Posterity

Posterity is a funny word if you look at it too long. It's also pretty funny if you say it real fast, three times...(comes out sounding something like "pass-dirty.") and even funnier if you say it with your 'Wargo' voice.

C'mon...you know you have one.

Everybody does.

But the reason that I bring up posterity today is that I am trying to make sure that we don't lose track of all those great photos & videos that we took at the 2008 DRD. (or 'DRP' or whatever, Brian...geez!)

I was kinda' hoping that the DRD 2008 Blog would become the online repository for those files. After December 31 of this year I will close off the DRD 2008.blogspot.com's public access & send out private invitations (to the interested parties). That way we can always refer back to those images & video's & all those blog posts & then later on down the line we'll have something of an invaluable nature to hand down to our children (and their children's children, etc, etc, etc...and so on and so forth)

I can accept the files via my gmail account - jadicarlo@gmail.com or...

if they are too large to send via e-mail...

you can zip them up & upload them to me via FTP at www.dicarlo1.com/upload.htm

The Taste of Victory

Never has Victory tasted so sweet!

BREAKING NEWS

IT'S ALL OVER FOLKS!

JOSH ZEALAND WINS THE 2008 DISTANCE RUNNER'S DECATHLON THE NEXT 5 EVENTS ARE SKIPPED AND THE COMPETITORS HEAD TO OLIVE GARDEN FOR THE 11TH EVENT - BREADSTICK COMPETITION

In an unprecedented move the DRD Planning Commission & the event officials convened a meeting to discuss potential options for coping with the inclement weather. It was initially suggested that the final 5 events be moved indoor to the Tolsma Indoor Track & Field Facility at Campus North or delayed until the rains held up.

Both of these options were weighed and eventually ruled out due to "certain reasons" that they are not sharing with the press at this time.

After a short consultation with the legal department & the remaining athletes it was decided that the event should be done after the 5th event and be renamed the:

Distance Runner's Pentathlon

By virtue of the fact that he led in the overall standings following the 5th event.

Joshua Zealand walked off the track a world champion tonight.
More to come...

BREAKING NEWS

400 meter run leaves little doubt that Zealand is a contender for the "Cup"

As the rain and winds pick-up the Commission and Event Officials convene to determine if the DRD should go on. Drenched athletes and media take cover in nearby buildings...

The Commission's decision will be posted as soon as it is available.

BREAKING NEWS

THREE FLYING "J's" DUKE IT OUT IN THE HIGH-JUMP
Khan and Mini Zealand pull DiCarlo back down to Earth

As the rains grow heavier & the wind picks up here at the Matthes Hopkins Track, it is becoming more & more obvious that Joey DiCarlo (ITA), the current DRD high-jump record holder's form may not be up to Chalice standards this year. The odds on favourite in the high-jump, the man they call "Juggernaut" has just left the door wide open with a mediocre 5 ft. 2 inch jump - a full 5 inches lower than his PR.

On the flip side of this coin, Josh Zealand (CAN) & John Khan (MOR) (PAK) were able to match DiCarlo jump for jump & both came out of the High Jump pit smelling like roses. The younger Zealand now has the momentum in his favor. A good 400 for the diminutive Canadian could make him the clear leader.

Josh Zealand (above) clears his own height at the 2008 DRD "bar exam"

It was rumored that DiCarlo ( pictured above), a native Italian speaker, misread the 4th event on the event list to be the "high water" instead of the "high jump."
Apparently this is a common Italian-English mistranslation.

John Khan (pictured above) clears the high-jump bar while calling out the Carolina Panthers for a face mask penalty and bringing them back 15 yards.

BREAKING NEWS

JOHN KAHN...I mean KHAN GIVES MASTERCLASS IN SHOTPUTTING
DICARLO LEADS AFTER 3rd EVENT

Lynchburg, VA - With a decisive win in shot-put, 1999 Chalice Winner John Khan (MOR) (PAK) showed that he's still a force to be reckoned with. His impressive performances in the long jump & a field best 36 foot, 4 inch shotput throw Khan in the thick of a contentious fight for first place at this year's Distance Runner's Decathlon. The athletes are now preparing for the high-jump. We will post the lastest results as they become available...

BREAKING NEWS

Frosh Zealand Wins the 100 meter run in photo-finish


Lynchburg, VA - Matthew "Frosh" Zealand (CAN) won the opening event - 100 meter run on a soaked track at the 2008 Distance Runner's Decathlon. Zealand's time of 14.72 seconds was just good enough to best Italy's Guiseppe DiCarlo & his fellow countryman Joshua Zealand. The athletes are now preparing for the long jump. More news to come as it becomes available...