You Don't Have to TRY, TRY, TRY, TRY, I, I

Forecast is for STINKY hot. Aaron and Duerr have some plans up their sleeves for runs for you advanced TRYers right now. Otherwise, know your limits and know that high 80s and humid is not the best day to push too much. Hydrate yourself and moderate your pace.

The great news in the midst of the biggest heatwave of the summer is that Mr. Mister made his triumphant return! It's now on the opposite side of the trail, so the wind typically will blow it into you and therefore it should work tons better. I first noticed it last week and cannot have been there too long. Maybe a week or two?

I'm so happy that our long lost friend is back!



A big thank you for Aaron's excellent post last week providing a look behind the scenes (and inside his head) at the "Ironman Lake Placid". As a non-triathlete I found several parts of it fascinating and brand new to me. If you haven't read it, please find the time at some point to do so. As a thank-you to him I have spruced it up with some photos and have done very minor word/spelling correction. So if you read it last week, you may still want to skim through it quickly just to see the photos - some of which you have probably not seen as I "borrowed them" from the official photo site. (And Aaron - I hope the polished up version is something you can use as a "keepsake" to share with other friends and family members.)

I heard this song on the radio Sunday night and was reminded that somehow I've never used this song in a post. Then I just sat down and watched the sorta creepy video and debated using it at all? But, since I continue to find ways to NOT TRY, the words are very fitting. You don't have to TRY, TRY, TRY, TRY, I, I, you don't have to TRY, TRY, TRY, TRY, I, I...



What is my excuse for this week?

Remember my first wife fundraising for The Food Bank of CNY for the Boilermaker? I'm sure you do as it caused her and I to fight like rabid mongooses through Facebook posts...and many of you contributed, some VERY generously. For those of you who didn't? Feel free to go fluff yourselves! Anyway, she did such a great job with it that she qualified for a special thank you dinner - with a guest...that was scheduled for "Wednesday, August 18th". Which it turns out does not exist. So having planned our week around going to this special dinner on Wednesday only to find out late tonight that the invite was supposed to say on Tuesday, August 18th. Oops! We've rearranged babysitting and travel plans and are all set, but obviously I will not be in Liverpool for TRY since the dinner is in Utica starting at 6 o'clock. (If it's interesting, I'll share something about it next week.)

I don't have to TRY, TRY, TRY, TRY, I, I...