click on photo to enlarge Good luck to good friends and fellow Checkers members Diane Sardes and Tony Garrow. Diane is doing the Louisville Ironman tomorrow (Sunday, Aug 31st) and Tony will be doing the Wisconsin Ironman next Sunday (Sept…
Category: Running
Kudos to Steph!
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Who PR’d for the first time in almost 3 years…at the Loughran’s Buffalo Alumni Run….
Rightbackatcha
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I can just picture the look on my mother’s face after she reads this and the language…and no, she did NOT teach me THAT! I have been riding my bike to work for over 3 weeks now and it takes…
Buh bye Schwinn…
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THANK YOU Steph and mom, two of my main wimin for the early birthday present, a spanking brand new 2008 Cannondale Adventure 4 Bike. Believe it or not, this is the first time I have owned a bike other than…
Bad karma?
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On Sunday, I mentioned that the right side processor died. Now the backup has gone poopy. WTF???? Fortunately, the replacement for the primary is in so I’ll pick that up either tomorrow or Friday. Bike riding to work has gone…
Various ramblings
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Friday night, we did the St. Greg’s The Great Great Race and that is not a typo! Here are our lines… 101. Sam Spritzer Williamsville NY 0:21:18 0:06:51 13/M50-54 86/M 176. Stephanie Spritzer Williamsville NY 0:22:42 0:07:18 2/F50-54 34/F 343.…
Welcome to Deaf Village!
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Last week, I wrote about the fiasco at Deafread. As a result, Rachel at Cochlear Implant Online with a bunch of others started their own deaf site aggregator. Its called Deaf Village. Yours truly is now linked to that site…
Congrats to “Big” Mike and Judy
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The story of “Big” Mike K. goes back to 1999 at the Moonlight Run. Steph was already an accomplished runner and I was a devoted couch potato enjoying the ciggie with the hole (Vantage), 30 pounds overweight (before the bacon,…
Griswold 5K
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My line… 51. Sam Spritzer 0:21:42 0:06:59 8/M50-54 46/M Mike’s line… 106. Mike Spritzer 0:25:04 0:08:04 7/M20-24 90/M And the course… click on photo to enlarge The course winds through beautiful Como Lake Park in Lancaster. The conditions were less…
I won Spaghetti Sauce!
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My line…. 38. Sam Spritzer 0:21:54 0:07:03 3/M50-54 33/M And the course… click on photo to enlarge It was a cool, cloudy humid day with a breeze that pushes you out the first half of the course to the Buffalo…