Sunday, February 17, 2008
that lady and her ‘can do’ attitude can suck it
well another winter weekend goes by mostly uneventfully but at least we topped 40 degrees today. i got to ride my new bike and chat with c(b)r about real estate and slider’s potential effectiveness as a guard dog. although i watched a good deal of television (hey the dunk competition was fun to watch this year!) at least a bit of it was inspirational.
i watched a sports special about the kona ironman triathalon… and if that doesn’t get me off the couch for at least a week i don’t know what will. seriously… 2.5 miles swim, 112 miles on the bike, and then a marathon (26 mi.) how do people survive this? a frickin 65 year old woman completed it! she was happy cheery the whole way. a blind grandfather completed it. a guy with no frickin feet and completed it with prosthetic limbs. a female former winner of the race crashed her bike, broker her collar bone, and rode like 20 more miles before giving up. the first place dude from last year was throwing up as he was riding his bike and didn’t stop for quite a while…!? if that doesn’t give you serious self esteem problems i don’t know what your life is about. i couldn’t even finish 100 miles on the bike this summer and i ride more than most people. not more then triathaletes but holy hell! a flippin 77 year old nun completed the swim and bike portion!
alls i knows is im gonna have my butt in the saddle of a bike at the gym for some serious hours in the next few weeks to pull it together so i dont get sick during the first spring league game of the season because i assure you, cherished reader, that i will not continue to fight on after such an occurance.
it did make me think about doing a little bitty 1/4 triathalon with some of the chicks and drinks ladies this summer. if a legless man can do the ironman i figure i should be able to swim 1/2 a mile, bike 20 and run 3 by july. right? right???
cricket. cricket.
- chicks and drinks
- first world problems
- chi-tizzle
- reasons ms. casual is happy to be out of town today
- tv and puppies
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February 17th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Time to ditch “thinking about” for “am doing” the mini-triathlon from here on out.. we can all crash and burn together!
also, she broke her collarbone and kept going? Don’t I feel like a chump…
February 19th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
that mini-marathon sounds awesome. you ladies rock. i’ve been inspired by the one-legged deaf-mute nun to hit the bike. jess says i’m supposed to bike for 45 minutes at a pace where my heart may explode. is this true? sounds like a good question for Ask the Viking.
February 19th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
god its so amazing.. i am thinking something and you say it.
i was just thinking we needed another installment of ask the viking.
questions anyone? casualultimate@gmail.com
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:26 am
I’m not blaming the post, but I’ve been on death’s doorstep since Sunday. Is it possible for a human to catch a computer virus? IT dep’t?