Truth or Rumor v2

It has been some time since the last posting of truth or rumors. Since that time we have employed the same tactics to gather additional truths and rumors. We thank those family members, especially the children, who have helped gather this information. Please note that the FV3 Triathlon Truth & Rumor Committee makes no guarantee of validity.

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Team Blake Cadence

Neighbors have noted the following cadence being used in early morning running sessions:

Melissa: What are we called?
Ritchie: Mighty, Strong Triathletes!
Melissa: What do we do?
Ritchie: Bring on the Ouch!
Melissa: Who feels the ouch?
Ritchie: Weak competition!
Melissa: I need some names, who feels the ouch?
Ritchie: Dolphin Shorts Johnson, he feels the ouch.
Melissa: Dolphie feels the ouch, give me another.
Ritchie: Sinking Sub Mc Craney, he feels the ouch.
Melissa: Sinker feels the ouch, give me another.
Ritchie: Timid Timmy Templin, he feels the ouch.
Melissa: Timi-T feels the ouch, give me another...

And it goes on. Other names included in the cadence are: "Can't Run" Farr, Curt "Puffmire", "Crash & Burn" Larson, and others from the Relief Society.

[editor's note: it's getting ugly]

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Jones' Playlist

Kay Jones previously compiled a "super charged" playlist to "turbo boost" Matt's workouts. After weeks of using the playlist the songs began losing their ability to inspire; Matt's mile pace dropped to 8:14 minute miles from 6:43. Noticing the drop in performance, Kay made music-videos of herself performing the super charged songs and put them on a video iPod for his workouts.

Now when Matt needs motivation he jogs in place (or leans against a light post) and watches. The videos include:

Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
The Final Countdown by Europe
Pump up the Jam by Technotronic
Poison by BBD (Bel Biv Devoe)
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Fleetwood Mac (signing version)

After removing the video time from his pace, Matt is now running at 7:15 mile.

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Skinny Man Award

Competitive spirits Rico Gubernick and Kaz Augustus refuse to go home without some hardware. Their hopes were somewhat dashed by the Blakes training route (running 2 laps around both the Gubernick and Augustus blocks). They have since heard of an auxiliary "Skinny Man" award going to the person who loses the most weight from training.

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Kristy Monson, The first full-race female contestant, was seen purchasing "transparent webbed gloves" at Jack's Swimming Supplies. Upon questioning, she insisted they are "for a friend's science project" and "don't even fit me". [emphasis hers]