113007. The Club looks back at the year - it's a time to celebrate, our Year End Party & Banquet... Luxe Hotel, Los Angeles.
Clubbers came together to celebrate a year well-spent on race courses near and far. Leading up to this evening, everyone on the Board and involved with planning has been dealing with a great deal of stress and unexpected life complications. Sometimes, it's hard to get into party-mode. But, come 7:30 pm, we all put on some fancy duds and our biggest smiles and headed to the ball room to celebrate in style. Sure enough... it's easy to do, (have a great-smashing time, that is), with fellow LATCers... just the freaking BEST people in the world. I want to thank all my clubber buddies for the support toward the club, and of me personally this year. Doing things with all of you is always the best way to do anything.
In particular, Paul Hekimian... pictured here with me at the LUXE bar, before the YEP festivities began. Paul, you've always been such an amazing partner and friend... thank you so much for being so damn PAULSITIVE all the time!
Our Race Rewards Winners!! Each season, clubbers enter and participate in selected races, after which they check off their finishes on our website. You don't have to be fast... At the end of the season, our Director of Racing draws the names of about a dozen club members and gives them a big-fat check. Earning back in monetary ways like with the Race Rewards proram is just one of the amazing benefits of LATC membership!
As Jamie Silber looks on in the background, Ironman bound, Monica Morant accepts her two round trip jetBLUE airlines vouchers from Chairman of Triathlete Magazine and co-Founder of Active.com Mitch Thrower in front of our crowd. This year, we held the first annual LA Tri Club Film Festival - five entrants, 2-minute long entries each. Monica took home the top-prize! Thank you to jetBLUE, (one of our valued sponsors).
Left to right: the Stearns, Heather Hills, Loren Uscliowski (winner of the Best Overall Single Sport Outstanding Performance SWIM category), Cristina Nardozzi, Mike Buehrer, Clara Palmer & Evan Hyde (winner of Most Outstanding Non-Traditional Multisport Performance).
The beautiful and generous Epsteins!
Yowzers... the Ladies of the LA Tri Club....
Looking good Summer, Michelle, Syl and Pauletta!!
Lizzy & Peggy:
Beth, Lawrence, Marrielle, Luis & Dara:
Steve, Stella & Peter:
The Urbans >>
Jen and Gary >>
Yes -- even at play we resort to competition... limbo anyone? Very silly!
