It was the Race for the Cure -- an important event for a good cause. To
get ready for the race, there was the pre-race meal of chicken
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and some nuts
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before the efforts to make the team sign
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caused DrLen to go incognito
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as Jane and Kaylen
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worked and Jane
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made faces. DrLen
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was still incognito, but when I awoke the next morning (race day)
the sign was ready
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and Sarah and Amv
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arrived in time
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to salute our captain
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and start to organize numbers
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for the race. Ben
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and Suzanne
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and Len (back)
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and front
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were ready as Suzanne bade us well
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Amv did her Red Bull S/F
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commercial twice
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and so we were ready to send the first car on to the race.
We got to the first turn
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and then this man
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and this one
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directed us to leave the car
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and walk towards the grounds where we checked to make sure we qualified
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and then watched as the winning time
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showed that the winner had sped by
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so that we could start accumulating goods from these people
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while this group
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handled the shirt exchange
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and Sarah and Amv
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covered their backs. Next we ran into the men who ran the race
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and posed with their poker pal
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and the team sign
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and the extended team
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(or at least that which was there then). Next, Adele
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posed with our sign even though she was on a competing team. Then
came Leslie and Laura and kids
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and so it was time for a children's picture
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or two
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after which we ran into Louise, Bill and Willie
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and then our captain and other members of our team
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as these girls
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gave Suzanne survivors things
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and a hat
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and shirt
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as Judy did her signs
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and our captain
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led us closer to the race. We paused to salute our excellent doctors
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and to eat some muffins
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before Hannah
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and Henry
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appeared with painted faces and Michael arrived
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and posed with Suzanne and Pam as DrLen
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gathered team chairs. As the younger (but not youngest) generation gathered
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there were many pictures to be taken
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and then the Chip and Leslie
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and Judy and Len
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pictures before the water commercial
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practice. At this point, someone decided to take my picture
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before I could take Suzanne and Seva
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in the final preparations for the team photo. This man
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from this company
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organized us and I took many pictures
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before joining the picture
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that this gentleman
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was kind enough to take before the officials
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took our official team picture after which the remaining Klockenbrinks
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were photographed and Jane and Lucy
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did the famous 2 hands / 1 glove pose.
Suzanne and I posed with the sign
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as DrLen did a round of sign hiding poses
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and the girls
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posed before the Rider crowd
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did its pictures. After a trip to Porta-Johnny city
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and the generator
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that made it all work, it was time for the race to begin. The governor
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went by and ignored us. Amv tried to pose with Ben
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but we couldn't get a close picture until Sarah joined
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and then we start to the beginning line
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where the gang was assembling
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and the family Shea
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appeared. We marched on
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until we came to the reviewing stand where the governor
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mentioned our team and so we marched on
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and continued
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stopping to take this inspiration from BMS
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before we reached the finish
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and recorded our time
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and the rest of our team members
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who had gone before us. While gathering, we met Ms. teen New Jersey
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and wished her well at the nationals. Then, we met someone in Princeton
colors and had her pose with our 2 sophomores
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before heading home where Chip
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had his plate full having received the food
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from Olive's, while Adam
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solved the problem of the beer bottle opener. Laura and Hannah
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and Kathy
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were eating as I made my weird gnome faces
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and Judy
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ate and Sarah and Michael
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discussed the English language being eventually joined by Amv
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as the Shea's
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ate incognito and Ben
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and several Klockenbrinks
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watched the football game
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while the teenagers
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ate on both sides of their table
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and remained amused by the matzah ball
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as I admired their clean plates
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and Jane
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considered getting a rest but there was no escaping the discussion
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about fees at Nassau Swim Club.