A Challenge

Byron Drachman · Post by **Byron Drachman** » October 2nd, 2009, 6:47 pm

Hi Paul,

I am assuming all this is just entertainment, but in case not, I should warn you that Ranger will not show up for an OTW race so you would be wasting your time if you make the trip.

By the way, usually the college crews row OTW until Thanksgiving vacation in this area, but last year we had an unusually early cold spell and according to my log book on Nov 21 there was some ice and on Nov 29 I was crunching through thin sheets of ice.

Byron

bloomp · Post by **bloomp** » October 2nd, 2009, 6:59 pm

Well then, I can just prove him completely wrong, if I don't even get a chance to beat him. And I realize that's a risk, the ice and all, but I am willing to show up regardless - a challenge is a challenge, I'm not going to be the one to step aside.

Who knows, I may meet someone else to race out there! Make some good contacts.

Paul

KevJGK · Post by **KevJGK** » November 26th, 2009, 6:27 am

ranger wrote:
On Saturday, November 28th?

You're on!

See you then/there.

Out of interest is this race still on?

If so, the result should be interesting.

ranger · Post by **ranger** » November 30th, 2009, 9:28 am

The race went off as planned on Saturday out on Portage Lake northwest of Ann Arbor.

Paul didn't show.

So I just paddled a 2K and won the challenge.

ranger

bloomp · Post by **bloomp** » November 30th, 2009, 9:51 pm

Damn, I guess I gave you your only completed race of the season. Now if only there was proof and registration and actual race marshals and a real time for your row.

Gonna show up at WIRC? No excuses!

ranger · Post by **ranger** » December 1st, 2009, 7:20 am

bloomp wrote:Now if only there was proof and registration and actual race marshals and a real time for your row.

No need to row fast.

A win is a win.

You didn't show.

ranger

Byron Drachman · Post by **Byron Drachman** » December 1st, 2009, 11:37 am

Hi Paul,
Ranger wasn't there either. He does not do OTW races and he does not row when it is cold. It is just as well that he does not row when it is cold. Have you seen the video I referred to in the OTW section?

on Nov 28, 2009 Ranger wrote: 90min erg, 90min bike (24.7 MPH)
Working toward 120min of each.
ranger

added later: Here is a direct link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xohI3B4Uc

hjs · Post by **hjs** » December 1st, 2009, 12:42 pm

Byron Drachman wrote:Hi Paul,
Ranger wasn't there either. He does not do OTW races and he does not row when it is cold. It is just as well that he does not row when it is cold. Have you seen the video I referred to in the OTW section?
on Nov 28, 2009 Ranger wrote: 90min erg, 90min bike (24.7 MPH)
Working toward 120min of each.
ranger
added later: Here is a direct link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xohI3B4Uc

So you think R is lying? Who could have thought of that

bloomp · Post by **bloomp** » December 1st, 2009, 12:53 pm

Hey like I said proof would be nice!

Byron Drachman · Post by **Byron Drachman** » December 1st, 2009, 1:05 pm

Hi Henry,
Here are a few familiar lies.

ranger on Thu Apr 02, 2009 wrote:
Byron Drachman wrote:Then you will have no problem sending Henry a check for $1000 unless you verify your weight as a lightweight in a manner suitable to Henry and post a sub 6:40 2K with verification code before the end of this month.
Indeed I will.
Just as he will have no problem sending me $3000 when I win both the bets.

Ranger on April 30, 2009 wrote:
Yea, time has run out.
Oh well.
Don't much feel like doing a 2K, given that I still haven't sharpened for one.
2Ks hurt pretty badly if you aren't ready for them.
Hey, hjs, any possibility of modifying our $1000 bet along the lines of our $3000 bet?
A time extension would be _greatly_ appreciated.
That might be a squarer deal, given my situation (unprepared!).
I need to get sharpened up if I want to be doing 2Ks without a lot of grief.
Training is coming along great--but slowly.
Too slowly, it appears.
One last cry for mercy!

on May 5, 2009 Ranger wrote: I am doing trials at the other distances this spring and summer.
If I can't reach my goals in those trials, then I'll pay up for the bet I lost.

ranger · Post by **ranger** » December 4th, 2009, 10:57 am

Byron--

I miss your hat avatar.

Who gave you that funny thing anyway?

People who wear hats when they row are nutty.

ranger ("hatman")

bloomp · Post by **bloomp** » December 4th, 2009, 11:10 am

Well Rich, more proof that you indeed are just nutty.

Oh.

_That's_ what a scullie is!

http://www.collegiategreek.com/Scullies.asp

No problem.

I already wear a scullie when I row.

Perhaps that's why my abs are so strong.

At one point, when I was rowing to the WR in my 2K at WIRC 2003, the announcer of the race called me "hat man."

I am not sure that wearing a hat is as good for your abs as jackknives, though.

To each his own, I guess.

ranger

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ranger · Post by **ranger** » December 5th, 2009, 3:20 am

bloomp wrote:more proof

No more proof needed.

I am indeed good at erging.

If you can take about a minute off your 2K time, you could say the same.

Best of buck with it.

ranger

bloomp · Post by **bloomp** » December 6th, 2009, 12:44 am

ranger wrote:
bloomp wrote:more proof
No more proof needed.

I am indeed good at erging.

If you can take about a minute off your 2K time, you could say the same.

Best of buck with it.

ranger

We're talking about your horseshit about actually being at the lake. Not your times. Nobody gives a rats ass about what you think about yourself. And if I could take a minute off mine, I'd be the greatest lightweight in the history of the sport, at my height and weight. And I'm not looking for that.