Still her gray rocks tower above the sea
That crouches at their feet, a conquered wave;
‘Tis a rough land of earth, and stone, and tree,
Where breathes no castled lord or cabined slave;
Where thoughts, and tongues, and hands, are bold and free,
And friends will find a welcome, foes a grave;
And where none kneel, save when to heaven they pray,
Nor even then, unless in their own way.

Some of us are planning to gather at KC’s Pub to watch Part 1 which is scheduled to broadcast at 5:30 Sunday Dec 18th!
More details tomorrow -Lost is making certain he can show the video on the large screen… – Thanks Lost – please let us know the final details tomorrow here……. FUN!!

Get there a few min early and let it be known they will be closing at 6:45 for their Christmas party….. Come and join us at the pub for Part 1 of The Bluff 50K (ish)!!

Both Part 1 and 2 are on Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/33741787

More details will follow…..

Note: The credit for the videographers did not load in the movie – we shall get that corrected… credits are as follows
John (Spruce) Avitable
Brendan (Coffee Cakes) Krom
Brian (Ultra) Loose
Cathi (Iggy) Bosco

We are pleased to announce…

The Bluff 50K(ish) is scheduled to be broadcast next week on GCTV!
With so many great volunteers, runners, interviews, scenery, & more, it will be initially broadcast in 2 Parts!

Following the initial
broadcasts on GCTV, it will
all be viewable on line!

HERE  for the details and links!

It is sometimes said, “like father, like son” but this story comes with a frank denial of that this is true. What more can be said except you need to read the diary of Mr. Potato Head

Forrest will be joined by two other surviving streakers at this year’s Bluff, Brian Loose and Joe Laskey.

Enjoy…

10.  The pre-race festivities, which included a cameo appearance from Nipmuck Dave….(if anyone knows the person who dropped a gu pack on the course last year, Dave is looking for them…and he isn’t happy!)

9.  Mud…..mud……water crossing…..mud…..slippery bridge…….mud…..knee deep mud …mud (did I mention there was mud!)

8.  Being on the course with my fellow Bimblers all day long!  I think I was always within a minute or two of another Bimbler!  Special thanks to Nadia – I think I basically ran with her the whole day!

7.  The rain that came down harder and harder!  I couldn’t help but think of Iggy and an amazing girl run in 2010 where “We all enjoyed the rain washing and drenching us as we stood on bridges over creeks allowing the water to wash away the stress of our daily lives.. off our bodies dripping down into the river to be washed away forever further downstream.”

6. Little potatoes and salt at the aid stations – yum! I ate much more today than I usually do…maybe there is a lesson in that!

5. Cranking the tunes on my iPod during the 2^nd half – Amy Winehouse, Dixie Chicks, Melissa Ethridge and of course Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s rendition of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’

4.  Running the course 35 seconds faster than I did 2 years ago despite the muddy condition.  Winning my age division and a comp to next year’s race……OH NO, I have to go back next year!!!

3.  Getting the pie that was intended for the 2^nd place Male.  He left without it so RD Clinton Morse asked me if I wanted it…..Score!

2.  Hearing the cheers from Diana all day long!  Her final ‘Go Shellygirl’ in the last .5 mile was what got me the PR.

1.  Feeling strong and happy on the course!  No leg pain, no leg tightness.  I have not felt this good at a race in a long time.  Thanks Kerry!!

OK – Who is with me on this?

Here is a chart…. LSP Club chart  you can print this out and keep track with me.

After major surgery and all kinds of great health – no more excuses – I need to reclaim my waistline! So I am proposing a little club… let’s call it LSP Club.(unless some clever wordsmith can come up with something more”fitting”) It is free – it takes 33 days and it comes with a chart, hopefully some funny anecdotes and a trip to the pub afterwards for all who complete this mission.

We keep track of our routine with the chart. The plan is to do 3 sets of lunges, sit-ups and push-ups 3 times per day. Over the course of 33 days try to gradually increase the number of reps you do for each activity. I plan to start with just a few reps in each set because I can barely do push-ups for example. If this is confusing – I will describe a day 1.

morning: 3 sets of sit-ups with 15 reps each, 3 sets of push ups with 5 reps each, 3 sets of lunges with 15 reps each

daytime: repeat

night time: repeat

Of course you can do any kind of sit-ups or exercises you want to change things up for yourselves – but the goal is to get to the pub at the end of 33 days a bit stronger with a cool chart to share. OK if you want prizes- I will consult with Dr Von about that possibility so as to ignite your competitive streak!

We start on  Sunday August 21st… Who is IN?

Buck is an ordinary guy. Well, if you accept the “deer head” thing.
Today, Buck is going to spend the afternoon with his girlfriend who’s so happy to see him (she’s pretty much happy always). But when Buck finds out that her father is not the tolerant and sympathetic guy he expected, the Sunday afternoon turns really bad. Really bad. Like baaaaaaad bad.

Meet Buck from TeamCerf on Vimeo.

Between Bears from Eran Hilleli on Vimeo.

Relay For Life

As many of you Bimbler’s may know, Team Captains Ultra & Allstate have put together a Bimbler relay team for the Relay for Life event on the 25th and 26th of June at East Haven High School. During this 24 hour period we hope to keep a Bimbler or Friend of a Bimbler moving around the track constantly for 24 hours strait. This event is for lifting spirits and awareness, paying tribute, remember and honoring, fund raising, fun, endurance and more. In true Bimbler style we are emphasizing the lifting spirits, endurance and fun part of this “festival- like” event. Sure you can donate money, you can buy Mrs AJC’s & Scoobie’s cupcakes & cookies for $1.00, you can even pay to see Ultra get wet in the dunk tank. You can sleep in the tent on the football field and you can share some laughs as you make many laps around the track in any way you like. For those of us signed up – We would simply love any Bimbler’s that want to come to the event to help us do laps for fun to please come by day or night… Ultra has a schedule of the events – they even include a frozen t-shirt contest – CRAZY! Here is a link for more information….http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?team_id=966485&pg=team&fr_id=30997&fl=en_US&et=mDRL1mGSukxUsLiZHu0-9A..&s_tafId=636836

Please come by day or night to run or walk with us!!

Thanks – could be a sleep deprived kind of Ultra good time…