What's Working: I'm Famous People!

Have ya seen the latest Sonoma (California) Index-Tribune- page A9 to be exact? The Tuesday Edition where my name and stats are in BLARING form for the world to read and admire? The pic above shows it all! I'm below the two fifteen year-old foot ball dudes. Well, okay I'm more below that, and to the left by Sports BRIEFS. OH, but it ain't brief baby!.. okay maybe it is...but can ya still see it? My name in all it's glory? 

Here, lemme help you out:
I'm to the left of Casino Night, under the 'Litzenberg wins Vintage Run'. There it reads so fluidly and with such succinctness. Ahhh....Ya still can't see it?


Ok, lemme help a bit more:

Now I KNOW you see it! Well, if not, I'm at the bottom of the amazing paragraph. Oh, and they actually list me as Anne vs. Anne Marie AND my time was NOT twenty forty FOUR, but rather twenty forty THREE. (those precious seconds count baby when you're dealin' with a 5k). But other than all that...can ya see what I'm talkin' about people? I'm freakin' famous!!

All right, I know I'm being a bit tongue and cheek. So the reality is this

Yesterday I saw a news stand and immediately wondered if the race was in the paper. So I bought a copy, eagerly flipped through the ~15 pages as my kids sweltered in the heat of the back seat of the car. I finally found the paragraph, and it gave me a Cheshire cat grin. And that's the truth baby.

I'll take a local paper shout out! That DEFINITELY works for me. Now... I just need to figure out how I'm gonna cut, paste, and lacquer this sucker onto a piece of driftwood to hang in our living room? ;-) Now lemme know....what's working for you this week?

Comments

*~*~* Tracy said…
Congratlations!! That's very cool!
KovasP said…
3rd overall, 1st woman, AND a newspaper mention? Outstanding.
Christi said…
You are incredible!
That is just flat out cool
Clair said…
That's awesome! Congrats.
Unknown said…
*lol*...and this would be the EXACT reason I bestowed the coveted VERSATILE BLOGGER award to YOU early this morning!
Congrats!!
Come claim your award :)

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Regina said…
I love small town papers! Congrats!! Somehow I don't think I'll ever make the NY Times. Actually, that is a lie, I have made the Times, but it wasn't for running!! Even got my pic in.
RunToTheFinish said…
hahaaaa, love it!!! I love seeing my name in print anywhere except a ticket.

hmm what's working for me...broccoli!
teacherwoman said…
Congrats on the shout out in the paper! You deserve it!
heather said…
Awesome! Congratulations!
Anne-Marie said…
wow, way to go girl!! First woman and third overall (and a very near-miss for 2nd OA!) is super impressive! Congrats!!

(oh, and I'm the same with the Anne/Anne-Marie thing. I don't mind if people call me Anne, but when my name is printed, I like it to be Anne-Marie.)
misszippy said…
You've gotta take it where you can get it, right? You go!
Emz said…
So completely awesome.

YAY YOU!!
You rock.
way to go girly! love that you made the paper... and of course awesome 5k time!
Anonymous said…
Very cool!!
That's so exciting!

I love seeing my name in print, too!
Teamarcia said…
Can I have your autograph?
Jennifer said…
Super! Can I get an autograph?
Anonymous said…
awesome. you are already famous, though!
Aimee said…
This post was hilarious! Woohoo for you! That is just awesome that you got a shout out in the paper! :)
Velma said…
SWEET - I love having your name in lights :)
Ewa said…
Hope you framed the article (with proper corrections) and put it on your wall.
This is sooo cool.
Lisa said…
oh my gosh!! I've been crammed at work all week and didn't see you had won!! yay! Congratulations!! It's not a perfect shout out, but it's still awesome!
Pahla said…
Can't wait to see that lacquered onto a piece of driftwood!! :-) How exciting to be famous!
I'll tell you what is working for me, YOUR POST. I love you and appreciate your self-expression so much. In fact, I was just talking to an intuitive client of mine about your work as a trainer and was wondering where you landed on "working as a coach/trainer". Also, if you would be willing to work "long distance" since my client is in North Carolina. Love you, Heather
Maggs said…
Awesome! Our paper lists race results too. Kind of fun when someone says "hey, I congrats, I saw your name in the paper for xxx race."
Alison said…
Awesome! If you cut it out and frame it no one will ever know where it came from anyway ;-)

Working for me - being back in my own bed in the UK
LMC said…
You were already famous in my book! Way to go girl!! Now, you just have to worry about the paparazzi!:)
Anne said…
Amazing! Congrats Anne-Marie
Unknown said…
Awesome! Well done :-) A well deserved shout out!
Sherri said…
AWESOME!!!
Now that is a paper to be proud of!!
Way to go!
Great time!
That is SOOOOOO awesome!!!! Now I need to go read about the race (blah, getting caught up on blogs sucks!)
Unknown said…
So cool super speedy!
Anne-Marie said…
I did a 5k this morning and remembered seeing on here that you recently ran a 20:43 5k and I was thinking how cool it would be if I could run a time like that, even though it would be 3+ minutes off my long-standing 5k PR (I've never considered myself to be a sprinter, but had been doing some good track workouts lately). Anyway, I surprised myself and finished in 20:55 and missed out on first place AG and a $50 J. Crew gift card prize by 10 seconds, argh! When the winning girl/time were announced for my AG, my first thought was, "Oh man, if I had run Sonoma Anne Marie's time, that gift card would me mine!" Also, when I looked at the printed results, they screwed up my name too - they forgot my first "e".

Ok I hope this story doesn't make me sound like too much of a crazy obsessive blog-stalker friend but for some reason I wanted to share and let you know I def thought about you this am!
Megan said…
ha! Too funny! Congrats

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