Mid-70s and slight chance of rain at TRY time. (Will we ever actually get rain?)
Last week I got caught up in the team effort and forgot to congratulate Eric V on his first ever half ironman. I don't have the knowledge to judge his effort but I know finishing his first one in those conditions could not have been easy. Congratulations on pushing through the heat!
Since I've got nothing this week...I might as well go for funny.
At least one TRYer has medical reasons for avoiding gluten (Celiac Disease) so this is actually sort of relevant! "Being gluten intolerant used to be limited only to those who are actually intolerant to gluten":
And a longer one passed along to me that has to do a bit with running and all to do with competing and doping in the olympics:
Tuesday's forecast is for summery weather but will feel like a nice break from the heat of Sunday and Monday. Come on out and TRY, TRY, TRY.
Speaking of which...in what I believe is a first for TRY, there was a tri-TRY tri-athlon team in Sunday's 70.3 Ironman. Congrats to Team "It Could Be Worse" (you need to add your own search for team name) on what seems to me was a solid performance. Tenth place in division seems great to me! (But I cannot see how to find division listings? Top 10 is top 10 though!) I'm glad that Drew and Matt did not melt and that Aaron proved that he is part Dory and can just keep swimming.
Hopefully you've all seen BOTH Paige's Butterfly Run photo albums I've posted on the TRY FB page. If not, and your name was tagged - it means that there are photos of you (or your significant other) in the album. Please dig through and see yourself for yourself. (Yes, I went through every single official photo looking for TRYers. Yes, I have a lot of free time on my hands.)
Speaking of Paige's...they are adding a new fundraiser for this year. It was just mentioned in their latest email - but I'll post here as well. Since some PBR regulars missed out this year, this could be of interest for doing something for the event? Who would have an interest in going to an all-you-can-eat clambake at the Spinning Wheel? Details:
(Or link here in case graphic does not work for people.)
Hmmmm. I guess I could pledge that if 5 people signed up from TRY to go that I would show up there in my shark suit? (Probably not a promise I should make? But then again, the suit is not going to wear itself.)
Finally a little tidbit of detail about an essential body part we don't think about enough. (No, not THAT body part! Trust me, Ron thinks about that part enough for all of us!) I was referring to "fascia". I'm not convinced that 'fascia is the frontier of body knowledge' but did find this short article on understanding fascia very interesting. Certainly would inspire me to foam roll more...if I actually cared about my body...or could find my foam roller.
Is it just me or has this been a depressing last several days? (The ugly details of the Stanford case being everywhere, our well regulated militia going off the rails again, the Letchworth deaths, and now the Drab Bard himself returning?)
Oh well. Happy Flag Day! Forecast for TRY time is basically perfect - 70 and sunny with a touch of a wind.
After TRY at least a couple of us are headed to The Retreat for dinner. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join in there. (No need to RSVP/comment ahead of time, we will just wing it in the moment.)
As for running stuff - I know of 4 TRYers taking part in the big Syracuse triathlon this Sunday. Three as part of a team and one on his own. Good luck with all that and don't forget to have fun! Maybe I'll post race details directly to FB later this week since I did not think to research that ahead of time.
This suggestion was passed along to me - the dangers of doing a beer mile challenge. You might have to be a fan of the Bob and Tom show to truly enjoy this? But then again, we all enjoy epic failures, right?
That is all I have. The basketball game (despite being close) put me to sleep and this is the pathetic result. I have a snotty two-chebag that needs an intervention right now...
It's all about the Corporate Challenge this week. The CC "kicks" everything but the geese out of Onondaga Lake Park so there is no official TRY run.
Here are Syracuse.com's official details about the CC timing and parking information. Several TRYers should be running in the event and we typically have the non-participants who are willing and able to - meet up and cheer them on at about the 1/4 mile mark. If you can meet around 5ish, it is even possible to run along the regular park route. (The biggest issue is parking in town somewhere and getting into the park on foot.) Let me know if you want to do the pre-CC jog this year at 5ish. (Although there could be an issue for me and the boys since I cannot be out there if it is raining/storming. But I can still help coordinate those that will be there in a light rain.)
Loose ends:
It was all over Facebook but to make it blog official, the TRY centipede team once again captured the Paige's trophy for this years fastest centipede team. Congratulations to first time 'pede member Matt and first time 'pede champions Stevil and Grande Blanco! Team "Run For Your Lifeguard!" turned a rogue shark attack into something to celebrate. Thank goodness for gauze pads and quick whistles!
As an interesting aside, my 20 year old nephew saw the trophy and after saying what it was for, he asked incredulously: "You made a human centipede?!" Let's just say that the movies on the subject were the first thing to come to his mind. But at least he seemed really impressed we could run a 5k like that!
Hey Duerr, this paragraph is sort of running related!
On the successful heals of me pointing out that high altitude training masks would start to be seen around normal workout places and the not-so-successful prediction that Prancercise would become a a thing. I have stumbled across the next big thing in working out:
(Has anyone watched the movie "Her"? That is what this made me think of.) It is a kickstarter project that gives a glimpse of what our workouts of the future could look (sound) like. It is called Vi and if you do not instantly think of "vee eye" the text editor, then I don't want you on my next agile programming team...but they pronounce it just "vee". If anyone can get through the video without wanting to take Vee and throw her off the nearest cliff than you are a better person than I am. Let's do another hill? I don't think so be-otch! Do the eff-in hill yourself...and if you call me "Champ" one more time I am going to turn you into a retro game console you stuck up little piece of AI. (Just kidding! I would be in love with her within about 10 minutes and would probably never need to talk to my first wife again. Which is where the reminders of the movie "Her" came in. Workout partner...it sounds a bit more useful than that!)
For Malinda's Canal run last week I used my only good erie canal jokes...and then stumbled upon a Bruce Springsteen version of the song that has someone stuck in my head for 30-some years. Why did Bruce sing this song? (I put it in a comment last week, but wanted it here for everyone to have a chance to hear. It also has the lyrics, so it is instructional to boot.) By the way, there are two versions of the lyrics - I had learned "15 miles on the erie canal" which is what Bruce sings here, but there is also an accepted (and earlier?) version that says "15 years...".
From touching on the "Wrong Hole" video again, I decided that the woman was worth looking up. It turns out she is some sort of internet/youtube celebrity and made not one, but TWO (that I found) other videos as follow ups to the break-out hit. These definitely cross way over the NSFW threshold, so save these for an appropriate place and time. It turns out that "Wrong" rubs a part of our community the wrong way, and this video does have a point...a hole is just a hole. Why label it?
And here is her version of the story. Nothing ground breaking here, but serves as an excellent spoof of the original...and when your well being depends on number of video views, milk one of your most popular video for all you can! Three years later? Starting to lose your viewers? Go "tap that well" one last time! If you are unfamiliar, be sure to go back that first one (linked above) because this one is not meant to stand on its own. You have to admit that the chorus is rather pretty, though.
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