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You would think that with the cost of the jacket, the RD couldn't afford to keep buying more rocks to put out on the course.
When I lived in Helotes (suburb of San Antonio on... wait for it... Bandera Rd), I decided to landscape. Yeah. I had to buy this giant iron pole to slam into the ground and try to break up the rocks. I felt like I was busting rocks with Woody Allen in Take the Money and Run. (yes, I did sing the song over and over again.)
Not now, but I did then. The best thing about that place was the availability of races....always something happening...great place to be a runner!
Even more this year. They just added two new races this year. The Sactown 10-miler in April that starts and ends at the Capitol and the Lucky 7 7K or 7 miler in March. There seems to be 3-5 races around here each month. Definitely a great place to be a runner. When not in races, you get to run around the American River Parkway.
Kalsarikännit
seems I heard there was a mind-numbing amount of rocks on that trail
Yes.
I have flown into Sacramento to do a few runs around Tahoe. Getting to run and hike in the Sierra has got to be a high point of living there.
I want to do it because I want to do it. -Amelia Earhart
Good Bad & The Monkey
They put your time on the sleeve of the Leadville sweatshirt.
Logistically, how do they do this? Do people wait around after the race for the shirts to get printed? Do they mail the shirts?
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
They have the rest of the sweatshirt ready, then they put it on right then and there at the awards ceremony. Then they make the runners that have been awake for 34 hours sit in the room while the CEO of Lifetime Fitness yammers on endlessly.
I find this very interesting, so please forgive my questions. How exactly do they put the numbers on right there? Do they have a screen or some other shirt printing device right there?
Sorry. I forget. All I know is that you gave them your name and five minutes later they were yelling that your sweatshirt is ready. I wasn't paying attention. I was busy trying to figure out how to get A1 to go out and drink after 100 miles and a day and a half without sleep.
Please don't even think about putting times on Monkey shirts.
Different idea.
Mine is my 2010 Twin Cities long-sleeve tech shirt. Not that the shirt is especially awesome -- although it is nice. But that was my second marathon ever and first since the 80s, I trained about as much as I could've without driving myself to illness/injury, and I ran a tactically good race. Nice reminder.
"I want you to pray as if everything depends on it, but I want you to prepare yourself as if everything depends on you."
-- Dick LeBeau
I know the one time I got a certificate thingy for winning my AG at a local race, I was mad because they put my time on it, but I had missed my goal by 13sec so I didn't need that reminder
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Sure. Except for one minor detail. You are the only person I have ever met that even I (an uber-lightweight) could out drink.
late to the party, but
I got tipsy off a glass of Riesling last week. Good times.
Former runner
Based on what I've seen at trade shows, it's probably a digital printer like this. These Brother printers are small enough you could bring it on site and print the shirts or sleeves on demand.
Ross
Disney had some kind of procedure to print up customized finisher shirts in the finisher area this year. It was in the back of a semi-trailer. Wish I could give you details, but I was too busy being grumpy Grumpy.
Self anointed title
You are a bad influence. Leadville should be fun. You two and that dirty old shit, Purdey. God help me.
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