The Distract me from 2020s P&CE Thread Part Deux

Ha, when in doubt...

 

Alas and alack they don't got no cabooses no more.

 

Interesting NYT story about a guy who thinks running is for everybody. Including black men who weigh 300 pounds.

https://archive.ph/Krtbh

More than a decade after he took up running, with eight marathons to his name, Mr. Evans is still 300 pounds. He’s healthy by all of the usual metrics, though he doesn’t measure his well being — or success as a runner — in numbers. He runs simply to be able to continue running, for himself and for others. The longer he shows up and runs slow AF, he said, the easier it becomes for other runners to do the same.​

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Though when I weight a bit more than he did, I started running and after a few months, really ********ed up my back. I was probably running too fast. Not going to risk it, but good for him and best of luck to his "Slow A. F. Run Club."

 

What is with you guys and your Belgian cousins on Mayo!! It is not that series a thing.

Also a steak done well is maybe steak sauce otherwise nothing!!

 

I was just thinking about how when Atlanta came into MLS, they kept getting extremely dubious VAR penalties called in their favor. Unsurprisingly, they won a bunch of games because the refs kept gifting them goals after a defender breathed too heavily on Josef Martinez or some such ridiculousness. Now as they continue their decline to MLS average attendance numbers, they're not getting the same egregiously soft VAR penalties wrapped in a bow from the refs and, wouldn't you just know it, they're a thoroughly forgettable MLS team now.

 

You finally figured it out. Every year us Refs had our annual meeting in Apalachin, NY where it was decided what the final standings would be.

 

@Auriaprottu
WAR!!!

 

Nuh uh!

 

I read that article and thought it was awesome. I love running but I'm a back-of-the-pack runner and always will be. One thing in the article stood out: how some rando yelled at him during a race to quick because he was so slow.

There is very little that is more pathetic than someone heckling someone for running. It's like "Look at me standing here, my fat ass puffing on a smoke and telling you how it is, fat guy."

 

But is he wrong?!

 

Yes, he is.

 

No. It is why MN lost the Dewars to, @Auriaprottu team. I kid. I kid. We lost that Cup cause the Loons are from MN and we only know failure and let down other than the Twins for two seasons in 87 and 91. And ATL was due over this

 

Just finished some poofy pancakes daughter made with strawberries, blueberries and raspberries doused in maple syrup! Molto bene!!!

 

4 of the best to ever do it. 1959 All Star Game

 

This is great.

My brother has a great photo of himself posing with Rod Carew in the Angels dugout, circa 1980 or so. I was in the stands across from them - great view. But no photo of me with Rod Carew.

 

I'm still fuming about a trivia question I got wrong last week. Here it is:

Name the four teams in the "Big Four" American professional sport leagues that persist in using Native Americans as mascots.

 

Blackhawks, Braves, Chiefs, Oklahoma City Screamin' Segroves

 

I read that part outloud to my wife and said, "only at the New York Marathon would that happen.

She said, "don't rule out Philadelphia."

 

Did you properly prepare?

 

I did Hood To Coast with a bunch of friends a couple times years ago. One time I was halfway into running a 9mile flat stretch and a 40s/50s military guy slowly caught up to and ran with me for about a mile.

Then some kid comes cruising by running 5:00’s or something, clearly a college or high school team. Had the track shoes, so you could hear the “clack-clack-clack” of his steps almost twice as quick as ours with even a longer stride, as he was also at least 6’2”.

I turned to my dude and said “Man! I thought 7minute miles were going to be respectable.” He raised his eyebrows, looked at his watch, and picked up his pace, getting out of my sight within about a mile. I was sad.

 

You got the first three right, of course. And so did I. It was the fourth that I'm having a hard time letting go of.

Highlight for the correct answer: The Golden State Warriors

Total bullshit.