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Peggy’s students tell her how it’s gonna be. (toenail count: 4.5)

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Peggy, a lovely lady from Hope, Idaho and a schoolteacher/ultra-runner to boot, received the most hilarious bits of advice from her 2nd grade students. Her years of teaching tots certainly has rubbed off as evidence by her being the only known person on the planet who says “oh, mother-flipper” when faced with a [...]

Keys100. Not exactly Cheeseburgers in Paradise. (toenail count: 4.5)

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Isn’t that where Margaritaville is? In the keys? Who knows, I never liked Jimmy Buffet.
Regardless, Lisa Smith Batchen is running the inaugural Keys100, and no doubt she will not be pulling a Tony and running w/ fat-soaked tasties mid-course.
What it is is this:

In other words, a 100 mile race in ridiculous humidity, raising [...]

ROEBLING! ROEBLING! YAY! (toenail count: 8)

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I heard back from Roebling’s slaves, the fantastically coiffed Kevin Dresser and Kate Johnson of the make-me-writhe-with-jealousy- in-the-face-of-such-talent Dresser-Johnson design duo.
Well, as I love all things Brooklyn Bunny, I contacted them in the hopes that they might allow me to sport their wonderful BB logo. Well they just got back to me [...]

woo-hoo! it’s Sue! (toenail count 8)

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It’s confirmed. Sue Holliday, in what is actually a bit of a surprise to her, is in fact registered for the 2008 MdS. (She entered via the Spanish organization, and apparently they were a little, shall we say, Mediterranean about contacting her in a timely manner).

Sue was the first place [...]

website is up (kinda) toenail count: 8!

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some of the links aren’t totally done, but getting there…… click image to experience the wonder….

Ted’s Pot (toenail count: 5.5)

Sorry, but I had to post this.
This is Ted Archer, winner of Rocky Raccoon and fellow coachee of Lisa Smith Batchen.
Here is his pot. This was his first place prize.
Note the lack of any “Rocky Raccoon” identification.
Also note the lack of any indication that he won.
Which means that putting it on the mantle will [...]

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