The following is a rendering of this so-called "missing link"
Monday, June 23, 2008
The Missing Link
I ran across an article this weekend in our local paper by as scientist who claims that he has seen evidence of the missing link between the distance runner and the distance runner decathlete.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Men of Faith
A DRD Athlete knows that he is not alone and that this waking life is but a layover on an eternal journey. It should come as no surprise then that at times these fine athletes are given to wish the wish they ought not, to dream the impossible dream, & to trust (no matter how unfounded that trust may be) in the unseen. DRD athletes are:
Well, then taste this:
When a DRD man was invited to join his teammate on a weekend Appalachian Mountain camping adventure and was stood up it was his faith in the goodness of man that led him to put that humiliating experience behind him. When he was stood up the following Friday in an uncannily similar scenario that faith was still not shaken...
A DRD man would juggle bowling pins with wreckless abandon over top of his roommate's $900 PC tower and it was his faith in his roommate's personal restraint that made him believe that that roommate would not beat him senseless when an errantly tossed bowling pin smashed into the aforementioned PC tower...
It was faith (and perhaps poor lighting) that led two DRD men to believe that they saw a "penguin" and a "Navajo-Indian" in the rear-view mirror...
It was faith in the laxity of R.A.'s and the coolness of Joe Starchia that led DRD athletes to skip Thursday night hall meeting with impunity...
It was faith in the charity of man that led a DRD athlete to call Jeff at 3945 for a "free TV"...
...and It was faith in his own good looks & charm that led a DRD athlete to ask a Vonderhaven to "The Manor" for Super Conference in front of his mates and her crew. Although things did not work out in the end, his faith has made him impervious to the enduring nature of this tale of humiliation...
The stories could go on (and psst...if you have any tales of faith that you'd like to share with the rest of us, please feel free to use the unrestricted commenting feature on this blog to do so).
Distance Runner Decathletes are a different breed.
They are men of faith!
Men of Faith
It has been said that "the proof of the pudding is in the tasting."
Well, then taste this:
When a DRD man was invited to join his teammate on a weekend Appalachian Mountain camping adventure and was stood up it was his faith in the goodness of man that led him to put that humiliating experience behind him. When he was stood up the following Friday in an uncannily similar scenario that faith was still not shaken...
A DRD man would juggle bowling pins with wreckless abandon over top of his roommate's $900 PC tower and it was his faith in his roommate's personal restraint that made him believe that that roommate would not beat him senseless when an errantly tossed bowling pin smashed into the aforementioned PC tower...
It was faith (and perhaps poor lighting) that led two DRD men to believe that they saw a "penguin" and a "Navajo-Indian" in the rear-view mirror...
It was faith in the laxity of R.A.'s and the coolness of Joe Starchia that led DRD athletes to skip Thursday night hall meeting with impunity...
It was faith in the charity of man that led a DRD athlete to call Jeff at 3945 for a "free TV"...
...and It was faith in his own good looks & charm that led a DRD athlete to ask a Vonderhaven to "The Manor" for Super Conference in front of his mates and her crew. Although things did not work out in the end, his faith has made him impervious to the enduring nature of this tale of humiliation...
The stories could go on (and psst...if you have any tales of faith that you'd like to share with the rest of us, please feel free to use the unrestricted commenting feature on this blog to do so).
Distance Runner Decathletes are a different breed.
They are men of faith!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Men of Science
Maybe it was a deep thirst for knowledge, or it might have been our burning desire to improve our individual performances in events foreign to us; events like the discus, the high-jump, and the shot-put. Or it could have been all the free time that we had our freshman year...
When a formula was needed to determine the future "cankleage" of a potential mate - it was a DRD athlete who devised the "axiom of transitive female maternity"
When it was asked of him to sacrifice his roommate's hard-earned pumpkin to confirm the law of gravity - it was a DRD athlete who sacrificed.
and then when it was demanded of him to confirm that law again (this time with an emaciated pine tree & a stolen disco-ball) a DRD athlete answered the call...
When the world asked "what might become of a cherry tomato, traveling at 53 mph in a crowded cafeteria when impacting the head of girl from a distance of 70 feet?" - a DRD athlete, with the help of a psychotic pretty-boy made it happen...
and when it was suggested that the 'speed of sound' was nothing when juxtaposed with the speed of a Pakistani being chased by a Great Dane through the forests of south central Virginia - it was no less than 4 DRD athletes who heard the boom!
Without a doubt these were men of science...
The debate rages on as to "why", but one thing is for sure - we were undoubtedly:
"Men of Science."
When a formula was needed to determine the future "cankleage" of a potential mate - it was a DRD athlete who devised the "axiom of transitive female maternity"
When it was asked of him to sacrifice his roommate's hard-earned pumpkin to confirm the law of gravity - it was a DRD athlete who sacrificed.
and then when it was demanded of him to confirm that law again (this time with an emaciated pine tree & a stolen disco-ball) a DRD athlete answered the call...
When the world asked "what might become of a cherry tomato, traveling at 53 mph in a crowded cafeteria when impacting the head of girl from a distance of 70 feet?" - a DRD athlete, with the help of a psychotic pretty-boy made it happen...
and when it was suggested that the 'speed of sound' was nothing when juxtaposed with the speed of a Pakistani being chased by a Great Dane through the forests of south central Virginia - it was no less than 4 DRD athletes who heard the boom!
Without a doubt these were men of science...
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