Babe

"Yes, I am an actor."
"Ooh, I knew it, I told you so Scott." "Yea, so what's his name?" "Oh, you know, it's, umm, well he was in the movie Babe, and ...ummm "The Longest Yard".
"Hey, you're right, I know, you're ummm James Cromwell?"

"You got it, and I'm standing in front of the public restroom with my wetsuit half on showing off my 69 year old pecs, waiting to swim in Mirror Lake at Lake Placid!" Dumb asses.

If I have to semi-resemble an actor, can't it be someone sexy, like Sean Connery or maybe someone younger like Matt Damon? I really don't appreciate being thought of as 17 years older than I am.

Hey, maybe I can get a job as his stunt double?

Sal's Crushes Competition!

The Medved 5k at Frontier Field, held on Father's Day, June 21, saw a bevy of Sal's runners earn RROY points.

In the 50-54 male group, Al finished 1/48, MW 4th, MM 8th. In the 55-59 male group, Lou was 8/31. Pete was 2/12 in the 65+ group, Jan 5/22 in the 45-49 group, Eileen 4/9 in the 50-54 RROY group and 5/14 in the 55-59 for the race (don't ask). Jen (Lou's daughter) also picked up a point finishing 10/26 in the tough 20-24 group.

The RROY series results haven't been updated yet, but I'm sure many of us will be moving up in the overall standings.

Attack Squirrels in Spencerport?

One of members, we will call her Jan,likes to bike early in the morning (5:30am for gosh sakes, crazy!) with equally nutty Eileen. This morning Jan almost had an accident on her bike as a squirrel darted across the road, not unusual, but this squirrel was carrying a jar of peanut butter!
Neither the squirrel nor Jan knew exactly what to do. They both changed direction, darting from one side of the road to the other trying desperately to avoid a collision, with the squirrel at a huge disadvantage due to the weight of the jar.
Finally the poor squirrel dropped the jar and scampered to the nearest tree. Hey, wait, that jar of PB sitting on our kitchen counter when I was making toast this morning, that wasn't..?

Jan insists the squirrel must have had too much coffee.

Biking Around the Lake

If two numbskulls take a right turn and race down a hill on their bikes, wondering why the rest of the group isn't following, will anyone care? I had a bad feeling something was amiss as we passed the Bristol Harbor golf course, which I had never seen on previous rides near Canandaigua Lake. But Mike and I were having so much fun, riding at 35 mph even with brakes pumping on and off, that we continued.

We reached the bottom and that's when Mike heard his phone. Jan had left a message, they were on the opposite end of Seneca Point Rd, waiting for our return. They had screamed at us to stop, but we couldn't hear with the wind whizzing past our ears. It was my fault, direction guy, even with a highlighted map I chose the wrong way to turn. We began to snake our way up the mountain, yes it was a hill going down, but a 9% grade going up is a mountain. Mike walked for a bit, but I was able to bike, albeit slowly, back and forth across and gradually up the mountain. After I pulled 50 yards ahead, Mike got back on his bike, but pulled an Artie Johnson and fell over. "C'mon, stop playing around Mike", I yelled. "But I'm bleeding!" Mike said. "Don't make me come back down this mountain you baby, get up and ride". Oh yeah, I'm tough.

Eventually Mike got on his bike and powered up the road. Well, pushed the pedals and slowly inched his way along. A few golfers stopped and shook their clubs at us. Evidently our swearing had disturbed their swings. Fifteen or more minutes after taking the wrong turn we finally re-joined our peloton. I think they had lunch while we were gone.

We continued on our way back to Canandaigua and Kershaw Park, ending a beautiful day with a swim in the 66 degree water, two of us opting to end the swim fairly quickly.

Racing the Mile

Several Sal's racers competed in the Charlie McMullen memorial mile race held at Nazareth College on Thursday, June 11. This was a Rochester Runner of the Year race and by my calculations it appears all of us picked up points!

In the women's 50-54 group, Eileen ran a fantastic 7:23.7 and finished in 3rd place, good for 8 RROY points. In the men's 65+ group Pete ran a 6:53.3 and finished 1st. Roger H. finished 2nd in 60-64 running a 6:22. In the 45-49 group, Mike May ran a 6:13.3, good enough for 6th. In the 55-59 group, Andy ran a 6:34.3 and Lou a 6:50.7, for 9th and 10th places. In the men's 50-54 group Mike W ran a scintillating 5:59.79, good enough for 3rd place and 8 RROY points, while I ran a 6:20.6, for 9th place.

Top ten in a RROY race score points.

Full results are at Yen Timing.

Keuka Lake Battleathon

Our three SuperHeroes, Wonder Woman, Ageless Wonder and He Makes Us Wonder.

Our online poll prediction of Eileen winning the Keuka Lake Triathlon proved to be wrong, as MW splashed and crashed through the waves and 60 degree water of Keuka Lake, powered among the hills on his Banana Seat bike and knocked Lou down during the run to score a victory by the slimmest of margins.


Strong rumors are floating through the western New York triathlon community that MW spiked Eileen's and Lou's nutritional supplement drinks at the Toga party the night before the race.
We have heard this will be Lou's last night of dorm living as he can no longer take the late (almost 10:00pm!) parties.

There was some redemption, as Eileen was the one to come away with a trophy, placing a strong second in her age group. Congratulations to our three triathletes!

Fly By Night Duathlon

The Porsche cars sped around the Watkins Glen Track, one race after another. It was neat walking through the starting area with the cars lined up and drivers strapped in. I felt better about spending money on our hobby after seeing what some people must spend with the Porsche cars, especially when they crack up.

The Fly by Night Duathlon began at 6:15pm, with our transition area in pit row. The 200 or so athletes started together on a 1.8 mile loop through the campground area. The 10.2 mile bike ride was three loops of the race track, which has some significant rolling hills. The race was a blast.

We ran 1.8, biked 10.2, ran 1.8, biked 10.2 and ran 1.8, finishing in pit row. Dick finished first in his age group, Jan second (one minute from first) and I finished 9/14 in my age group.

I officially can not make fun of Jan and her transition times anymore. She beat me by about a minute overall in transitions. My average time was 30-45 seconds slower than anyone in my age group, which is ridiculous in a duathlon. I could have improved my time by 2-3 minutes just by moving a bit quicker during transitions.
Oh well, next year.