Palin Takes Second for 40-49 Women in Iowa Half Marathon

Storm Lakers Running Club/Iowa4Palin ^ | 9/4/11 | teledude

[Anamnesis]

40-49 Results - Women 21100 Half Marathon
1 Marks, Julie W46 Des Moines, IA 1
2 Heath, Sarah W47 Des Moines, IA 2
3 Beermann, Sheila W49 Elk Point, SD
4 Lasota, Jennifer W43 Minnetokna,MN
5 Strawser, Michelle W42 Unattached
6 Amundson, Roxanne W47 Fremont, NE
7 White, Julia W43 Storm Lake, IA 3
8 Sweet, Misty W45 Spencer, IA
9 Lai, Cal W46 Storm Lake, IA 4

Ground Report from Iowa4Palin blog:

Governor Sarah Palin is running!

~ In a half marathion in Storm Lake Iowa Sunday morning. ~

My wife is a big time walker.

She was registered to to walk in the 'Jump Right in and Run' half marathon and 5k walk here in beautiful Storm Lake, Iowa, so we had to hurry home from the big Tea Party of America rally that Governor Palin spoke at held in Indianola Iowa on Saturday.

I was still in bed at a little after 7am this morning when my wife called me in near hysterics that she had just met Todd and Sarah Palin as she was getting ready to start the event! Unbelievably... they were here in town!


What a treat after witnessing her amazing speech the day before; here she was in my hometown for a run.

Needless to say I jumped out of bed and got down by the lake in time to wait along with Todd for Sarah to finish the half marathon (she had a very good time) ...Todd said, 'yeah, she's fast."


Her reported time: 1:45...that's for 13.1 miles.

I am blown away! No one even knew who they were. Wearing visors and sunglasses, with no entourage or people around them, they just kind of blended right in.

They said they got in to town the night before and were flying out for New Hampshire today for her big speech Monday at another Tea Party event..

After speaking with them for a while I let them go sort of mingle with others, I didn't want be a pest after all, but before they left they came back over to me and my wife, thanked us again and said they were so happy to
meet us, then stood for a quick picture.

Only as they were leaving did a few people start to notice who they were. Most had no clue.

This was not a campaign event, this was some personal time for Governor Palin to get in a good run in a beautiful setting and they didn't want anyone to even know they had slipped in. Very low profile. Amazing they can pull this off.

But to the people who did recognize her, she was as gracious and friendly as one could be. You can just tell she loves people, is very sincerely interested in learning about you and what's going on in the area.

The perfect way to top off an amazing weekend.

teledude and his wife, with Governor Palin in Storm Lake!

:-)

Okay, remember, I just got out of bed and ran down for this...
Thanks to Joni Wulfekuhler for taking our picture!

Update: 

 From Twitter:

SarahPalinUSA Sarah Palin 

Thank you, Storm Lake, Iowa. You put on a great event & we loved meeting some great folks in your beautiful town today!

Posted by teledude

[TribalPrincess2U]

Living in cold weather and being very active will do that for you.

And mooseburgers :>)

I’ve seen quite a few photos and I’ve never seen her setting on a couch smoking a doobie or eating ice cream, fries, cokes. lol

[jamndad5]

She took 2nd, only to avoid receiving winning trophy. What a spectacle that would have been. Hahaha!!!

[DJ MacWoW]

Unfortunately now everybody will know she uses her maiden name. She won’t be able to do that again.

[afraidfortherepublic]

She looks gorgeous (as always). And this is AFTER she ran 13.5 miles? Does that lady ever take a bad picture?

[onyx]

LOL. You’re likely right.

[RedMDer]

Obama wouldn’t be able to keep up even while riding his girlie bike.

[onedoug]

Sarah Heath ping!

[TribalPrincess2U]

I sometimes wonder if this ability to blend in with ordinary people is what turns off the big shots.

Of course, she's a woman, smart, healthy, not for sale, not afraid to go after the Republicans that are RINO's or corrupt. Oh and did I mention....

she didn't go to Haaaaaarvard.

[Anamnesis]

Not really. I was taken aback by the number of people who didn’t know her maiden name considering how much scrutiny she has been under. Considering we’re a selection of the population more like than not to know her middle name, I don’t think she has to worry about using that tactic.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Well, I’m always impressed with Sarah, no matter how fast she can run.

[DJ MacWoW]

I wish I had that kind of energy!

[DJ MacWoW]

I hope you’re right. She needs the “down” time.

[Azzurri]

Come on folks, it’s not like she has a regular job to tend to...her being in great shape and running a half marathon has no bearing on whether I will vote for her or not. This does not make her Wonder Woman.

[penelopesire]

Now to be fair, Obama won the Marlboro Marathon last night!

He was up all night puffing away and worrying about Sarah’s run...lol!

[proudtobeanamerican1]

What about Couric and Fey! They can run too.

[Hoodat]

13.1

[Jane Long]

Now to be fair, Obama won the Marlboro Marathon last night! He was up all night puffing away and worrying about Sarah’s run...lol! Hee hee.

And the night before that he won the "Hide-from-the-Press-on-the-way-to-Camp-David" Marathon.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Fey uplifted Sarah when she played her on that show. Didn’t hurt Sarah a bit.

Now everytime I see (by chance) Fey, I think of Sarah.

Go Sarah!

[rdcbn]

Very true.

The buzz word for the current generation of Democrat Women is “Strong Women” which is Feminist code for in your face, hyper aggressive, angry, man hating bull dyke B**ch poseur. HILLARY! , Janet Napolitano, M. O., Pelosi , Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Debbie Wassermn Schultz , ad infinitum are good examples of Dem “strong women”

Sara Palin is a real life, real deal “strong woman”. Sara is hated by the Democrats because she is the real deal who provides a pretty good working definition “Strong Woman”. That definition does not look anything like the working definition of “strong woman” exemplified by Janet Napolitano and the rest of the poseurs.

Michelle Bachman is no slouch at the whole strong woman thing either.

[rintense]

Good for her. Wish I liked running, but I get bored to easily and my knees can’t take it after years of volleyball and martial arts.