Raffle for Gazelle-And the winners are

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Last night good fun was had by all at the TiB Bacon Cook Off and Raffle Drawing at My Fitness Company.

The winners of the Bacon Cook Off are (in no specific order):
Robyn - bacon wrapped prunes
Shelia – chocolate chip bacon cookies and Raisin bacon cookies
Jillian - triple bypass (bacon lasagna)
Mark - Peaches
Heather - snow peas and bacon
Bridget – roped in the help of the pizza shop across the road and brought bacon pizza
(It’s not all about bacon, but there is meat in team! !)

And the winners of the race entries are:
North Shore 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) June 14, 2009
Mike Rubin, Mary O’Toole

BigFoot Triathlon (Sprint/Oly) June 28, 2009
Katie Clifford, Dan Lucas

Bangs Lake Triathlon (tri/du/aqua) August 9, 2009
Natalie Gordon, Steve Moore

Bucktown 5k run October 4, 2009
Nancy Fudacz, Dave Harrison

Hot Chocolate 15k run (15k or 5k) November 1, 2009
Sandra Gordon, Angela LoCicero

TriShark Triathlon (Sprint) June 6, 2009
Megan Claucherty, Grant Reuter, Ann Dobbyn

Evergreen Lake Triathlon (Sprint/Oly) July 18, 2009
Scott Michalik, Andy Sfekas, Bill Gray

Dairyland Dare Bike (100K 200K or 300K) August
Mike Rubin, Nancy Fudacz

Thanks for contributing,
Happy racing,
Deanna

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bump on behalf of Gazelle.

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glad to hear Tasha is doing well. I hope she’s back to racing this spring since not just anyone can pull off wearing a birthday tiara!

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Bump for Tasha!

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Great of you guys to do! Hope the races are fun!

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Bump
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Bump
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Someone said Tascha is recovering what’s the latest on her condition? I will PM you later.

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Not that this is a voting community…but if it were…I would put this post on par with the ride that Khai is holding today in terms of importance. Any way we could get this stickied to the top so it doesn’t keep falling off? I lost my job to crappy economy back in November but even I know something like this is way more important than a new bike part.

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Bump for the cause!

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Someone said Tasha is recovering what’s the latest on her condition? I will PM you later.
Hi Julian and all -

Deanna told me about this thread, so I figured I’d jump on with an update AND to thank you all for your kind thoughts and good wishes. Seriously, you have no idea how touched I am.

So, as Deanna noted, I’m basically done with the big stuff, i.e. radiation, PT, etc. Unfortunately I still need to have reconstruction surgery, but the recovery time for that is kind of long so it might have to wait until fall, i.e. after the tri season. I, umm, signed up last June to do IronSpud (IMCDA), before the shit hit the fan so to speak, and I"m just stubborn enough to still plan on doing it. Even though I’ve just started training again. Should be interesting.

Right now I’m just taking drugs (aka FatSurly) that, well, make me fat, surly and tired. It’s a great combination. :slight_smile: As for the brain injury, I still have some balance issues and my memory is kind of shot, but thanks to my physical therapist trying out the Epley maneuver, I no longer have the crazy head spins, which is good. So can’t complain there.

Oh, and I’m still on the disabled list as far as playing hockey is concerned, though I should be able to get back to that this summer after I get the okay from my orthopedic surgeon. The combo of surgery/radiation/broken collarbone all on the right side has been…challenging, though better that way than having 2 bum sides. :smiley:

And if anyone’s wondering at all, I do and have always had insurance, have paid up the wazoo for years to make sure I’m covered since I"m self-employed…but unfortunately I’ve discovered that the insurance companies seem to take great delight in trying to figure out how to NOT pay bills. I’ve had some very Kafkaesque conversations with them about their exceptions, exclusions, adjustments, etc. BCBS sucks.

Anyway, that’s the long and short of it. Right now I’m just trying to get my life back on track, get the work thing in hand, get into a shape that’s not “round,” and so on. And I really and truly do appreciate ALL the efforts that folks have made on my behalf, and all the good thoughts and so on. It’s sappy to say it, but it’s true - the tri community is composed of an incredible caring group of people. So thanks everyone, for everything. :slight_smile:

Tasha

(P.S. to Tri-mom64: this year Tri-Shark is actually ON my birthday, so the big decision is: sash? tiara? Or…both!!! I know, the mind reels…)

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Slowman - thanks for letting them post here.

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Tasha, thanks for the update. It’s good to hear you are headed in the right direction and still have your sense of humour! We all have our moments on ST but we all pull together when it comes to the push. I remember when I had my wallet lifted whilst in Vancouver and Monk (who I had never meet other than here) offered to wire money to me!! That’s when you know there’s still good in the world.

Good luck with the reconstruction later and don’t worry about the memory it’s all in the past anyway :wink:

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Oh you are sooo doing IronSpud cuz I’m gonna be down there spectathleting my ass off for ya!!!

And as a side note for everyone, you should really read Tasha’s blog cuz it’s friggin hilarious! :slight_smile:

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Bump for new prizes added…

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Oh you are sooo doing IronSpud cuz I’m gonna be down there spectathleting my ass off for ya!!!

And as a side note for everyone, you should really read Tasha’s blog cuz it’s friggin hilarious! :slight_smile:

Seriously, you’re going to be at Ironspud? That is sa-wheet!!! Now we just have to convince Instigator to head out there with me. I keep telling her how much fun she’ll have “helping” me with the race, by, say, putting a wheel of cheese and a pie in my special needs bags like I did for her at IMMOO…but so far she’s not quite there… :slight_smile:

Team Xantusia will totally be representing!

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D, that’s a great blog. I just read the latest 3 pages and it’s all funny shit I can relate to. I like that there are great pictures too, uber cute Dobbie.

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and please don’t believe all of the lies on the blog. they are easily denoted by the blue barrel!!

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I should also thank you, Deanna. Without you, Tasha’s blog just wouldn’t be the same :wink:

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I wondered about the significance of the blue barrel, is it T’s version of pink writing?