Liberty Foot Notes August 2014-1

Liberty Foot Notes August 2014
July Weekend workout at the Brookline Reservoir
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New Member Interview: Kate Edeker
Note from Dru Pratt Otto
Note from “Iron Woman”, Emily Bliss
Note from Coach Cathy
Decade Team Captains
Recipes
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‐ New Member Interview: Kate Edeker
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Age:
24
HomeTown? Quincy
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Running Background? I ran cross-country and track throughout high school
and college. After college, I found myself needing something to train for and
started running half and full marathons
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When/Why Liberty? I joined Liberty because I needed running partners!
But I stayed with Liberty because it's refreshing to have the routine of a
hard weekly workout with a group of women who are all working hard and
want to see everyone succeed.
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Greatest Running Moment? Toward the end of my senior year XC season in
college, the varsity team was tapering and went to the track to do some
speed work. Being the end of the year, the sun had already set, so our
coaches pulled their cars onto the straightaways and turned on their
headlights. Clouds rolled in and as we started picking up speed, it started
raining. The entire team in step with drops of water made golden from the
headlights is to this day one of my favorite memories.
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Currently Training? I am training for the Quebec City Marathon, which
takes place the Sunday before Labor Day.
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Like Most About Running? It gives me a chance to reset. Whenever
something is bothering me or it's been a hard day at work, running helps to
both distract me and let me process things in my own time. Plus, it does feel
good to be in shape.
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Favorite Running Quote/Motto? "There are no limits. There are only
plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." Although
this video always gives me chills: There are no limits. There are only
plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
2 Note From Dru
Dear All,
Suddenly we are looking at August—that was fast. The summer is
the time for many of us to step off for a brief moment –for
vacation, family, colleges, outings, projects and all the other stuff
of life. Please do take a break, enjoy and slow down!
One of the ways I slow down is to cook – I know some of you do
not find that relaxing in the least – in any event – two recipes are
included here – both from a cookbook from Nice, France –
vegetarian and wonderful! The casserole was recently featured in
the Globe as the traditional dish for family to bring for the Tour
de France watching picnic in a small French town.
Having said that, we have enjoyed each other’s company at Coach
Cathy’s for Pam’s co-prez sign off and at Athleta for the launch
of Coach Cathy’s Mastering Running. There has been fabulous
running all around—by many members in the total gamut of races –
mile, 5K, an hour on the track, half marathons, marathons and an
upcoming iron lady!!!! I am so impressed by the amount of support
and cheering that comes over the email transom for all of our
efforts- you all are a great group.
Looking forward, we will be gearing up in the fall for the crosscountry season and all that entails.
Grateful to be part of such an enthusiastic feisty wonderful &
fast community!!!
Dru
3 Note from “Iron Woman”, Emily Bliss
Footnotes: How was the Iron Woman?
EB: It was such a cool experience. It poured rain towards the
end of the swim and started thunder/lightening, so they
diverted us to shore with a short ways to go, then we had to
run a ways barefoot to get to the transition area! They didn't
count the second swim lap, but I was so close to the end that
my second lap time was about the same as the first anyways.
It poured for the first 2 hours of the bike, then became
beautiful and was a pretty nice day until the end!
FN: What was the best part?
EB: The best part was definitely the end of the race, which
has to include the last 2 miles of the marathon running
through town giving high fives to friends and stranger
cheering me on, then running through the Olympic oval to the
finish line as the announcer Mike Riley said "Emily Bliss, YOU
are an Ironman!" And if course I cried:)
FN: What was the worst part?
EB: The worst part was definitely not getting my nutrition
right before going into the run. I could hardly drink or eat
anything for 4 hours, which led to dehydration and a stop at
the medical tent before heading home.
4 FN: What surprised you?
EB: I surprised me! I didn't think I could do the race in under
13 hours, and I thought there might be a point when I wanted
to give up, but that never happened.
FN: Any advice for those interested?
EB: Train right, practice your nutrition, trust the process, be
patient, and know it's going to hurt but is totally worth it in
the end!
Note from Coach Cathy
The energy at Liberty is fabulous. As longtime member Sue
Gustafson said at practice last week, different age groups and
dynamic individuals create an energized atmosphere that lasts
long after practice is over. When at practice and explaining
the workout, I was looking at about 20 faces, thinking how you
motivate each other. Everyone high fives each other after the
workout (newish Liberty routine along with “kindergarten abs”)
and I was thinking how you go for it on the track and also use
your own judgment in terms of how much you can that night.
That’s good. We finished last night's workout with a few
sprints in which Jamie Henzy showed sprint speed among the
masters. Distance runners seemed to like them too, with
Rachel wanting to join in after running 4 1200s.....
Thanks to each one of you who contributes to Liberty in
different but important ways.
5 Your training on the track is paying off ….You’ve run fantastic
races this summer -- from Carrie's Age-Group Record at
Mount Washington to Jan's return to the roads to Emily's
Ironman to Dru's One Hour Run in 7.14 miles on the track to
Joan's age group win at the Cape Cod 5K to Karen Lein's 1st
place win at the Bay State Games to Kathleen's win as the
first place woman over all at the Hingham 4 miler to Viki's
4th place age group at the East End Five Miler finish Joanne's
22:09 at a recent 5K fun run to Francesca's 4th place age
division finish at the BAA 10K to Rachel's first place age
group finish at the Windham 5K (I was just looking through
some race results which you've reported since June)......You
are out there and running well – whether at the top of your
game or coming back from a break!
I’m looking forward to August and fall races. Of races I know
about now, we’ve got Viki at the High Street Mile - Jan at the
Swimsuit Classic - Joan and Joani (JT) at Chilmark - Mary at
the Caribbean World Masters Athletics Championships, - Ellen
racing with her Grinnell cross country team -- Kate E. at the
Quebec Marathon - Rachel at the Bay State Marathon Deanna, Kathleen, Jan, and Joan at the Lone Gull 10K - Inez
at the Huntsman Games - Joanne at the Tufts 10K – Jan,
hopefully Amanda and Jamie, Sue G., Joan, Dru, Viki, and
Karen L. at the Syracuse 5K - Dru at the Bay State Half
Marathon - Francesca and Loomis at the BAA Half Marathon,
Francesca at the Philadelphia Marathon – Joan at the
Philadelphia Half Marathon – and, we hope, everyone at the NE
6 Cross Country meet on November 9th.
I’m on vacation next week. Dru will have the workout. As for
planning ahead, week-end workouts this month will be on
Saturday, August 16th at 8 a.m. starting from the BC
Reservoir and on Saturday, August 23rd starting at the
Brookline Reservoir.
If you’re needing an evening to lighten up and relax before fall
starts its busy sprint, consider hanging out together on
Thursday, August 21st, at “The Social”, a restaurant/bar at
320 Washington Street in New Corner, to listen to our own
Leni Webber!
Happy August!
Cathy
7 DECADE TEAM CAPTAINS
Opens
Rachel Bainbridge - [email protected]
Kathy Materazzo(asst. captain)[email protected]
40’s
Georgia Critsley - [email protected]
50’s
Drusilla Pratt-Otto — [email protected]
Joan Miller – [email protected]
60’s
Leni Webber — [email protected]
70’s
Mary Harada —[email protected]
Carrie Parsi — [email protected]
8 RECIPES
(both from Cuisine Nicoise by Hillary Davis)
Tour De France Zucchini Pie…….
Ingredients:
Filling:
2 cups cooked rice
3 cups coarsely grated zucchini
3 TBS virgin olive oil
21 medium white onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 and ½ cups thinly sliced ham ( you can omit for vegetarian version)
1 cup grated Emmental cheese
3 large eggs, plus, 2 large egg yolks
½ TSP Dijon
½ TSP honey
Freshly grated nutmeg (I did not have this either.. )
Pepper
How to:
Heat oven to 375.
Add cooked rice to large mixing bowl.
Squeeze grated zucchini in paper towels to eliminate moisture, and add to bowl
with rice.
Heat 3 TBS oil, add onion and garlic, cooking on medium for 5 minutes.
Add ham and cheese to bowl, using a fork to blend.
Wisk together eggs, egg yolk, mustard, honey, nutmeg, ½ TSP salt and a lot of
fresh ground pepper. Add to bowl and combine.
Bake for 35-45 minutes, until golden brown……..this recipe included a crust which I
ignored and still it was fabulous – imagine with a buttery crust!
9 Late August Double Fig Salad with Arugula, Goat Cheese and
Hazelnuts (serves 4)
This looks fussy but is so outrageously good – just follow instructions and you will
be SOOO happy!
Ingredients:
1 TBS Virgin Olive oil
16 fresh figs, stems removed, cut in half
3 TBS honey
2 tsp red wine vinegar
1/8 anise extract ( I had none – and it was fine)
¼ cup olive virgin oil1 TBS white wine vinegar
1 RBS raisins
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
4 cups arugula
2 ounces fresh goat cheese
4 TBS roasted hazelnuts, chopped
How to:
Preheat oven to 350; lightly oil a gratin dish
Slice 8 of figs in half, place in gratin dish, cut side up. Wisk together honey, red
wine vinegar and (anise extract) then spoon a little over figs. Bake for 15 minute.
Remove and allow to cool.
Slice the other 8 figs in half ( I did not have these additional figs and it was fine…)
In a food processor , process the olive oil, vinegar, thyme and raisins. Season to
taste with salt and pepper.
Toss arugula with dressing and divide among 4 plates. Place 2 of baked figs and 2
of fresh figs on each plate. Top with crumbles goats chees and hazelnuts.
Enjoy!!!!!
Dru
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