You ever wonder why Tim Twietmeyer, the five-time champion with 25 sub-24-hour finishes, including a streak of 15 consecutive top-five finishes, and now president of the board, retired from racing Western States 100 in 2006? Here are the top ten reasons. 10. He ran out of belts for any new silver buckles. 9. So he …
Years ago I heard my buddy Ed Willson’s hash name was Mr Ed Sucks. If you know Ed you should realize how good a name that is, because, well, it just is. While I never joined the Hash House Harriers, their penchant for giving members interesting, usually crude names is right up my alley. So, …
In the spring of 2007 there’s a group of us Western States runners hanging out in Michigan Bluff talking smack like we always do. Who’s gonna kick whose butt in the race. Who’s the fittest. Who’s the fattest. And on and on. Then my friend AJizzleWizzle, a.k.a. AJW, a.k.a. Tan Mitts, a.k.a. Three Names, the …
10. Your crew replaced your Aleve with the other blue pills, and, while it worked as a cooling mechanism, the priapism left little blood for the stomach or leg muscles. 9. You got lost somewhere around Chicken Hawk Rd (sorry lc). 8. You’re old. 7. You couldn’t tell if you were peeing blood or if …
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This was originally written in December 2008. I met someone tonight who mentioned an article about Ticer and a fox from some time ago. I said, “I wrote that.” So here it is again. Did you hear about the Arizona woman who was recently attacked by a fox while out jogging? Worried that the fox might …