I definitely learned that on "Saved by the Bell" a LONG time ago.

It was a little creepy, actually. My skin was crawling for most of it.

From washingtonrunningreport.com: Michael Wardian (34) of Arlington, VA won the USA 100K Men's Championship on Sunday with a course record time of 6:56:57 in Madison, WI. Race director Timo commented that Mike used the 10K loop course [with gently rolling hills through the UW arboretum, and along Lake Wingra's shore] like a clock. After four loops at 42 minutes each, he ran the next three loops at 38. Michael and top female Carolyn Smith of Milwaukee, WI will represent the USA in the 100K World Cup race in Tuscania, Italy on November 8. That's the same guy who won this year's Lower Potomac River Marathon!

I spoke with my dad about the new plans for the SMR track program. He said that the only way he would consider throwing his name in the mix for a coaching position would be if Joe and DR do the same.

Buy a little scooter DR - 100 miles/gal. Problem solved!

There ya go! Use it as an opportunity to become a bi/triathlete!

I say you swim from Solomons with the bike leashed across your back! Too far?

Hypothetically it would be possible to swim almost the entire distance from my work to Ryken. There's hardly more than a mile between RB and the Patuxent, where it flows under the Benedict bridge, so --- whilst wearing a life jacket or other flotation device for endurance --- I could jump into the water there and let the current take me! Eventually I'd flow under the Solomons bridge, and then I'd exit the mouth of the Patuxent, travel the bay front length of St. Mary's County to the peninsular end, round Point Lookout (hopefully I wouldn't get swept down the Chesapeake and thence to the ocean!), enter the mouth of the Potomac, paddle upriver for 20-30 miles (passing points like St. George's Island and Tall Timbers!), make a right into Breton Bay, and finally climb up out of the water onto the Ryken pier. The journey would only take several days, but I'd save a lot on gas!