Please buy tickets to this party, proceeds go to the team and to the Mission Haiti Charity.
$40 for an open bar (all the tasty Amsterdam beer you can drink, plus more). Make sure to find a designated driver or take a taxi home of course. The band is awesome, there is lots of free parking, and a silent auction with cool items.
http://www.runningfree.com/kickoffparty.aspx
Drop me a line if you want more information.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sweetland rocked it this weekend
One of my fave triathletes started the season with a kick butt win.
Check out all the info here:
http://www.triathlon.org/?call=TVRBMg==&nwsid=2369
Check out all the info here:
http://www.triathlon.org/?call=TVRBMg==&nwsid=2369
Friday, March 27, 2009
Earth Hour Tomorrow
In case you did not know, Earth Hour is occurring tomorrow, Saturday March 28 from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
All you have to do is shut off your lights, computers, TV, etc., for the hour to show your support for the Earth and our environment.
For more details visit this site.
www.earthhour.org
Light a candle, and read a book for the hour. Or go for a walk.
All you have to do is shut off your lights, computers, TV, etc., for the hour to show your support for the Earth and our environment.
For more details visit this site.
www.earthhour.org
Light a candle, and read a book for the hour. Or go for a walk.
Lance Update via video
http://www.livestrong.com/lance-armstrong/video/5342-exclusive-postop-interview-lance/5342/?utm_source=otwl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=marnewsletter
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
CB4 Troubles?
Interesting story. If the allegations are true, it doesn't look good for Bosh.
http://www.thestar.com/article/607198
http://www.thestar.com/article/607198
Monday, March 23, 2009
Lance update
Here is what Lance wrote a few hours ago on twitter. http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong
"I'm alive! Broken clavicle (right). Hurts like hell for now. Surgery in a couple of days. Thanks for all the well wishes."
"Sitting here with @johanbruyneel at his house. Glass of wine, cheese and crackers. Now going to bed. Night, y'all. http://twitpic.com/2e0z4"
"I'm alive! Broken clavicle (right). Hurts like hell for now. Surgery in a couple of days. Thanks for all the well wishes."
"Sitting here with @johanbruyneel at his house. Glass of wine, cheese and crackers. Now going to bed. Night, y'all. http://twitpic.com/2e0z4"
Lance crashes
Hopefully it is not too serious, but a fractured collarbone can't be good. I just hope he is good to go for the Tour de France. He will surely spice things up there for sure.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/mar09/mar23news3
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/mar09/mar23news3
Friday, March 20, 2009
BSG Finale Tonight
Battlestar Gallactica Series Finale will air in 27 minutes.
Can't wait but tough to see the end of one of the best shows on TV.
If you plan on calling for computer help via telephone, good luck because all the sci-fi nerds and computer geeks will be busy for the next few hours. I am not quite sure what category I fall into though.
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/
http://www.battlestargalactica.com/index.htm
Can't wait but tough to see the end of one of the best shows on TV.
If you plan on calling for computer help via telephone, good luck because all the sci-fi nerds and computer geeks will be busy for the next few hours. I am not quite sure what category I fall into though.
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/
http://www.battlestargalactica.com/index.htm
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The rapping flight attendant
I hope this happens on my next flight. If it does I might just get up and throw down a few rhymes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivjybzdXVmI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivjybzdXVmI
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
How about this?
http://ironman.com/mediacenter/pressreleases/new-finish-line-policy-to-take-effect-at-ironman-70.3-california
I just hope the policy is enforced.
I just hope the policy is enforced.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Female Drivers
I wish I could embed this but they wont allow it.
But check it out it is definitely worth it.
Warning, you may bust out in laughter several times while viewing this.
Nice musical accompaniment as well.
There is nothing rude or offensive about this video, just plain funny real life stuff caught on tape.
Enjoy, You will not be disappointed.
Thx Sauly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtBxhFc24A
But check it out it is definitely worth it.
Warning, you may bust out in laughter several times while viewing this.
Nice musical accompaniment as well.
There is nothing rude or offensive about this video, just plain funny real life stuff caught on tape.
Enjoy, You will not be disappointed.
Thx Sauly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtBxhFc24A
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Secret training?? Not!
This is post goes out to a few buddies in particular.
In the past we always kidded each other about "secret training" that the other ones were doing.
For the most part, we all did a whole lot less training than 99% of the people doing the Ironman race we were about to do.
However, we then competed with each other to claim the title of who did the least training. When someone pulled off a kick butt race we surely knew who was throwing out false numbers.
We here is my attempt to put everything out there. Which I've done on the blog for the most part, but I will go a step further. I will now post my daily training on twitter.
So for those who care to follow this humdrum info, here is the twitter link:
https://twitter.com/hosspro
In the past we always kidded each other about "secret training" that the other ones were doing.
For the most part, we all did a whole lot less training than 99% of the people doing the Ironman race we were about to do.
However, we then competed with each other to claim the title of who did the least training. When someone pulled off a kick butt race we surely knew who was throwing out false numbers.
We here is my attempt to put everything out there. Which I've done on the blog for the most part, but I will go a step further. I will now post my daily training on twitter.
So for those who care to follow this humdrum info, here is the twitter link:
https://twitter.com/hosspro
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Whitfield on WADA
I recall reading a wicked post from Simon Whitfield a while back and often quote that blog entry to many people. It was quite hilarious but also gave an insightful look into the world of the world class athlete and the drug testing saga they go through every day.
The Star's Randy Starkman wrote this a few days ago based on those comments. A great piece.
http://thestar.blogs.com/olympics/
New WADA “whereabouts” testing system – WADA joke!
Canadian triathlon ace Simon Whitfield made a desperate plea on his blog nearly two months ago after trying to fill out the new forms that the World Anti-Doping Agency created for out-of competition testing, also known as the “whereabouts” rule.
“I Simon Whitfield volunteer to pay for and wear a GPS tracking unit so that CCES, WADA and any other acronym totting organization can track me down at any minute of the day and make me pee in a bottle while taking blood from my arm. Seriously I do. I'll start tomorrow if only to not have to fill out this insane form. I have nothing what so ever to hide. You can track my whereabouts via GPS to your hearts content.”
Whitfield wasn’t kidding. In hindsight, he was the canary in the coal mine on this "whereabouts" issue which is causing consternation to athletes around the world, from the likes of tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams to ski star Lindsey Vonn and American hurdler Lolo Jones.
WADA is under fire – and rightly so – for an ill conceived system that now forces athletes to provide three months’ notice of their location an an hour each day for seven days a week between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. for testing.
Even beyond the unwieldiness of such a program and its restrictions on right to privacy, Canadian athletes like Whitfield and Olympic speed skating champion Clara Hughes have found the computer system set up to monitor the program ridiculously hard to navigate. It has cost them hours in time trying to register – with “trying” being the operative word, as they wind up having to give up in frustration.
Wrote Hughes on her blog: “It has become an absolute nightmare. It’s been revamped and I strongly believe the individual who created the new format should be fired. It’s virtually impossible to fill out accurately, and after over six hours of trying this past time I gave it the ‘as good as it’s gonna get’ seal and gave up.”
You know the crazy thing? Athletes like A-Rod, who make gazillions of dollars, don’t have to go through anything like this. (A-Rod would probably get his cousin to fill out his form). They can test positive, we don’t hear about if for years – if at all – and their livelihood isn’t affected at all.
Olympic athletes like Whitfield and Hughes have to fill out forms notifying pee collectors of their every move three months in advance using forms so complex that their livelihoods are put at risk if they get it wrong.
What a farce. WADA joke.
The Star's Randy Starkman wrote this a few days ago based on those comments. A great piece.
http://thestar.blogs.com/olympics/
New WADA “whereabouts” testing system – WADA joke!
Canadian triathlon ace Simon Whitfield made a desperate plea on his blog nearly two months ago after trying to fill out the new forms that the World Anti-Doping Agency created for out-of competition testing, also known as the “whereabouts” rule.
“I Simon Whitfield volunteer to pay for and wear a GPS tracking unit so that CCES, WADA and any other acronym totting organization can track me down at any minute of the day and make me pee in a bottle while taking blood from my arm. Seriously I do. I'll start tomorrow if only to not have to fill out this insane form. I have nothing what so ever to hide. You can track my whereabouts via GPS to your hearts content.”
Whitfield wasn’t kidding. In hindsight, he was the canary in the coal mine on this "whereabouts" issue which is causing consternation to athletes around the world, from the likes of tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams to ski star Lindsey Vonn and American hurdler Lolo Jones.
WADA is under fire – and rightly so – for an ill conceived system that now forces athletes to provide three months’ notice of their location an an hour each day for seven days a week between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. for testing.
Even beyond the unwieldiness of such a program and its restrictions on right to privacy, Canadian athletes like Whitfield and Olympic speed skating champion Clara Hughes have found the computer system set up to monitor the program ridiculously hard to navigate. It has cost them hours in time trying to register – with “trying” being the operative word, as they wind up having to give up in frustration.
Wrote Hughes on her blog: “It has become an absolute nightmare. It’s been revamped and I strongly believe the individual who created the new format should be fired. It’s virtually impossible to fill out accurately, and after over six hours of trying this past time I gave it the ‘as good as it’s gonna get’ seal and gave up.”
You know the crazy thing? Athletes like A-Rod, who make gazillions of dollars, don’t have to go through anything like this. (A-Rod would probably get his cousin to fill out his form). They can test positive, we don’t hear about if for years – if at all – and their livelihood isn’t affected at all.
Olympic athletes like Whitfield and Hughes have to fill out forms notifying pee collectors of their every move three months in advance using forms so complex that their livelihoods are put at risk if they get it wrong.
What a farce. WADA joke.
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