Re: Less-than-inspiring race re****ts

In article <tWuUj.2721$17.1997@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Bob Schwartz <bob.schwartz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> After fini****ng I turned around and headed back out on the course
> looking for my kid. I found her about 4 miles out. This was just
> after the worst headwind leg. She had been passed by almost all of
> the later starters. I asked her if she was OK and she said she felt
> pretty good. She started 15 seconds after me and was probably not
> too far past the halfway point when I finished. I think she had a
> hell of a time in the headwind. She weighs nothing and, even with
> the aero bars, was riding a bike with the aerodynamic efficiency of
> a dog turd. But if she had a hard time she wasn't going to let on.
> 
> She finished the race and took first place in her age category as
> the only entrant. This was her first solo bike race, and she wore
> the medal for the rest of the day.

   I think it's really pretty cool that you were able to do thhis with
your daughter 
and that she persevered to the end. She should be stoked (you too, of
course).

> The race had a special prize for the true fatty master. It was for
> the most speed/pound. I thought I was a contender for that. But there
> was a large guy that had about a 10% advantage in the numerator, which
> was enough to overcome my slight advantage in the denominator. So I
> went home empty handed. C'est la vie.

   For a better effort in this event (speed/pound) in the future, remember
these 
words the next time you sit down to eat: "It's better with butter."

-- 
                              tanx,
                               Howard

                        Whatever happened to
                        Leon Trotsky?
                        He got an icepick
                        That made his ears burn.

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