Sport Today

>As for moi, I've gotten myself in deep, again.  Last year Jason,
>Tri-Baby, Iron Pete, et al, used the soft sell of alluring tales from
>the ironman distance, so off I went to GFT, and had a BLAST.

>So what do I do?  Hey, how about an ultra?  That looks like fun. (notice
>the total lack of intelligent thought in that last statement).

>After signing onto the ultr list serve (much like tri-drs), I found a
>local, or fairly local, 50K, the HAT trail run, going off this Sat, in
>MD. Now these souls, the ultra marathoners, are a hearty bunch, and many
>embody what I think of as the spirit that first attracted me to
>triathlons.

>So, off goes the check, along with any reasonable degree of sanity (I
>mean there is always the chance they won't get it, so I wouldn't have to
>blame myself.  no such luck, I'm in).

>Training has been sh*%, weather has been lousy, and I can not wait for
>the start of another chapter in the Adventures of Anders (I'm thinking
>of entitling it Death Wish... oh, it's been used?).

>If anyone else from our community (RST or TRI-DRS) is gonna be there,
>stop by and say howdy to the fat guy, plodding on.

>anders
>who should really seek professional help

>--
>Don't worry about avoiding temptation.  
>As you grow older, it will avoid you.

> >As for moi, I've gotten myself in deep, again.  Last year Jason,
> >Tri-Baby, Iron Pete, et al, used the soft sell of alluring tales from
> >the ironman distance, so off I went to GFT, and had a BLAST.

> >So what do I do?  Hey, how about an ultra?  That looks like fun. (notice
> >the total lack of intelligent thought in that last statement).

> >After signing onto the ultr list serve (much like tri-drs), I found a
> >local, or fairly local, 50K, the HAT trail run, going off this Sat, in
> >MD. Now these souls, the ultra marathoners, are a hearty bunch, and many
> >embody what I think of as the spirit that first attracted me to
> >triathlons.

> >So, off goes the check, along with any reasonable degree of sanity (I
> >mean there is always the chance they won't get it, so I wouldn't have to
> >blame myself.  no such luck, I'm in).

> >Training has been sh*%, weather has been lousy, and I can not wait for
> >the start of another chapter in the Adventures of Anders (I'm thinking
> >of entitling it Death Wish... oh, it's been used?).

> >If anyone else from our community (RST or TRI-DRS) is gonna be there,
> >stop by and say howdy to the fat guy, plodding on.

> >anders
> >who should really seek professional help

> >--
> >Don't worry about avoiding temptation.
> >As you grow older, it will avoid you.

> Anders:

> That spark of spontaneity is what is so enjoyable about these sports. I have a
> good feeling you're going to have a fun time on that run. Why? Because it
> sounded to crazy to be done. You'll realize you had a blast when you cross that
> finish line. :-)

> I've had my share of craziness, and I had nothing but fun from all of them. the
> Great Chesapeake Bay Swim, along with IMNZ, sounded too crazy when I first
> decided (with a little goading from my friends, of course), but I'm glad that I
> experienced them. The season will otherwise be boring without them.

> Iron Pete "Speaking of craziness, I am thinking about going into Survival of
> the Shawangunks Tri this year" Priolo

>It was GREAT.  You'd love it.  Beautiful course, great time.  It's set for
>9/19 ( a
>little later than the last 2 years, so the water should be a little cooler as
>well).

>I seem to recall a great article in TT about it a couple of years ago....
>(ok, I
>wrote it, but it was great anyways).  :)