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Recidivistic Bit-Champing...
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011 03:40
3rd Annual Falls Du Race Preview - Have you ever heard the expression "champing at the bit?" It's not used much these days, and those who still use it are probably very old and, unless they are triathletes, are lucky to still be alive.
"Champing at the bit" is an equine metaphor which means "anxious to get started." Apparently horses impatiently bite or chew, i.e. "champ" (shouldn't it be "chomp"?) on their bits when they want to do something. An anxious dog, on the other hand, will squirm and make squeally noises when he, say, needs to go out to pee or do #2. This is because dogs don't have bits to champ on. And it's probably for the best that we don't describe a person who is very anxious to do something as one who is "squirming and squealing like a dog who needs to pee of do #2."
We'll therefore use the bit-champing metaphor here because it's less excretory....
Jamie Does Boston...
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011 03:30
(Photo - L-R -Jamie's extremely tall husband, tired and happy Jamie, Jamie's cute daughter.)
By Jamie Heying
Friday, April 22...just got back from Boston yesterday and was getting updated on your
blog. I see Darin going all in with his time, NICE! In my quest to become
a better runner and stop giving up my race during the run portion, I
actually discovered I enjoy the long suffer (hence my love of the Burrito
Union) and qualified for Boston while running Whistlestop on a girls
weekend. This after I told my husband 10 years ago that I would never do...
But What Kind of Bike Does He Ride?
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Sunday, 24 April 2011 03:00
By Bonnie Chromosome
"Hi Mom! I went on a date last night!" my daughter gleefully informed me on the phone.
I hung up on her.
Some people think of pronation as foot or wrist rotation. Not true. Pronation is a Greek funk word which actually refers to a hereditary issue that determines what you may be apt to do, i.e. 'prone to'. In our fine line of super genetics we are prone to disaster. Thanks, mom and dad. I will kindly pass that along to your grandchildren.
I grabbed my coffee and called my daughter back. "Tell me what happened...." I said, easing into my This-is-going-to-be-a-long-winded-story position in my chair. After she got...
Not Just a Workout & a T-Shirt...
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Saturday, 23 April 2011 03:00
By Matthew Payne
Race Report - Being that this was my first race since Best of the US last October, I didn
