Tri to be Funny

A good nights sleep and a high-intensity, sub-threshold, progressive overload one hour interval spin session was all it took. Those and a bowl of rice cups with fresh strawberries, bananas and whey protein powder. OK, and six cups of high-octane dark French roast. And 75 degrees in Seattle on the first day of Autumn. Geeze, what else do I have to sing (off key) about this fine morning?

Glad you asked, because I have lots. As in:

Those big, bad and beautiful UW Huskies moved from the nether-reaches of the NCAA cellar to number 24 in three short weeks. I have watched all this VERY closely (starting in the fall of 1974) and am not surprised in the least at their rise. I am however, VERY surprised at how fast they accomplished it. There will be more.

Sometimes the final piece of the puzzle, is the first piece for the next puzzle.

Nothing is perfect, ever. Many things, however, can be of a perfect imperfection.

Did you hear Obama on Letterman last night? He said, "Dave, you know I was a black man before the election." This in response to the recent spite of overreactional hyperbole to Joe Wilson's bombast and Jimmy Carter's subsequent comments on racism. We remain a divided country in two camps. Those that can laugh at themselves and those that can only laugh at others.

I wish there was a Race-flix like Netflix, so that when I feel especially strong (now) I could go on-line and put a 70.3 in my shopping cart.

Watching Mad Men (Season One) is painful. Too close to home. The booze, the smokes, the mode-o-day. The condescending attitudes, the politics, the overall innuendo of a country riding the crest of false mirth. Madison Avenue Ad games. That was almost 50 years ago. We have come a long way (haven't we?)

Training is testing as testing is training. Andrew Coogan.

And lastly, here is a link to the winner of this months RCVman Blog of the Month award. Carrie Barrett wins a pair of CompuTrainer Racesox and a CT-RCV Head Band as a result of her great work both with the Blog, Tri to be Funny and on the CT (above photo). Nice work, Carrie!