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Location:

Rantoul,IL,

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

1/2 marathon 1:43:09--Illinois Marathon, April 2013

10K: 46:50--Safe Kids Run in Crystal Lake Park, April 2010

5K: 22:07--Jingle Bell Run, December 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Do another marathon AFTER GOOD TRAINING

1/2 marathon in 1:41 or under

Break Burt's 5K PR by 1 second

10K in 46:00 or under

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep encouraging my family in their development of a healthy lifestyle

God willing, I will run until the end.

Personal:

I run with God. I use my running time to contemplate, to pray and to listen for His call. I'm married to a non-runner, but a supportive one, and we have four children.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Iso Lifetime Miles:						133.20

Wed, Jan 05, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	4.00

I squeezed this in before Euchre night (we play every other Wednesday). I did not win (again).

Red Saucony Miles: 4.00

Comments

From Stacy on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 14:25:30 from 97.112.22.99

Euchre?? I have never heard of this. What kind of game is it?

From Tracy on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 14:47:25 from 209.175.177.37

It's a great card game. Kinda like bridge, but way easier and way shorter. You work with your partner to take tricks (using all suits 9-A) but the trump changes depending on the deal (basically, each person gets a chance to call a trump suit based on what the dealer flips up OR if no one calls that suit trump, each person gets a turn to call what they think they can make). The difficulty is that the highest card is the jack of the trump suit, and the second highest card is the jack of the same color.

It's a fun game, if you like cards and gambling, which I do. We don't play for high stakes.

From Bonnie on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 18:09:26 from 128.196.228.134

Yea!! All midwesterners know Euchre! We play it whenever we are with our family! We haven't yet "brought it to the West" with us!

From Tracy on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 18:13:17 from 173.23.75.96

That's funny. I was going to say I think it's a midwesterner thing, but I didn't want to sound like a snot :)

From Bonnie on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 18:18:25 from 128.196.228.134

ha ha ha, I was just so excited to see someone else on the blog taking about Eucher I did not even think about it!

And then, I realized that Stacy, being in ND is technically a midwesterner too ... ? so maybe it is just "some midwestern families" ;-).

From Stacy on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 19:24:56 from 97.112.22.99

Lol I must be out of the "midwestern card loop". :) My husbands parents used to play whist, and kanasta, but I don't think I have ever heard anyone talk of Eucher. I am going to ask around. It sounds fun. We play cards every now and then, but not as much as I would like. It's a nice get together with friends and family.

From Bonnie on Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 19:29:23 from 128.196.228.134

It is pronounced "you-ker" (for when you start asking around ;-)).

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