Good luck, Great Racing and Giddyup to our TNB friends FAB FIVE at this Sunday’s Iron Man Wisconsin. Bob Harris, Sara Garcia, Michelle Reitz, Michelle Bandur, and Gina Morkel are resting comfortably today in Madison, building reserves for their Big Dance. This will be Michelle’s Iron Man debut, and in fact her marathon at the end of the day will be her 26.2 debut! These amazing athletes are animals and we wish them all the best.
From Jeff Jacob in yesterday’s mailbag: “I never knew how much I missed the track workouts…in the 80’s at UNO and the 90’s at Omaha Westside with the old boys; Baker, Juiln, Dickmeyer, Olsen, Cooper, etc, etc, etc.” Jeff made our Wednesday night group this week and he and Josh (is there a faster pastor?) blew out 3 X 1 mile in good fashion. Jeff has recently joined TNB, is in my age group and is looking to kick my butt at Corporate Cup. He is also Andrew Jacob and Meghan Schneider’s dad, so you know from whence those wheels sprung. His email lists that generation of Real Runners in the Omaha Metro, those that raced to race and saved the fun for afterwards.
Dylan Wilson is a man of few words but when he speaks you should pay attention.
And that means you too Tim Langdon, already talking smack about how the TNB Mkt2Mkt Open Men’s Team is going to make short work of our Co-Ed Team.
Our ringer for tomorrow’s Peak to Peak 10 Mile is en route from Western Nebraska.
Got a great Man Rush last night. The 2011 NFL season kicked off at Lambeau Field and Bart Starr carried in the flag to open the ceremonies. I remember watching the 1967 Super Bowl with my dad, how the game’s MVP dismantled his favored team, the KC Chiefs. And last night Starr parading in with moist eyes, you could tell it was a special moment for him and I was glad to have memories of his greatness during the 1960s.
Enita Larsen finished 2nd overall in the Athena Division at last week’s HyVee Triathlon. I’m putting mad bank up that she wins that division next year. I see how hard these triathletes work in their running, realize they are putting in similar efforts to the other two disciplines, and am amazed.
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