trainer or mountain bike that end with a slow uphill grind before running.<br />
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I made a last minute race ecision not to wear my Garmin for a couple of reasons. My heart rate monitor battery always dies when I wear it in water so the HR would be useless. It's a Garmin 630 which has advanced run metrics which are cool, but is not a triathlon specific watch. The ability to switch from swim to bike to run option with wet fingers and seemed like a lot of futzing. I had a strong feeling that I would end up looking at at average pace that would reflect my swim, bike, and run and be totally useless. It just seemed silly to think about messing with a watch when you have decided that embracing the day was your biggest priority. In future, I would just use a low end gps or even a standard watch for mile splits vs having no metric. The "merry go round running" feel had me wondering if I was running 6:00 min/mile or 16 min/mile. I couldn't get a great gauge on my efforts. I tired to evaluate my breathing and determine if I was slacking or going to implode. I wanted to go as fast as I could but not blow up and waste a good overall finish. A women doing the relay <strike>whose race resume I know well for holding running race course records </strike>blew by me. I thought I must be moving slow and need to get a move on but then I realized I could still see her. I knew her well enough to know she was probably running 6:40 -6:50 pace per mile. I was probably running at a decent pace. The run course was an out and back with variable surfaces and terrain. It's a great run course. Hilly but not hilatious. Eventually I saw a leading male headed back who informed me that I was in second place and 1:30 down... Just because I had not expected the win when I sat in front of the computer screen signing up doesn't mean I wouldn't have enjoyed it ;) I sort of waddled in denial that really I wasn't in second. How could I not have seen her? How does he know I am 1:30 down when I didn't know she existed? He's thinking of my friend who is running the relay. He must be. I couldn't really find it in my heart or head to think I could make up 1:30 on somebody who already swam and biked faster than me. I figured if that was the case she could run faster than me too. Good on her. I did gain confidence though that I would not implode before the finish and was a little ( or a lot ) worried about who might be behind me. I tried to pick up the pace. I spied the 3rd place female after the turn around. She looked like she was flying. All I could think is "She's coming for me. I can't let her get me"<br />
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Turns out I was right and I was wrong. I was right I couldn't make up 1 minute 30 over the course of the 3 miles left. I was also wrong about thinking if somebody was good enough to swim and bike faster than me they could out run me too. It turns out that over the course of a 5 mile run I took 3 minutes out of a 4 minute lead. Comments like "just believe in yourself "or "never get up do not motivate me". They are just magical thinking. Mathematical story problems extrapolated from real race scenarios do. If the course had been 10 k vs 5 miles it may have been a sprint finish.<br />
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The 3rd place woman. The one who was "coming to get me" and looked like she was flying on the run. It turns out I was right. She was coming to get me but she only ran at a pace of 2sec/mile faster than me. If I thought she looked like she was flying, I must have looked like I was flying too. Not that life is all about appearances but in my book looking fast and having fun are often as rewarding as podium finishes.<br />
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Ironic that so much of my time is spent managing dwaddling children. Teaching them to efficiently remain on schedule and task. After nearly 2 hours of racing I showed up to the finish 1 minute late. A bit of a shame as I'm certain I could have shaved off a minute from somewhere. I'm sort of hoping the same could be said of my competitors. </div>
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I really was over joyed with my day because the race just seemed to capture everything I have always loved about the sport and I got to share the day with my family. Onward with the weekend of mountian biking, swimming, playing at parks and eating ice cream. It really was a banner weekend.</div>
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As Isaac would call it "King King." Don't be fooled by his offer to share. He'll hold out his cone as if to share and then say "No!" and take it away. 2 year old pride!Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-50877556643931377522017-08-19T18:58:00.001-07:002017-08-19T18:58:04.627-07:00Blueberry Festival!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every year we go to blueberry festival. </div>
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Annika gets her face painted. She rides a horse...ok she rides a pony . This has happened since before Isaac was born.<br />
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This year things were different.<br />
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Isaac rode that horse. Ok..he rode the pony.Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-82858629491518091412017-08-19T18:47:00.001-07:002017-08-20T09:13:03.759-07:00Summer Festivals And Races<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Summer in the Marquette area is filled with a great mix of artistry and athletics.<br />
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A local alley was decorated with umbrellas for art week. It was so popular it was decided they stay for the rest of summer.<br />
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Fort Michilimackinac is very close to Grandma and Grandpa's house.<br />
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It's a great place to learn about Michigan and American history.<br />
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And have a little fun.<br />
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It's a great place for imaginative and energetic children.<br />
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Hurry up Isaac! Follow me!<br />
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Now do as I say!<br />
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"I'm ready to fire the cannon"<br />
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Believe it or not they really do still fire the cannon. In fact while growing up I heard the cannon fired daily over Lake Michigan.<br />
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After many attempts to get Isaac to stick his face in the photo prop from the other side we settled for this shot. The end result is iconic. Imagine an 8x10 in black and white of this shot.<br />
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Soon it was time to close out the weekend with a sunset drive back to Marquette.<br />
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Lake Superior really isn't a bad place to call home.<br />
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Every so often you go to the beach pretty much all day... and into the night! Dad is working late and has a meeting through dinner. Mom says...Tonight is backwards night .You drive from the beach to the ice cream shop that shares a parking lot with a pizzeria and eat ice cream while your pizza bakes.<br />
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After that you take the pizza home and eat it on the front porch. For an extra special treat Mom let's you skip a bath a sprays you down from head to toe with a hose. You may or may not run naked in the yard for a bit. <br />
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Arts and crafts...Love/hate relationship . I'm good with finger paint...but no glitter. No glitter!<br />
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The first 10 miles were a bit of a shocker with heat and hard climbs. Not going to lie I heard another racer tell his buddy that the first 10 miles were demoralizing and spirit breaking and then things got a little easier. Hearing that helped a lot because I felt I was flirting with hear rate max. I did this race in 2014 it was about 3.5 hrs of heart rate max (which is a bit miserable). The fact that others struggle too and that it would get easier made me smile. Then we settled in to more of the shaded technical climbing and descending. I realized that I was on my game from a technical stand point <strike>which sadly isn't always the case</strike>. I was having fun. I heard a guitar playing. I smiled thinking about meeting Tim and the kids at Hiawatha later in the day. I emerged on a two track to find Tim playing the guitar and Annika dancing along side <strike>Isaac remained chained in his car seat for safe keeping.</strike> If you've never seen a 5 year old dancing in the dirt...well you are missing out. We've been told the guitar playing made the local news that evening. I'm not sure about the dancing. Tim reported that there were two girls a few minutes up. I knew who they were. I knew couldn't catch them. Both race or have raced pro. I do not race or train at that level. It is not the world I live in. However the world I live in has required me to read The Berenstein Bears book "The Big Road Race" at least 1,000 times. In the event of any other riders misfortune I wanted to be positioned to capitalize. Competition aside I still wanted to use my personal talents to the very best of my ability. Every rider owes the Ishpeming trails their very best.</div>
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One of the things I have learned to appreciate most about racing mountain bikes is that you don't have to beat the fastest women to beat the majority of men :) This is an extremely important concept for female mtn bike racers to embrace because the harder the race the smaller the turnout. I went back and forth with a couple guys from lower Michigan. They were faster than me on flat fire roads. I could edge them on climbs. I was resting behind them on single track. At one point we talked about who should take the lead entering a single track decent. I didn't want to be cocky but I did not want to descend slower than I would on a Sunday spin. " I'm not a world champion but I am from Marquette and I have a seat dropper." I think "lead please" was the response to that statement and it still makes me smile. </div>
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<i>Yes...I have a seat dropper on an xc bike. I could do a technical blog about it, but it has already been done. It adds weight. However at 5'3 and riding a 29 er it allows me so much speed, safety, and fun cornering and descending. I have a great trail bike too with 27.5 in wheels and a seat dropper which is great for this terrain and for learning lines. For an xc race that has enduro sections thrown in I will always choose to ride an xc bike. I learned the hard <strike>slow </strike>way not to ride an enduro bike for an xc race. It just climbs and maneuvers faster especially for a smaller rider. People think seat droppers are all about descending....you can corner so much faster. I'm a fan! </i></div>
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My friendship with the downstate folk was short lived. I made a choice to accelerate on the approach to the Bacon Strip and Section 16 switchback and climbs. I knew there was a chance I could clear the section but not if anybody bobbled or spun very slowly in front of me. I had an open approach and cleaned the sections. It was fun! In truth it was probably better than any award. If only I could send it on the technical sections and pull big watts on the flat fire roads....then I'd be top tier. I just generally seem to lack sustained power and apparently don't have the time or interest in addressing this problem. There was some more technical riding. I paced myself wisely for a 5 mile section the has an extremely hard climb followed by a techy techy descent. I practiced this section with Tim when my in-laws were here. I mentally budgeted that the section would be at least 30 minutes of high intensity riding. Pretty much I found myself following the arrows and crossing the finish line with 27 miles on my watch vs the 32 advertised on the website and course map. I quickly confirmed that I did not miss anything. The section had been removed from the race because of spring rains and last years whining. I'm not sure why this decision wasn't shared. It would have changed my pacing but not my overall placing. I felt a little guilty that I hadn't given more in the final miles of the course. Maybe a handful of women would have bumped up from the middle distance race. Maybe more men would have had the courage to race :) I don't do the work of putting on races so I will leave it at that. It's a lot of hard work for which I am thankful. In truth, I wasn't all that sad to be done racing with gas in the tank <strike> to ride 10 miles home</strike> and headed to Hiawatha Music Festival. </div>
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Before I departed I checked in with the race director to see if I was eligible for the 3rd place prize money without staying for awards. I was planning to donate the money back to the trails network and my not so humble ego will admit I was kind of proud of that. I was informed that I did not qualify for the money because in order to be eligible I needed to submit a resume. After submitting my resume it would have to be approved. I was informed that if I applied for an elite start at a larger tier local race and was granted it...I then would likely be approved to be eligible for the prize money. The prize money from this particular race was intended to help out those racing pro. I'm not sure how I feel about prize money at small local races in general. Ok, maybe I am sure. Maybe I think it is silly. This is an extremely interesting and deep topic with a lot of different and valid opinions. I do believe our nations top athletes who compete at a world class level could and should be better financially supported. I know that I am fortunate to be in a life that allows me to ride and race (expensive) bikes and to have a family. I do not know how deeply my heart bleeds for people who financially depend on prize money for gas to drive a rusty Subaru to the next race. I respect that people often take the time to put on races to support the cause they believe in. So if a race director really felt passionate about supporting pro racers with a prize purse then I am all for it. I just think it should be clear on the entry form who is eligible to receive the money. Politics aside it was a great morning of riding Ishpeming. I am thankful for the marked and weed wacked trails and chance to race again. I would recommend this race to many. I rolled 10 miles downhill to home on the bike path. Showered and hopped back on my bike to meet up with my gang at Hiawatha Music Festival. </div>
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Annika thought Hiawatha was the best day ever. Face painting, painting, singing and dancing, swimming in the lake, and making a tie dyed t-shirt.Isaac's favorite part was riding a plastic tricycle round and round the camp ground. I think I chased him at least 5 miles.<br />
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Paints! Not on my front porch or in my kitchen! What a bonus.<br />
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Legos under the big tent.<br />
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When you run out of space on your face to paint...throw in your arms.<br />
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Magic crystal rocks<br />
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Rock painting!<br />
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Best summer day ever!Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-48122555879479123702017-08-07T18:40:00.001-07:002017-08-07T19:46:14.199-07:00Ah ....You're my best friend!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The two of them.</div>
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The four of us. We were paired up. </div>
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I don't chase perfect. Serendipity is more my style. The perfect match is all about being imperfect. It comes from tolerance and appreciation of loved ones imperfections.</div>
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So go ahead. Wade in your leggings when it wasn't in the plans. 100 X100 you'll promise you won't get them wet. A little water and sand will do a whole lot more for your soul than an hour of television .<br />
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I'll have a change of clothing ready.Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-83916643802886365352017-07-31T20:11:00.000-07:002017-08-07T11:56:35.802-07:00Vacations and Staycations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Vacations are awesome. So are staycations.<br />
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n late June/July my in-laws graced us with a visit. It was a vacation for them and a staycation for us. Exploring the trails on foot and bike as a couple beats any date night I can think of. So much for the midwest being flat :)<br />
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I'll draw the line at technical riding sans motor but Tim will enjoy every option. </div>
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So much for the midwest being flat :)<br />
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4 Peaks ! It's a famous trail run and one I will never do solo without a gpx file...because it wouldn't be hard to get a little more than turned around.<br />
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The water fall....I read that contrast baths are the number #1 way to promote soft tissue healing.....so here is the perfect opportunity swim in the cool refreshing fall then lie on the sun bakes granite. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.<br />
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Issac does not yet see the benefits of such spa like self care and has elected to work on dynamic agility and flexibility.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Cindy was mistaken as my sister once and Annika and Isaac's mother on more than one occasion. In the photo above Cindy is demonstrating the 1950's "Mother's Helper" I took Valium and everything is ok approach to parenting. ...No really it was cool and the slide was warm. </span><br />
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Annika says bottoms up. I don't know but maybe that photo is worth of a full page in the Christmas Calendar.<br />
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4th of July in a small town is awesome! Every organization is represented in the parade.<br />
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Isaac looked on longingly while his sister had her moment in the spotlight. After 2 years of waiting on the sidelines Annika spent that parade alternating between throwing candy and doing back pull overs on the bar.<br />
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Annika is the author of some of the best one liners...."Mom. I don't care if I make it to the Olympics just as long as I make it to the 4th of July parade"<br />
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I told this to her coach who actually did make it to the Olympics in weight lifting.<br />
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A few crocodile sized tears errupted when her family came into view. The realization that she was out of candy to throw to us and the parade was over was a bit too much.<br />
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All to soon it was the sad and mournful day when Grandma had to leave. ..Grandpa left after 1 week. Grandma had the endurance to stay for 3.<br />
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We did what we always do to drown our departure sorrows...drown them in donuts.<br />
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If summer was dinner restaurant ...I'd say we keep the menu simple serving wonder, joy, with a daily side of chaos. Chaos is a house specialty. This is why I am so far behind on posting blogs. As I try to upload photos and catch up another week has come and gone. It is Sunday evening. It is almost August. It is now dark and children are tucked into bed. Music flows from Tim's banjo and I ... I should be in straightening, cleaning or better yet in bed....but before I get lost in an attempt to catch up I'd like to share a piece of today. If it is Sunday and 80 degrees this is how we be living.<br />
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Cooling off in the Dead River Falls!<br />
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Warming up on hot granite rocks!<br />
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I think I can survive the 1/2 mile home!Jennifer Yake Neuschwanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16689556408150139475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442597576983301487.post-86687724192057691702017-05-01T18:44:00.001-07:002017-07-10T18:23:03.371-07:00So Much Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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and a lot of super hero power ...</div>
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The school year has come to an end.<br />
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Not without the classic end of the year school trip to a family farm .<br />
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Isaac got to ride the bus and help chaperone. It was the best day of his life.<strike> Buses, barns, electric fences...maybe I need to be wearing the super hero cape. </strike><br />
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It's bitter sweet finishing Pre K and moving on to kindergarten...but alas it is time to move on. For the record I will be attempting to stop time once Isaac is in Pre K.<br />
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The school year ended with a trip to the Garland zoo, a visit to Grandma and Grandpa's, and a trip downstate to see friends.<br />
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The most amazing thing ever happened on the last day. The children were allowed to eat ice cream for breakfast.<br />
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This did a little to sweeten the blow of leaving our old friends and new BFF's<br />
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It was hard to say good bye. During tough times you just hold on to what you've got.<br />
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Once home it was business as usual. Riding bikes and wrenching on them.<br />
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April is birthday month for this family. We hosted the second annual birthday bash. Amending the name of the shin dig from Boy Bash to Birthday Bash.<br />
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The party was complete with backyard tomahawks. Lawn darts and horseshoes just don't compare! Compliments to my father-in law Bruce, who although was not in attendance, sent the tomahawks in his honor. He can not only pick the best back yard entertainment but can pair award winning wine to compliment it.<br />
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My niece Maddy turned 15 at the beginning of April .<br />
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Tim celebrated his 39 th birthday April 20.<br />
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Grandpa Dan turned 70 April 25th.<br />
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And Isaac stole the show by turning the big 0-2 April 28th.<br />
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Or rather stole the cake...<br />
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Eat some. Wear some. Share some...<br />
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You know what sharing means right? If it is mine, it's mine and if it is yours it's mine too.<br />
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I put my foot down to a recent trend of purchasing cupcakes or a bakery cake from the Huron Bakery and resurrected the tradition of baking the cake from scratch. I understand the bakery is a town favorite. The cupcakes and cakes look beautiful. Beautiful in a way I can't compete with. I just have a hard time believing that a commercial process utilizing bulk ingredients can compete with hand measured hand sifted high quality ones. Gee .... Did I just say that?....It is not just about what somebody or something looks like that is most important. What is important is the process in which something or somebody is crafted and the ingredients put in it. So anyhow...I guess you won't see me in the plastic surgeons office anytime soon. The crows feet around my eyes are looking pretty good now aren't they?</div>
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A Tonka truck for a two year old boy you can't go wrong!</div>
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Happy Birthday Isaac! You are king of the mountain and king of our hearts.<br />
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You have been bringing the world laughter and smiles since before you were born.<br />
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If I had one sentence to describe the Boston marathon it would be ... Boston is Big. Every detail of this race is magnified. </div>
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I am beyond grateful to have had the experience of running the Boston Marathon. I am beyond grateful to have friends and family to support and celebrate the experience with. Bringing young children to big cities and crowded venues <strike>and not loosing them or anything else</strike> is no small feat. I'm sure Isaac won't remember the time he spent strapped into an umbrella stroller staring at knee caps and skipping naps but Annika will. <strike>I don't mean she will remember being strapped into an umbrella stroller and skipping naps.</strike> I believe Annika's understanding of this experience will blossom over time. I hope as she grows up it will affect her view of who I was as a person and as her mother. She will recognize I balanced prioritizing long runs and dinner, speed work and snacks. She may one day understand that I set goals that meant nothing to anybody other than myself. I prioritized training time for these goals with no guarantee that I would achieve them and no reward other than personal satisfaction. <strike>Speaking of rewards there may have been some negotiations regarding the laundry and who would do it if certain times were met.</strike> I am so thankful to Tim and my mother in law Cindy. She flew cross country to support me and help manage Annika and Isaac. They could not have had this experience without both of them.</div>
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This was the 50th anniversary of Kathryn Switzer running the marathon <strike>and getting pushed off the course for being female</strike> Kathryn Switzer said her end goal was "that women would one day be able to take for granted participating in sports". Based on Annika's perception I'd say she accomplished her goal. When Annika heard Kathryn's story she was completely confused as to why women wouldn't be allowed to running a marathon. She commented that it made no sense "woman can run long distances better than men". Children are products of their environments and do repeat the things they hear at home but still I think Kathryn accomplished what she set out to do. </div>
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As far as the actual race went ...It was amazing experience to embrace the crowd, the city, the history, my family, but it was an incredibly hard day for me athletically. Everything about Boston is a little different then other races. I read about those differences and tried to be mentally prepared for them. I tried to accommodate. I think they all sort of add up. Top it off with a 75 degree day and Boston's topography and it was a lot to contend with. I was honest in my last blog. I wanted to PR. I thought I had a little more to give than in Green Bay, but I knew the course would ask for more. I didn't think it was highly probable but hell who goes to a race and says gee "I want to run the Boston marathon and not do my best?" I also think most contenders at Boston are pretty mature about racing and know that it might take unicorns and rainbows to actually PR on that course.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyrYgOCky8kPwfomkp6BEgduDeGBVazlNB28jCqUYMD7nbKUTlXYqGMVkwVD9e7UZWYel5D9y1Aag5iWf2hITo70s12myYhIlwT1U7qeH-1Z4JiG7pcNJJi5LPx5feDjDqOFM7VDJyGI/s1600/IMG_4808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxyrYgOCky8kPwfomkp6BEgduDeGBVazlNB28jCqUYMD7nbKUTlXYqGMVkwVD9e7UZWYel5D9y1Aag5iWf2hITo70s12myYhIlwT1U7qeH-1Z4JiG7pcNJJi5LPx5feDjDqOFM7VDJyGI/s640/IMG_4808.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
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Truth be told I did see a unicorn and I do know somebody who PR'd . It just wasn't me. I hung in and gave it everything I had to finish the best I could. In the end I'm ok with my finish. In fact there are many parts I'm proud of. On paper it looks like a repeat of my execution in LA of 2013 <strike>which I was incredibly disappointed with.</strike> I ran the second half of the race 18 minutes slower than the first half at Boston, but this time it wasn't ego or impatience. I tried to take it easy and hold back in the beginning but it is down hill for a long time and my quads just cramped after a while. Eccentric contraction!!!! I think going out slower would have helped for sure. It's easier said than done. Especially when the 5,000 other people in your wave are running downhill too fast too. It was 75 degrees when we started. We had been sitting/standing at the start for a few hours in the sun before our 10:50 start time. Everybody around me seemed pretty friendly and chill on the bus ride, but in the corral I think we all felt a little stressed by the heat. I wanted to get moving before it got any hotter. I let a lot of people go and tried to really harness my energy but also kept fighting the urge to keep moving forward to find open space for my feet and more air movement. </div>
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My quads started to cramp pretty early. I did a really good job taking measures to stay hydrated and cool boy drinking at all the aid stations and dousing myself . I knew my quads were going to be trouble but I tried focusing on the possibility that maybe I could squeak out a finish before they really locked up. I saw my family around mile 17 on a hill climb. Tim lifted Annika over the barrier and let her run to me as I as was coming up the hill. I hugged her and carried her back to him. It was the highlight of my day. </div>
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My family says I looked great there. Truth be told it was around mile 16-17 when running downhill started feeling really discombobulated. Descending felt like pedaling a bike downhill with the wrong gearing. It just wasn't right. I actually preferred running up the hills at that point. I almost told them to expect that my pace would be slowing. Catastrophic failure was the wording I was thinking but didn't want to say out loud. There were enough people walking I figured they knew it was a possibility. My quad cramping continued and felt like I had the stride of Frankenstein instead of my usual gait. I would have preferred to feel like I was floating on air and running 8 minute miles but that would have been the unicorn, rainbows, and 50 degrees scenario. In real life I was actually so thankful to still be running a 9:44 pace. I takes me 20 minutes to walk a mile and that is on legs that aren't cramping. I did a lot of praying and a lot of digging really deep and kept slugging forward. The crowds were fantastic. As we rounded the corner to Boylston street I tried to spot my family. I tried to take it all in. To be honest I took in as much as somebody working extremely hard can take. Some runners went zipping by me towards the finish. I continued to give everything I had <strike>with no increase in speed </strike>until I crossed the line. Nothing was a give me until I was over that line. I crossed the line 3hr 38 minutes. It's not too shabby considering how long I felt like I was struggling not to walk. It felt so much longer. I was just so happy to be finished and to find my family. </div>
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I couldn't really be disappointed because<strike> I was too exhausted</strike> it's Boston. Boston is so much bigger than my own personal goals. It's about history and how the people of the race support it. It's awesome. In regards to a PR ...the Rolling Stones sing it best. You can't always get what you want, but you've got what you need" <br />
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I think to do really well at Boston it would take somebody like me a few attempts. I did requalify for next year but I think I will pass. It's a pretty big journey for my family and we have many places to travel and sports to play and different venues to enjoy.<br />
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Thanks Tim for supporting me and rolling with everything!</div>
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