On Sunday, 8/24/08, I was back at The Great Minnesota Get Together for my yearly gig. And well, just like last year I was inclined to partake of the very very special State Fair Fare…this year’s results:
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The womens marathon even has already started at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
Lumpy will attempt to live blog the event this evening, keeping our dear readers informed. Yes, I’m going to watch the whole thing.
Start:
-00:14:22 Just catching up with the status now. Appearantly it is a nearly pancake flat course. Deena Kastor was just talking about the cooling vest they wear before the race. I think we need some of them.
-00:16:13 Evidently the temperature is good, but there are big concerns about the high humidity. Doing a 3.1 mile look around the Temple of Heaven.
commercial break…
-00:19:06 OMG! Deena Kastor just dropped out of the race, holding her foot!!! Nope hope for a US medal now. How horrible for her.
-00:23:35 You know, this course is strange. The blue tangent line is way too close to barricades. Paula Radcliff is in it. Evidently she wasn’t originally expected to compete due to all the training she missed.
-00:28:07 77F 88% Humidity. BAH! They have SPONGES!!!
-00:48:57 Evidently the pace is slow. I’m rooting for Paula at this point. She deserves it after what happened in Athens.
-00:53:24 Wow. Fascinating. They have “computer chips” to track their times. Who would have thought of such a device?!
For those of you still watching…during this time of infrequent posting…I’ve added a new feature here at Toots and Sally (TAS). Up on the menu bar you can see “Track-TAS”. This will take you to a list of pages to track who from Toots and Sally is Where In the World.
Currently Playing:
Where in the World is Sally - Canadian Edition
Enjoy…
With all the events going on around here, The Lumpy is left to hold up the fort. Well, he’s been a total slacker at posting lately, so time for him to get on his game. That said, I came across the following at TreeHugger:
New Study: Kids Need the Adventure of “Risky” Play
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 08. 5.08
A new British study finds the obvious to any modern parent- we overprotect our kids. Half of all kids have stopped climbing trees, and 17 percent have been told that they can’t play tag or chase. Even hide-and-seek has been deemed dangerous.
So, (in keeping with the current paddling theme) Coworker #1’s “Phantasmic BF SO” called in the “troops” for a Dragon Boat Race at a Dragon Festival. The Sally & The Lumpy along with Cowoker #1–obviously–and Coworker #2 all took part in the “Phantasmic BF SO”’s Dragon Boat Team.
Needless to say, it was two (2) days of mayhem, fun, thrills, aches/pains (not to mention the pain that will come tomorrow from DOMS), and general overall competition. Check out the DEETS at the links as to what Dragon Boating is…
Thanks to all involved who provided for us during this grueling adventure. You know who you are and shall, for the purposes of this, um, website(?), remain nameless.
Final results–much to the chagrin of the ADBA Gal–after we were in 9th place after our first pairing:
- Our second race time, after two heats, was 2:51 (min:sec)
- This was the 2nd fastest race time, next to the 1st of 2:49
- We finish 4th overall, after being in 9th at the midpoint.
- Hoo Ya! Way to dig in team!!!
My point is: take part in a dragon boat race. Not only is it fun, but it is a great Crazy Shite We’ve Done Resume builder.
Thanks again to “Phantasmic BF SO” for inviting us to be a part of the festivities.
P.S. Why have I not heard of this before now?!?! Time for a TAS Team…
So, as The Sally noted, we were just sitting here, trying to remember our anniversary date. We couldn’t exactly remember…was it the 2nd or 4th? I suggested we just call it the first Saturday in August–seems a lot more “official” that way.
So about 10 seconds after we concluded that discussion the phone rings. It is
Evidently, The Lumpy caused a tremor in The Force. So
No…THAT was is a disturbance in the Force.
All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy. All headwind and no break makes Lumpy a tired boy.
“I’ve got the whole universe. Planets to save. Civilizations to rescue. … And an awful lot of running to do.”
-Jenny, The Doctor’s Daughter
Seems to me that sums up here nicely. We’ve a whole universe before us. We’ve a planet to save. And a civilization to rescue.
Oh, and an awful lot of running to do.
Well, The Sally is away in The Russia. That means The Lumpy is not at all likely to have anything green and lettuce like. Meanwhile, our planter of lettuce is full!!!
