Great race and even better report!!! Sounds like energy and joy of living runs (literally) in your family. Always eager to hear tales of upstate NY. It's a lovely time of year there. Too bad you missed Lilac Sunday as you passed Rochester. Kevin

Great race and prizes. Spending time with two people so dear to you makes it priceless!!!

Karin, I am going to say to you what I said to Tall after his race this week....You are one fast dude..er dudette !! Great story about your family I enjoyed reading it. Sounds like great characters for a movie or TV show. Larry

I love what you share about your grandmother. Your race rocked!!! Thanks

Karin, there are some serious runners in this forum, and then there are the "superstars." I don't need to say which category you are in! This was a delightful RR to read, and I really enjoyed the stories about your grandmother and her sister. Your story about the sisters and the Erie canal reminded me of this part of a family letter about two old sisters: "Last summer she went to visit her daughter, who resides at Eaton, with no one to accompany her but myself, which is distant from Penfield one hundred & forty or fifty miles. She stood the journey remarkably well, staid about six weeks, & returned highly pleased with her visit. On our way home we had fine weather, agreeable company (though entire strangers) & Grandmother enjoyed herself so much & it always agrees with her to travel, even if she is not very well. I recollect her saying one afternoon (as we were sitting in the neat, little cabin of a canal boat) if I could only go all the way to Kentucky, in this comfortable easy way of traveling, I would soon see my sister Keziah, but this she cannot do." The sister in Kentucky that the writer is referring to was my great-great-great-grandmother. These two sisters were born in the 1760s and both lived into their 80s, but after migrating westward to two different areas of the young country, they never saw each other again for the last 50 years of their lives. It's wonderful that you were able to do this for your relatives.

Congrats, great race, Karin! Of course, loved the story about the Super Gs. My mom was one of 9, first 4 boys, then 5 girls and my mom was the middle girl. You reminded me of times when the sisters would all get together--we cousins had a blast just watching and listening. And then there's one of my favorite photos of all time--I snapped one of my mom and my favorite aunt on my dad's side---we were in the Boston Gardens the weekend of one of my graduations, and they started fussing over my mom's cane (she had a bad knee--my aunt was a nurse) and my friend got a wonderful shot of them teasing each other (with lots of arm involvement!) and me behind the bench doing a soft-shoe maneuver with the cane. Anyway, this isn't about me, but just wanted to say thanks for making that memory revive for me, and to let you know I think I have a sense of some of the joy you experienced this weekend. Now, I have a query. You've said your dad was a talented runner--while I realize there weren't organized track events for women when your Gran was younger (shoot, there wasn't much when I was a kid, back in the olden days), are there any family stories about her running prowess? grins, A

This report was really a joy to read, CNY. The super G's are amazing. You can write about them any time. Your race was great, too. Congrats on a fast race and master's PR. Winning $$$ isn't all bad, either. TomS

Hi Karin, What a beautiful RR! How sweet and generous of you to plan your schedule so that you could get the GGs together and spend time with them. And it seems like it was time very well spent! How wonderful that both women focus their energies on living, rather that dwelling on what is wrong in their lives as too many other people do. That is probably why they are so energetic and fun to be with, even at their young ages. Congratulations to you on another greta race performance, on your well-earned award, and on your PR. The joy you clearly get from racing, and the talent you bring to your races are a wonderful and special combination. It seems that the margarita didn't hurt your performance one bit, and neither did the night-before martini I had a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps there is an exciting new pre-race strategy developing! Jay