Did y'all see Noah Lyles win the men's 100m Gold today for USA? (Fred Kerley won bronze for USA) That depth of talent in the final was bananas. The guy who finished LAST had a faster time than Carl Lewis had when he won gold. Crazy.
There are many reasons why I'd be bad a pole vaulting, a big weenie isn't one of them. If you're going to lose at the Olympics, this guy has the best excuse ever.
Yeah seriously. Pole vaulting fucking sucks. I used to run hurdles and did long jump in HS Track, and tried pole vaulting once. It's fucking hard to get that right, even with my micropeen.
I saw him eek out one of the smallest margins of victory ever and say he's the next Usain Bolt. Uhhh.....If Lyles raced Bolt in his prime, no one would know who Noah Lyles is. I'm glad USA won the gold, but I was cheering for Kerley.
Kerley's story is amazing, and he's really easy to root for. The 9.58 record from Bolt is just other worldly. (Lyles won gold with 9.79) Even Tyson Gay from Bolt's era would beat Lyles, and I think Kerley has a faster time on the books than Lyles.
Its gonna be bad. I'm more inland but that place floods like crazy during a normal thunderstorm. I wouldn't evacuate, but I sure would be planning to be at home only counting on what I had on hand for a couple days.
Hey friends! I'm back. Feel free to welcome me with open arms and/or chase me out of town with torches. Whatever moves you. I miss you assholes!
I'm so much more boring now. My kids are in the double digits, one is going into junior high. Time is rude and I hate it. That being said, I'm still an idiot and I'm very easily encouraged. So please don't enable me or it's going to be a good time!
Honest to god, I'm having a glass now. Do I have to work tomorrow? Absolutely. Have I ever, even once in my 21 years of employment, ever missed a day of work because I drank the night before? Of course I haven't. We're just made different in the midwest, I guess.
I'm just glad we got an injection of crazy back in here, because my ass is about to go to bed. Gotta wake up early for another run in the morning. My dumbass has decided to do my first ultramarathon this year, which means two marathons before that as "training runs"
while you were gone covid almost killed me, then I had long covid for three years so when I came back I decided to yolo and run a marathon. Then I did another (London). Now I traded my alcohol addiction for a running one. Also I'm not that old.... is 36 old? If it is, fuck you
Aaaaand I'm 37. You're not just younger than me, you're also better than me. I often do the self-deprecating "I'm old" thing, even though I do embrace aging because not everybody gets to do it. Honestly I'm proud of you for taking control of your life and your health! I'm still more or less in the same place I've been for most of my adult life, which I'm content (not complacent) with because I'm able to take care of myself and my family. Having said that, I couldn't run a half marathon, much less an ultramarathon, without a whole bunch of training. I was trying to be funny and clearly I failed, which isn't unusual for me. I tend to generally think I'm funnier than I actually am.