Now that I think of it, I watched Tom Dumoulin take a crap live on TV as well. Maybe I am the problem....

It's not like Race Radio calls up to the TV chopper and says: "Hey! They're gonna pee by those trees! Turn the cameras over to that chateau or something!"

On the other hand maybe that IS why they're showing the chateaus?

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Of course, in Philly we're used to it for a whole other reason

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I did the Tour of Utah ultimate challenge last year. It's f'n hard, but at the end of the day it's just a t-shirt ride. Peloton is full of men and women.

Over the course of the ride, a handful of guys just whip it out while we're rolling down the road like they're in a pro peloton or something, with women all around. It's a tshirt ride for goodness sakes!

Very confusing behavior.

I was on a long ride a while back and came across a backback air blower that a landscaper must have lost out of the back of a truck. I stopped, strapped it on, and rode home. About 30 miles. The hose was flapping all over because it wouldn't stay secure. Now we have a backpack air blower with a little bit of a ding. I tell you, though. It isn't easy to ride aero with a backpack blower.

Then, I was out running this last spring and there a circa 1928 mechanical 10-key machine on the curb for free (somebody wrote free on the tape). I walked home with it about 2.5 miles. It weighs 41 pounds. As a CPA, I had a duty to rescue the 10-key.

...now that I think of it, I may have shared this already a few pages back... oh well. Not much exciting happens 'round me.

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Hillary Trout
San Luis Obispo, CA

Your trip is short. Make the most of it.
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Guy waiting for the NJ Transit bus from AC, waving an American flag and singing "God Bless America"

I expected to see more ghouls, pirates and princesses at the school bus stops today, but then it occurred to me that a) the early busses are High School and Middle School kids and b) their schools have uniforms, so probably no costumes are allowed [DKid got around this by finding a loophole "Hey, no one said I couldn't wear make-up" and zombified herself - no blood or gore, just undead looking]

I ran past the cemetery as I often do but saw no unusual activity; maybe tomorrow, when the spirits have to return to their graves before Dawn, after been out all Halloween night?

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

At Kona 2014 I picked up a 50 at mile 6 of the run. The photographer was right there so one of my race photos included me flashing my newfound wealth.

1) dead body on a 1/2 marathon that caused us to run a few extra miles.

2) Turned a corner on a bike path to see a motorcycle/calendar girl photo shoot dead ahead.

3) Historic battle reenactment.

Giant purple butt plug on MTB trail. GIANT

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Don't drown. Don't crash. Don't walk.

Since it is Halloween, this is a great time for me to reply to this thread! This isn't something I've seen, but around this time of year I help others experience the season while out running by dressing up as a gorilla and scaring a 5:30 am running group I'm part of! Funniest thing was one time finding a blog from a cyclist who talked about seeing a gorilla in the woods during one of her rides, it was me...

This morning, I returned to the trail as a gorilla along with a small tripod and Iphone, good times!
https://www.facebook.com/...ts/10155260316931645

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Tony
http://www.triathleteguru.com

A few years back I was on a switchback looking out over East Canyon (Salt Lake City) and noticed a Red Tailed Hawk. He was riding the ridge lift and almost exactly at the same height as the road so I was looking slightly down on him. As I was looking, he banked such that the sun reflected off the tops of his wings making him completely aglow. Stunning! What I would give for a pic of that!

I didn't know they made butt plugs. Bicycles, sure. I guess diversification is the key to success for large companies.

Bike company names I wouldn't want associated with sex toys: Giant, Surly, Felt, Jamis, Softride

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Yesterday was November 5th, and I saw Xmas lights up already

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Today I saw a Pontiac Fiero, with NJ Historical plates [for cars 25+ years old, they begin or end with "QQ"]

In case you don't remember

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

There's a wooded stretch of road toward the end of the second day of the City to Shore where I've seen that happen to enough riders (and experienced it myself a couple of times over the years) that I swear it's deliberate on the part of the squirrels.

Or beginning of the first day, if you only do the ride down on Saturday [like we do, then we volunteer at the Waterford Middle School rest stop on Sunday]

Do you mean that twisty, turny part between Rt 73 and the Halloween house? That's near where I live; I drive it to & from work everyday

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Kettle Run Road right before Braddock Mill Road, I think?

Coming out of t1 on a foggy morning a woman in front of me on the bike had just put on her Oakley's in transition and couldn't see out of the condensation on the lenses. She ripped them off her face and chucked them on the ground and kept riding. A spectator saw the whole thing and shouted "I didn't want those anyway!". It was a funny scene and I couldn't stop laughing.

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Madison photographer Timothy Hughes | Instagram

That's it!!!

Y'know where that turn is, where there's a railroad crossing? If you were to cross the RR, and go straight about a mile, that's where I live

In fact, that crossing is exactly where the boulder fell of the truck, and around where I usually see the Danica the bus driver

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

I think that would violate the littering rules, and heck of a waste of expensive glasses :-p

Is Kettle Run Road less than 12 parsecs?

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The point is, ladies and gentleman, that speed, for lack of a better word, is good. Speed is right, Speed works. Speed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

SRAM

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All I Wanted Was A Pepsi, Just One Pepsi

Team Zoot, Team Zoot Mid-Atlantic

Buddy of mine saw a $20 bill fly across the road, during IM LOU. I asked him if he stopped....and he said "no".

Got me thinking......what would the denomination have to be for me to stop in an IM race.

Knowing how the conversations on ST go, you would then need to calculate how many watts you would expend by caring that extra piece of currency, then calculate how much each watt is costing you and the watts needed to get back to where you were. Once the at break even point is discovered the value of the currency can be determined.

Enough to pay off that month's EPO

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin