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October 19th, 10:34pm 1 comment

The beautiful Quirke/Zagotta girls

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Took this before Ashley showed up, sadly.

Emily and Jen standing
Gretchen, grandma Rose and Ellie, my mom, seated

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October 19th, 10:26pm 0 comments

Hilarious family party, part one

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Emily and Justin

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Grandma Rose and Ellie

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Max, penny and bri.

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Brynny, j-jo and violet

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Grandpa nick

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August 22nd, 12:19pm 0 comments

Michigan City Triathlon

Emily and I are done and happy. Total success and fun as hell.

 Sadly (?) the swim was cancelled due to outrageous waves (and also a dead body found on the beach last night).

 Literally dozens of photos to follow.

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July 28th, 9:51am 1 comment

Dateline: Homewood :: Emily got a new road bike

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This video does the bike no justice, but suffice to say, it is beautiful and it was a STEAL.
 
Just another craigslist success story.
 
Drivers: please use caution when approaching this road bike novice.
 
Wonder if Emily will be pedaling this as yet unnamed lady during the South Shore triathlon we are considering.

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July 27th, 9:14pm 0 comments

Stop what you are doing and go buy a tandem bike

First time ever on a tandem bike, and the back no less, and I am getting one just as soon as the bank forecloses on my farm.

 Emily and her coworker Rebecca came over on Rebecca's tandem bike and these things are sweet.

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Jen and I on the bike. Also prominently featured in this photo: my neighbor Ernie's arm. He was riding on the front handlebars, documenting the entire event for posterity.

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Also, a video. It appears as though I am biking drunk here. Cars.

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July 4th, 4:20pm 0 comments

Run for Freedom 5k race, parade

So, I race directed the Run for Freedom today. This is always a fun race, with a ton of day-of registrations.

 Runners got a great running hat for signing up today. Pictured below.

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Sadly, I totally spaced and did not get any photos at the race. Ah well. Notable racers included Jennifer, who posted a PR, Emily who also PR'd AFTER biking for an hour directly before the race as part of a brick and Jimmy, who narrowly missed his very aggressive goal while running very strong. Oh cripe, Ian ran as well. He had to lie down for a minute after the race. Please note that I love this.
 
Finally, some woman ran the whole race with an open umbrella. Reread that last sentence. Hilarious, plus she finished in a somewhat respectable time. I should add an award for this type of behaviour.
 
We then went to a fun parade. Violet got to sit in a popo car.

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This guy was also there. He spent too much time getting ready for just this one parade, so I hope he had plans after.

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Nicholas Quirke

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