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Brooklyn Loves MJ

The following e-mail is making the rounds. "Please join us Tuesday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m., for a loop around Prospect Park to celebrate the music of Michael Jackson. Glittery costumes and/or wigs and makeup are encouraged (some of us will be going with the simple white t-shirt/black pants/black fedora combo), boomboxes playing the greatest hits will be carried, and when we reach the end of the loop we will organize a mass Thriller dance. Let's do right by MJ and make a spectacle!"

They also ask that people refrain from all the tasteless jokes about Mr. Jackson.  I agree.  I mean, think of all the people he touched - especially the children.

Fat Rabbit Sprint Tri Results

Tremendous job by Lauri Young this weekend at the Fat Rabbit Sprint Tri.  She not only won the 50-54 AG, but would have won most of the age groups, and finished 7th overall. 

Philadelphia Triathlon Results

Terry Moore finished 59th our of nearly 2,000 at his hometown race, the Philadelphia Triathlon.

Flat As a Pancake

Nice work today as Jeannine Bardo dominated the 45-59 AG, and Michael Borden finished strong at the Flat As a Pancake tri.  In addition, due to injury (and by design) Lauren Dewey dropped out after the ride, but was well on her way to a strong race. 

More results tomorrow.

Finman on Millionaire

Some of you may remember last year's controversy when Frank Cardia was disqualified from Ironman Florida.  Today I crawled out of bed long enough to turn on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and say him on there. 

Getting out of bed was a tactical error.

NSTB100 History

Now that we've completed four of these stupid things, I was trying to keep track of who has ridden when.  Here's what I remember.

2009 is unfortunately fresh in our memories.  Wet and gritty.  Leanne, Gary, Michael and I finished the full 100

2008 had great weather and big crowds in the park.  It was also our fastest NSTB100.  Leanne, Johanna, Jeannine, Killer, Tom, Shane, Ari Maisonave, Larry Lewis, and I finished on the lead lap

2007 was wet and kinda sucked.  Dave Duhan, Ari Maisonave, Brian O'Connell, Geoff, Leanne and I finished the whole thing.

2006 is where it gets kinda fuzzy.  I remember that it was a Thursday night, the weather didn't suck, and they were shooting a movie with Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard.  Shane was popular because he brought us food.  Riders who finished all 30 fun-filled laps included Johanna, Lou and Yvonne (who i hope will return to us one day now that I have paid the kidnappers), Rod McClave, Pete Baiamonte, D. Mark Carter,  Lloyd and of course Leanne and me.  We have the infamous photo of Johanna sleeping at her desk the next day, but precious little other documentation.   Any other recollections? 

NSTB100 v4.0

Jonathan: I hate myself right now
Group: Take a number

That pretty much sums up No Sleep 'til Brooklyn version four.  We assembled at Ride Brooklyn and then at the park at 7p.  The lineup was Shane, Michael, Leanne, Geoff, Gary, Tom and yours truly.  Tom pulled us for most of the first two hours or so, as we got thoroughly soaked.  Pete from RB joined us for several laps and Scott arrived fresh from the Mt. Washington road race and hammered the second half of the ride. 

Between a deep puddle across the entire road at the bottom of the park, and the occasional heavy rain, we were wet and gritty for the whole ride, but still managed to average 18.6 mph.  Someone got the idea that we should hammer the last lap, so we banged out a 9:15 as we finished the 102 miles.  Leanne and I are still the only brave idiots to have finished all four NSTB100's, and we were joined by Gary and Mike for the entire 30 laps.  Shane managed to flat three times but only lost three laps to the group and rode strong. 

Thanks to Sarah Wenk and Elizabeth Grace for coming out to say hi and try to feed us, as well as Killary and Jen for delivering our supplies.  No one is ever more popular than the person who delivers Mountain Dew at mile 70.

Just 364 days until NSTB100 v5.0.

But Wait, There's More

Jeannine Bardo has earned Honorably Mention in USA Triathlon's All American Rankings for 2008.  Nice work Jeannine.

Congratulations Nate

In 2008, Dr. Nathanael Horne represented Team USA at the World Championships, and has now been awarded All-American status for his stellar '08 season.  Congrats Nate.

And You Thought I Was Rough

Last night I had a brief conversation with a friend about yoga.  I half-jokingly said that I prefer exercise, and she looked at me as if I had just said that I hate puppies and rainbows.  (She then made some valid points in defense of yoga.) In truth, I do feel that some yoga practices are unsafe, and that there is quite a bit of hyperbole in the claims that are made by some yoga proponents, but I also recognize that there are some benefits to it.  I began to to a little research for a quick blog posting when I found Barnaby Harris at Fuck Yoga.  Here's his story:

"It started as a joke. My ex-wife was extremely passionate about her yoga practice. As a gag for her birthday I made each of us a fuck yoga t-shirt. She refused to wear hers. I wore mine for thirty-nine straight days and was stopped everywhere I went. A write up in The New York Observer and a photo in GQ Magazine got it rolling. An appearance on Sex and the City made it interesting...Jackie Gleason didn’t do yoga, either did Jackie Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt or any Pope ever...Yoga has survived for thousands of years and will survive for thousands more. It’s just that it has gone unopposed for too damn long"

Once I'm done sending fan mail to FY, I'll get back to doing a little reading, and will post a slightly more balanced opinion.