What a week and weekend it has been. For the most part, I am glad it’s over with. First, lets start with Saturday’s race. I stunk the joint, plain and simple. The fact I did the first mile uphill ahead…
Category: Running
A different kind of race
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Like NASCAR, a down weekend is good…taking a breather from a routine as physically and mentally exhausting as running can be, is very beneficial. Instead, I volunteered at the UB Track Invitational Track and Field meet. Checkers members have volunteered…
Feel the Spirit
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Ok…I am overdue on Saturdays race and I am waiting for Steph’s turkey meatloaf….so here is my line… 26. Sam Spritzer 0:21:41 0:06:59 5/M50-54 24/M Yup, I am getting faster and faster but still, T-man is beating me to the…
Run Against Hunger
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My line… 25. Sam Spritzer 0:21:44 0:07:00 6/M50-54 25/M Mike’s line… 71. Michael Spritzer 0:25:42 0:08:16 5/M20-24 58/M And Steph has finally gotten over her stress fracture and is back to running. Look for her at the FAMA race on…
Grendel’s Kitchen
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Normally, I don’t write about or comment on other CIer’s website but this one definitely takes all the marble…Grendel’s Kitchen. Tomorrow is yet ANOTHER race – the 5th annual Friends of the Night People 5k. The weather promises to be…
I lost my Checkers Shirt!
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My line… 16. Sam Spritzer 0:22:02 0:07:06 2/M50-54 14/M Yup…the green short sleeved one. Actually, I didn’t lose it…I’ll get it back along with one from Lancaster Striders and any other club that competes in the 2nd and 3rd leg…
Got my Mike Royer magazine!!!
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IT FINALLY arrive…HLAA’s interview of fellow CIer, Mike Royer who hails from somewhere near the White House…and that is his lovely wife in the middle. Maybe the dude will raise enough money to fly me out to Reno! Click here…
Time Out!
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Time Out is the name of the album where one can find Dave Brubeck’s famous song Take Five and tomorrow night, I hope to hear it UP CLOSE and LIVE. This is going to be the first time I am…
Brussels Sprouts – Veggie of the Champions
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My line… 98. Sam Spritzer 0:22:30 0:07:15 10/M50-54 82/M One of the things dedicated runners like to do is compare their dietary habits. As I was talking to Diane and commented on how well her husband, Tony, has been running…
Time for another update
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A week and a half has gone by since since the mapping. Each day brings new challenges and new sounds. In the morning, I tune the radio to NPR. It’s not exactly my favorite channel but the voices are clear…