I'm Just Saying: Ironman Competition
Posted: 6/25/2009

Do you have that group of friends/colleagues who always seem to do exceptional Lance Armstrong-type activities over the weekends?
 
Well, I was at a meeting and this lady said that she had completed an Iron Man triathalon in 7 hours over the past weekend in Hawaii.  I was really happy for her until I noticed that everyone else seemed to have major races/competitions under their belts also.  I didn’t want to appear to be some underachieving sloth who couldn’t add to the conversation so I decided to discuss the Velo Detroit 7 Bike Event that I participated in last weekend…
 
I tried to keep it simple and said that I also did a 10 hour bike event last weekend but ‘wonder woman’ wanted to get more specific and started asking a lot of questions about how I felt and how I trained for it and I just told the truth! 
 
I told her that it was a pub crawl on bikes with about 100 participants.  We went to about 5 bars in the Downtown Detroit area and played drinking games at each bar.  The winners won free drinks and the losers had to carry a bowling pin around their necks while riding a bike.  During the event, I really worked my abs by laughing at the people who fell off of their bikes.  I explained that because I am not much of a beer drinker, I had to start training a few weeks before the event by building a tolerance for Pilsners.
 
What??  At the end of the day, I may not be an Iron Wonder Woman but I party like a rockstar!!
 
I’m Just Saying…

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COMMENTS

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Submitted by Q. Lewis on 6/26/2009 4:24:16 PM
Now that's a story....lol, my face is still hurting from laughing! Sounds like fun too!

Submitted by J Twy on 6/26/2009 4:17:06 PM
That was too funny! The event actually sounds like a lot of fun. Good pictures too. Got some photoshop material... shout out to 808.

Submitted by NikCee on 6/26/2009 2:29:35 PM
Now that sounds like a lot of FUN! It was a perfect addition to the conversation... it was adventurous and fun :-) Nikki (from the dac--hi!)

Submitted by Bobby on 6/25/2009 3:56:58 PM
It was a lot of fun----lots of drinks.

Submitted by Ivan McK on 6/25/2009 3:32:32 PM
LOLOLOLOL...classic!!! Way to engage in the topic at-hand! HA!!! I hope you didn't get a ticket...drinking and driving is not a good thing - even if it is only on a mountain bike. :-) +8!3