Some, including my own dearly departed mother, contend that its my mouth that does this. I say that in recognition of what would have been her 76th birthday today. Damn cigarettes.
I did run over this morning too. My last 3 weeks have been in reverse order, 36, 31.5, 38. I’m at 28.5 this week after tacking on an extra 2.5 to my daily seis y media, looking to go mid forties for the week. Continuing the measured build up and feeling spot on.
For those that care the Competitor Group, managers of the wildly successful Rock N Roll series of events, has pulled its support of elite athletes. They will no longer provide travel or hotel or appearance monies. Says Competitor Group CEO Scott Dickey: “Competitor Group is at it’s core a health and wellness company dedicated to promoting and enhancing an active lifestyle. Lifestyle is the key word, not Sport. Rock n Roll marathons have always been about the journey, the commitment, the personal dedication required to train and finish a half or full marathon. We’re not about how fast you complete the race, we’re about the fact that you showed up on the start line and the commitment one has made to complete the journey.”
**for full article go to www.tonireavis.com **
I say how sad. A business group using our sport to build untold riches that can’t find a dime for the top athletes of said sport. And so it goes.
I’ve occasionally overfilled this 1980 NYC Marathon beer stein.
And this U.S. Olympic Festival stein from 1987.
This ceramic cup from the Munich Games is better suited as a shot glass.
1988 Seoul Olympic Stein from Budweiser.
The 1950 Empire Games were in Auckland, New Zealand. One of my favorites. In 1954 the games were renamed the British Empire and Commonwealth Games. And later became just the Commonwealth Games.
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