There is no TRY

[Editor - how dare my guest blogger use that as a title!?? That really steams my Yoda soda!]

There is only oppressive heat and high humidity.

That means its corporate challenge week! There will not be an official TRY run this Tuesday June 22^nd as the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge will be taking place on the parkway. Good luck to anyone participating!! As usual, it looks to be one of the hotter and more humid days we will see all year so make sure you hydrate accordingly and don’t push too hard. It’s a short race but running in the heat still gets dangerous and it’s really not worth hurting yourself to shave a few seconds off your time. Don’t feel bad about reeling it in if you’re not feeling 100% there won’t be many PRs out there. And remember there are plenty of other races coming up for a shot at redemption and most of them actually have timing chips. See Terry’s mountain goat recap for more thoughts on why you shouldn’t worry about running this race too hard.

In the past we’ve done meetups after the race and a lot of times head over to the outside bar at Retreat to hang out although we could probably decide as a group what to do and where to go tomorrow [editor - today]. There are generally a lot of runners out post-race so don’t feel bad about slumming it and not showering first – changing into a dry shirt is a good idea though. The Lockheed tent is one of the bigger ones and close to the t-shirt pickup so that would be a good place to meet other tryers. If you can’t find us, Terry should have his phone after the race (right Terry? [editor - of course!]) and we usually do a scavenger hunt to look for anyone we know that will be there. If you know where your tent will be and want to hang out or at least talk about how your race went let us know as well.

RELAY TRYERS – A big thank you to everyone that participated in the Relay For Life! The event seemed to be a great success and Terry did a phenomenal job organizing again this year. Plenty of late night runners and extra effort by the early birds (evening and morning) as well. There has been a lot of positive feedback about the “runners” at the event and having the cowbell lap as an official part of the festivities was a very visible example of the influence our group has had on the event as a whole. Terry you deserve all the credit for putting this together and getting us all involved. Hopefully it’s gratifying for you to see that your efforts to make the event more fun for everyone involved are paying off! Also, a few members of the herd made the local news…more famous TRYERS! Guest TRYERs Laura and Sam were on a clip of the event on Channel 10 Sunday morning and Terry is now famous for his role as a talking cow.

And lastly, congratulations to Aaron and Kelly for taking part in both the Relay and Green Lakes Triathlon this weekend! I’m not sure what happened at the race but I think Kelly exceeded expectations and Aaron has a story? Anyway, great job guys. Much more impressive than sleeping for 13 hrs straight which is what I did. [Editor - I'm not sure I've woken up yet?]