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Corbin Lewars
Reality Mom: Not a Gym Gym
I’ve been listening to my friend Erika talk about her Zumba teacher’s tight butt for over a year now. Although I love a viewing of a good butt as much as the next gal, I didn’t want to have to enter a gym just to get a glimpse.
“I hate gyms,” I told her one day when we were at the park with the kids. “I like to get my exercise outside. Plus, I can take my walks with greasy hair, coffee breath and bad BO and never worry about seeing anyone.”
“I see you on your walks all the time?”
“You do?” Although this slightly alarmed me, it still didn’t warrant a trip to the gym. But then Erika took off her sweatshirt and revealed toned, muscular arms.
“Holy crap!” I screamed. “Where did you get those?”
“At the gym. After Zumba I lift free weights.”
At Large in Ballard: Passing the baton
Marilyn Klepper’s teenage daughter Jeanne-Marie died on Mother’s Day in 2001. The 11th anniversary of her death once again fell on Mother’s Day this year. Jeanne-Marie Klepper was a student in the Biotech Academy at Ballard High School when she was diagnosed with a rare “young person’s” cancer – osteosarcoma. A bone cancer that usually manifests in the limbs, her cancer was in her shoulder. A rare disease in a rare spot -- by diagnosis it had greatly metastasized.
The American Cancer Society’s NW Relay for Life in 2001 was scheduled at the Ballard High School track. Jeanne-Marie’s fellow Biotech students had their own team. The event always includes a survivor’s lap. Jeanne-Marie was determined to participate although she asked her mother if she qualified given that she was very ill. “Am I a cancer survivor?”
Her mother told her absolutely yes. “You have survived a lot.”
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Anne-Marije Rook
Dozens of women came out to participate in the first ever Critical Lass ride on Sunday, May 13, in support of the CycloFemme movement. CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE TO START SLIDESHOW
The Riding Reporter: Dozens come out for the first Seattle Critical Lass/CycloFemme ride SLIDESHOW
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On Sunday, May 13, dozens of women met at the Ballard location of the Seattle Public Library for the first ever Seattle Critical Lass ride.
The ride wasn't in honor of Mother's Day, but rather part of an international movement called CycloFemme.
Presented by Girl Bike Love, CycloFemme is a Global Women's Cycling Day "To honor the past and the emancipation of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, for the freedom to choose and the chance to wear pants. To celebrate the present and the riders who keep it rolling, bringing women's racing to the forefront, pushing the limits, breaking down barriers and sharing the love of the bike with everyone along the way. To empower the future of women in cycling and the opportunity for positive social change.Teach women to ride and they will change the world", according to their website.
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