Marathon Weekend

Congratulations to all 40 Rochester runners who ran the Whistlestop events on Saturday. Too many to mention individually, but I will highlight the Feda family ... Dan won the 5K in 17:56 and Jessica was the fastest marathoner from Rochester in 3:37, earning her the right to run the Boston Marathon.

Yesterday was the Chicago marathon. The Habermann family (Jennifer, Ben and mom Mary Jo) all ran. Congrats to Ben for finishing despite an injury of several weeks duration. From the finish times for Rochester runners, looks like it must have been warm and muggy as it was here (high of 81 degrees here). Only 2 people from Rochester ran under 4:00. Here is a link to some wonderful photos on Flickr: Chicago Marathon photos Thanks, Mike Schmitt, for the link.

Also making an appearance at Rails to Trails half marathon on November 2 will be ex-Rochester runner Suzanne LaPalm and fiance Pete, who will be running his first half marathon. We'll be rooting for you, Pete!

Here's a great photo:

Ann-Kristin Gjertsen, Jean Murray and John Shonyo at the Olso Marathon. What fun. Ann-Kristin ran an awesome 3:42 for fourth in her age division.

There will be trash pick-up tomorrow, Tuesday around Soldier's Field at 5:30 PM. We'll begin across Broadway from Snappy Stop.

Yesterday was my trip to the Plymouth Playhouse with a friend for The Church Basement Ladies. Very fun, as was the original which we also saw. The Second Helping had more of a story to it. The actress who plays Mrs. Lars Snustad is absolutely hilarious.

I highly recommend it. It comes with a buffet lunch: orange Jell-O with fruit, mashed potatoes, corn, chicken, a roll and carrot cake. Very church basement type meal. Looking at our plates, the food was all pretty much beige!!

Tonight is our monthly Cooking Light get-together. Here's our menu:

Fig and Goat Cheese Brushetta (Kelly)
Mushroom Walnut Turnover (Mary)
Curried Chicken and Cashews (Margo)
Sichun Green Beans (KM)
Beet and Walnut Salad (Barbara)
Caramel Apple Cheesecake (Barb)
Pecan Sticky Rolls (Renee) - a "take home"
Pam King - wine

Looks good enough to eat, eh?? I've not been eating very adventurously yet, so might not eat too much of this menu but will attempt to sample everything. ;-( A very pleasing side effect of all this is that the pants that have been hanging in my closet for a couple of years collecting dust fit once again. I tried on about a dozen pairs yesterday. ;-) I feel like I have a whole new wardrobe.

One of my favorite programs on TV is This Old House . They started a new project on Saturday's episode. A new timber frame home in Weston, MA. It should be beautiful.

Thought for the day: "It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret." --Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Have a wonderful day, even though it's raining!