The Wednesday Night Runners are a motley but friendly lot who meet every Wednesday evening at 5:30 at The Runners Market, Bearden in Knoxville. Runners and walkers of all speeds are always welcome. Come run!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Monday, December 15, 2008

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

WNR Dirty Santa Party, Dec. 10

So, the WNRs met tonight after the run, where Pete hosted the Dirty Santa Party. I'm relatively new to this group, so I wasn't sure what to expect for my first Dirty Santa Party. There were many highlights from the evening I wanted to share with those of you who couldn't attend.

(Pete, to the left)
I was surprised that Chris R. (below) let me take his photo, which will finally document the fact that he actually attends WNR socials. I was also surprised that Chris was willing to take one for the team, when he stole flowery stationary from Greg (what a dad!).


The stolen stationary brought about a bizzare chain of events that resulted in a Dance Off between gorilla-garbed Greg and Will. No winner was declared. You know how runners are . . . everyone is too nice, and besides, they just cared about how fast the dances would have been interpreted by Garmin. Greg is in the red, Will is in the blue for those of you wondering.

As a newbie and fairly trusting person, I had many questions from tonight that were left unanswered. For instance:
What's dirty about Santa?
Has Pete really had that the blooming Christmas cactus in his condo for over a year? or did he just pick it up from Lowes today?
Is it true that there will be a naked run in honor of the winter solstice?
Was the Chicken Chucker, brought by Julie, with the Quick Chick names written on the chickens some kind of holiday passive-aggressive statement?
And that thing I got as my gift, with the mermaid and "Daytona Beach" (above) written on it--is it really an honor to receive it?
More photos here:

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

More photos from the KTC Christmas party

Quick Chick Tracy











Chris as Welcoming Committee and Keeper of the Drink Tickets

Hanging out with the Birthday Girl, Sandra


Liza and Michelle



Sadly, my camera battery ran out of steam just as the party was picking up steam. Thanks to Sandra for some of her photos and to everyone who planned and helped out at the party. many more photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31334437@N07/sets/72157610914027335/