Thursday, August 13, 2009






Official Race Charity-Team Challenge

Make a change, help find cures for chronic digestive diseases and run or walk 13.1 miles with Team Challenge!

Who would like to have a great experience?? Come out and do the Rock and Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon with Team Challenge!!!!! Join the Wisconsin Team today!!!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

FINAL RESULTS


































































TEAM CHALLENGE 13.1 MILES 550 RUNNERS/WALKERS RAISED $2.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN ONE DAY!!!!!

WAY TO GO TEAM CHALLENGE!!!! LET'S FIND A CURE!!!!!!

THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED US AND DONATED IN THESE HARD ECONOMIC TIMES. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE!!!!

PEG AND PEGGY

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

RACE DAY!!!!


































Race Day started at 5:15 am when we needed to be in the lobby to get on the bus that would take us to the start line.

After reaching the start we took pictures by the vineyards and stretched. I was interview by Rolf Benirschke and then got my picture taken with him.

Then we were off and running/walking. Peggy crossed the finish line in 3 hours and 31 minutes and I crossed in 3 hours and 39 minutes. We both beat our times from San Antonio and we were both very happy and sore!!!









Quintessa Winery Tour



A group of us went to Napa to Quintessa Winery for a tour. The view was great and so was the wine!!!

Saturday July 18th









Saturday started out with a team meeting so we all were on the same page for the day and also on race day.








Later that day we had to go and pick up our race packet. There was a few exhibitors and free wine!!





Then the day ended with a pasta party!! Lots of carbs!!!!

Saturday, July 18, 2009



































Team Wisconsin arrived in SFO on Friday 17 July at 11 AM. They made a few stops along the way to the Team Hotel in Sonoma. I met up with them around 4pm at the hotel. Was glad to be at the hotel after 6 hours of driving from Yosemite.

We had a team dinner and then we all headed to bed.

Today we will have a short run walk at 7:30 am. Some of us will head to a wine tasting and others will lounge by the pool.

We all have to pick up our race packets and then tonight we will have our pasta dinner.

Tomorrow is the big race and we are all excited to get that started.

TRAVELING TO NAPA




































I left Tuesday 14 July to start my journey to Napa for the 1/2 Marathon. I decided to go to Yosemite National Park to see my cousin Ed. We haven't seen each other for years and this was the perfect opportunity.

It was a 4.5 hour drive from SFO to Yosemite. Once there I had no cell phone or internet. Such peace and quiet.

The park is beautiful and hot. High 90's during the day and 50's overnight. Pictured above is Half Dome.

Ed is a conductor for the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad which gives tourists a ride on a train pulled by a steam engine once used by the logging company up there. I took a moonlight ride with him on Wednesday. I got to ride up in the steam engine for 1/2 the trip. It was a great time.

I left Yosemite on Friday 17 July to travel to Sonoma to the Team Hotel.