2007 USATF National Club Cross-Country Champions:  Fluffy Bunny Track Club

All pictures on this web page were taken by Marie Barda-Vidana, Kevin's wife.  The Bunnies thank her for capturing these memories.

From left to right: Michael Buckhoff, David Olds, Robert Arsenault, Dan Arsenault, Kevin Vidana-Barda, Jeff Ambos, and Peter Magill.   

 1st M45 Peter Magill, 46, South Pasadena, CA 34:20

4th M45 Jeff Ambos, 46, Redlands, CA 35:09

13th M40 Michael Buckhoff, 41, Hesperia, CA 35:55.2 

19th M45 David Olds, 46, Los Angeles, CA 36:13.5 

22nd M40 Robert Arsenault, 42, Riverside, CA 36:26.7 

25th M45 Dan Arsenault, 45, Santa Ana, CA 36:43.0 

30th M40 Kevin Vidana-Barda, 40, Victorville, CA 36:52.9 

Total Time = 2:58:04.7  Total Places = 59 2

Other links:  Results by Division, News about the Race, Other Bunny Pictures , and USATF Race Photos.  

From left to right:  David, Peter, Kevin, Dan, Michael, and Rob.  Not pictured is Jeff.

Michael  Buckhoff, 41, Hesperia, CA:  "Winning the national championship is the single greatest running moment that I have ever experienced!"

David Olds, 46, Los Angeles, CA:  "For the past four years I have imagined having a Bunny team take the title at nationals. Thank you all for making that pipe dream a reality."

Robert Arsenault, 42, Riverside, CA:  " We kicked ass, we drank beer, we evaded the police and we lived to tell about it. You are all lean, mean, and fluffy. We ripped the heart out of the competition with our bunny fangs and pooped it out in little pellet pooh."

Dan Arsenault, 45, Santa Ana, CA:  "I was so focused on catching Rob that I hadn't realized that we had moved up into the top 10% in the process.  I knew that I was had when I put on a surge in the last mile, looked up and saw that Rob had a bounce in his stride and was moving past other runners.  We passed a half dozen or so in the last mile.  Little did I realize that the bunnies 5/6/7 runners were mowing down the 1/2 runners from several other clubs in the last mile."

Kevin Vidana-Barda, 40, Victorville, CA:  "The race was a total blast even though i did not run well all year. We won nationals i believe as a result of the strong performances by Jeff and Michael (who has worked his ass off the last 6 months doing 80+ mile weeks)."

Jeff Ambos, 46, Redlands, CA:  "Thank you (Pete and David) so much for inviting the rest of us along for the ride." 

Peter Magill, 46, South Pasadena:   "I think the best moment I've had as a masters runner was right after I'd crossed the finish line, and I glanced back at the runners coming up the final stretch ... and good grief, there was Jeff Ambos outsprinting American masters record-holder in the 10,000 (30:05) Paul Aufdemberge of Front Line to the finish line!! I tried to scream encouragement, but of course only a whisper came out, seeing as how my throat was thrashed from breathing all that cold air. But Jeff didn't need the encouragement, because he beat Paul to the line anyway. And Jeff and I are majorly excited, and we're just starting to share a very (manly and non-homosexual) hug in the finish chute, when what the hell?!!! ... there's Michael Buckhoff sprinting to the line! And I'm thinking, "I knew Michael was ready for a great race, but this great? - WOW!" And right as I'm preparing to congratulate Michael, there's Olds! And I'm telling you, I was thinking that if Olds was our 4th man, we were REALLY in good shape!! And before I can even start to mull that over, there's Rob! And crap, in my wildest expectations back in June I'd thought Rob could maybe run a race like that ... but to see him doing it - as I said before ... WOW. And then, before I can even process that, there's Dan! And no, that can't be ... yep, right behind him is Kevin!"

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