DP - Golden ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter has made a habit of winning races, not just beating the women but all the men, too. She may be on the verge of another big win, a race in Tennessee that has no finish line.
At the Big’s Backyard Ultra in Bell Buckle, Tenn., competitors run around a roughly 4-mile loop over and over again. The race ends when all the runners but one have dropped out. The race started Oct. 20 and by 9:30 p.m. Monday, more than 70 runners had given up, leaving only three in the running. Dauwalter was in first place, ahead of two men. At last check, Dauwalter had run 266.7 miles in 52 hours, 10 minutes and 52 seconds. She held a lead of 11 minutes, 5 seconds over Johan Steene of Stockholm, Sweden. Gavin Woody of Bellevue, Wash. was in third, nearly an hour and a half behind her. Her last female competitor dropped out after 183.3 miles. Dauwalter, 33, has won 29 of 54 women’s races since 2011, topping the men’s winner in 10 of those races. On June 23, she was the first woman to cross the line at the prestigious Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in northern California. Her time — 17 hours, 27 minutes — was the second-fastest for a female in that race’s history. I respect the hell out of this lady. Imagine running almost 300 miles just because you refuse to lose. That's a determination and competitive level that I just have to tip my cap to. There are certain times on these internet streets where you come across something and you immediately know that you could never do that. That's what happened to me when I read this story. Courtney is a tougher person than I'll ever be. I'm way to lazy of a person to even think about attempting what Courtney is doing. I could probably do it for a day sure, maybe even two. But by the third day you'll find me posted up at the local dive, 4 beers deep with a face full of wing sauce by 1pm at the latest.
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Listen, Demaryius Thomas will go down as one of if not the best wide receiver in Denver Broncos history. If he's not 1 I'm making him 1A. He's a Super Bowl champion and he was an integral part of the greatest offense in NFL history. Every Bronco fan should want to keep him in Denver for the rest of career and for him to be introduced into the Ring of Fame.
But if we're going to be realistic, we need to take the prospect of trading DT seriously. Let's face it, this team isn't going to do anything special this year, they're just not. Not with Vance Joseph running things. DT's contract is still due about $5 million this year and just roughly $14 million next year(I think that's right? Don't fact check me please). The 2019 draft is loaded with WRs and the Broncos already have a promising young Courtland Sutton on the roster. Yes, getting a young stud WR for cheap in next year's draft doesn't fix our quarterback woes but it opens up money elsewhere. Money for the o-line and for the defense. Maybe the Broncos should entertain the idea of trading DT. It would help get a higher draft pick for next year and add a few more picks to our arsenal. We should accept this year for what it is, set VJ off to pasture and hopefully get a coach in here with some innovate ideas and some really young and cheap talent to work with. That being said, do we still trust Elway's drafting abilities? It seems as though a growing number of the fans are getting impatient with ol #7's work in the war room. I know I am. Just for fun. Thank the football gods for giving us back Jon Gruden. Every Broncos fan, and most NFL fans, knew that the Gruden signing in Oakland could blow up in their face. The guy has been out of coaching for what feels like forever. It's not a hot take to say the game has passed him by. He's forcing his team to watch black and white game films from like the 1950s or something for god's sake. And now he's meticulously dismantling what was once a very promising young and talented roster. And as a Bronco fan, it's truly a sight to behold. With the way the Broncos season is going, this is the next best thing if you're a person who cheers for the orange and blue. Sure the stockpile of draft picks the Raiders are accumulating with all these picks could set them up to be very, very good once they make the inevitable move to Vegas. But do you really trust these to guys to hit on all those picks? Because I sure as hell don't and if you're a Raiders fan, I don't think you're all that optimistic either. And what do you do if you're Reggie McKenzie here? If it were me, I'd have my resignation letter on Davis' desk by COB today. No way in hell would I ever let my name be attached to what's going down in Oakland right now. It's obvious Davis has given Gruden the keys to the car and every logical thinking employee of the Raiders needs to get out while they still can.
Thank god for Mark Davis and Jon Gruden. I want, no I need, this Vegas experiment to blow up in their face more than I need my hipster style IPA If the Broncos are going to suck, then it's at least a little bit better knowing that Oakland is imploding on themselves.
GoFundMe - As Alumni of the "CHIP" mascot program - we are heartfelt for what looked like a shot to the groin area when it went viral on the internet. But then we thought, there is no way anyone would ever do that. That canister has almost 200PSI in it and that's asking for way more than a little comic relief. Sure, its CHIP's job to entertain, but not at the expense of that kind of pain.
Watch closely you'll see it looks like the back of the t-shirt gun actually exploded off the pack of the "chute" the shirts launch out of. and this gun actually broke on him. That gun is way past its time and reminded us that while CHIP shows up to game day and creates so many fan-favorite moments, the program always struggled to even raise enough money to buy a new mascot suit, or make repairs to our equipment as necessary. It's hard to believe CHIP, a two-time national champion, who does over 300 appearances a year, the majority of them for athletics, has no scholarship program or substantial funding to get him what he needs. Tack on the fact that the storage closet was all too often the best option there ever was for a locker room. Help this Icon of the University recover from a painful moment that could have otherwise been avoided & get him everything he needs plus some. For starters, a jock strap and a new t-shirt gun!
When I first saw that tweet I thought it was a gift from the blogging heavens. As if the video wasn't funny enough. Chip now needs to have emergency surgery to save his balls? That's a bloggers dream. Is it fucked up that that's what my initial reaction was? Yeah, most definitely. But funny is funny and that would have been the story of the year. Nothing would have been able to top that in terms of comedic originality. In case you need a refresher or you just want to watch one of the funniest videos on the internet, here it is:
That all being said, I'm glad the record is being set straight. Chip DID NOT shoot himself in the balls. The gun failed Chip and it exploded mid shot. What a relief. I have to be honest, as funny as that video was, it made me incredibly nervous. At the time of the incident, the Buffs were well on their way to a 3-0 start. They had beaten their two biggest rivals Colorado State and Nebraska. It was looking like 2016 all over again. The Pac12 South is in a down year and is ripe for Colorado to win it again. But a moment like this? This could derail an entire athletic department let alone the football season. You just can't recover from your own mascot taking out his own twig and berries. It could have sent CU football into a tailspin the likes of which we may never have recovered from. Hell, the state legislature could rightfully block any future funding going to the university all together. Enrollment numbers would plummet, professors would leave and the school would eventually shut down and cease to exist. That is what we were facing here. So I'm glad that the record has been set straight. Chip was a victim of a faulty t-shirt gun. Phew! Thank the sweet buffalo gods in the sky. Now, everyone do your part (I've already donated $20) and get Chip a new t-shirt gun! Aspen Times - Dog owners be warned: Hungry bears are starting to come down from the hills in search of winter hibernation calories and they might be in your backyard.A year-old bear killed a Welsh terrier Tuesday morning in the backyard of a home on Eastwood Road near Mountain Valley up Highway 82 toward Independence Pass, said Ginna Gordon, a community resource officer with the Aspen Police Department. The homeowners let the 14-year-old terrier, named Clover, out about 7 a.m. to go to the bathroom without knowing the bear was under their backyard deck, Gordon said. Clover barked at the bear and cornered it under the deck, and the bear killed the dog, she said. "The bear felt trapped and that's why it acted the way it did," Gordon said. "It was not trying to seek out the dog. It was an act of defense." RIP Clover. Are bears the most fake tough-guy of the animal kingdom? You're telling the bear acted in self defense from a Welsh Terrier? Are you serious? Do you want to see what a Welsh Terrier looks like? This is a Welsh Terrier: Look at that good boy. You're going to try and tell me that a freaking bear was scared of poor little 14 year old, Clover? Get out of town. I can hear the grizzlies up in Alaska burrowing their head in embarrassment right now. "How could they let this happen?" they ask. "We fight off wolves on the daily. We're constantly defending ourselves against the bullies in the moose clan. You ever seen a moose? They're freaking huge!". For shame Colorado bears, for shame. And it is because of this story that I am officially going on record and stating that bears are the biggest fake tough-guys in the animal kingdom.
I love it. Now that's what I call public service. That's an example of our tax dollars put to work. You don't know how to do division? Call the local PD, they work for the people, they'll definitely help you out. Shout out to Fort Collins PD on this one but more importantly shout out to this dispatcher who didn't just hang up on him or ask to speak to the parents. The way he handled the situation let's you know that he is just a straight up good dude. And to be honest, this call was probably a breath of fresh air for him. Dispatchers have one of the toughest jobs in this country. Think about all the different kind of calls they have to take. They take calls from people as their house is being broken into, calls from people who have just been shot or stabbed, people who have just been in car accidents, and I'm sure there's a good number of dispatchers have taken a call only to listen to someone get murdered. They take calls from people who are actively in the most scary and stressful moments of their lives. So when you get a call from a little 10 year old asking for help on his division homework, I have to imagine you mark that down as a good day. PS - Way to ask if he was working on decimals and to round up for him when he said no.
Oooof! That was tough to watch. For context, the woman the hug was intended for was Andrea Constand. One of the women Bill Cosby drugged and raped about 40 years ago. I'm not going to comment on the case other than the Judge accurately described Cosby as a violent predator (TBH I would have gone a little more scorched earth on the bastard as he deserves to spend the rest of his days behind bars).
However, this video was laugh out loud funny. Have some situational awareness lady! You honestly thought that hug was for you?!? When Andrea was standing right there! How self involved are you? You were there for one reason and that was because Andrea Constand had the courage to stand up and speak out against a disgusting celebrity and told the world about the horrendous crimes he committed against her. But yet you somehow saw that hug was like "oh nice! I'd love a hug!". Wrong sister. Be a little bit more aware of your surroundings next time, would ya?
I'm a little late on this one, that's on me. I'll be better going forward (don't hold your breath because I probably won't).
IN THE FACE!!!!
Okay, that was mean. I shouldn't make jokes at this guys expense. Poor old man was just enjoying a beautiful Monday night at Coors Field with his wife. At least I hope it was his wife, if not then his spot just got blown up AND he took a dinger right to the face. Instead of mocked, this man should be heralded as the epitome of baseball tough. He should be the poster boy of #baseballguy. He took a David Dahl moonshot to the dome in the fourth and toughed it out for the remainder of the game. If you were in attendance last night and you saw this live and you immediately didn't go up and buy this guy a beer then I don't want you as a Rockies fan. I love this old man, I love him more than my Grandpa (that's not true). So here's to you old man, the OG #BaseballGuy. I was two bad beats away from going 6-2. The Wisconsin under and the Oregon +2 were brutal ways to end the night. So I went a little crazy today and bet all over the place. For better or worse, here you go.
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