The Midwest Log Rolling Championships are happening this Sunday, right here in Madison, on Lake Wingra.
I’ll be there!
About a month ago, I got an e-mail inviting me to join in the festivities and roll in the “celebrity” division.
Why not? I’m an Ironman. I can certainly log-roll.
Right?
Before I answer that question, let’s start with the competition. The other “celebrities” include…Barclay Pollak, Chris Woodard, Tim Elliott, George Dreckmann, Kari Woodall, Jason Huett, Chandra Lynn, Dustin Maher, Beth Botsford and Sara Carlson.
So, at this point I would ask that Barclay, Chris, Tim, George, Kari, Jason, Chandra, Dustin, Beth and Sara STOP READING. The headline and that whole thing about being an Ironman, so “I can certainly log-roll” – that was all there to psych you folks out.
Last night was my first attempt at log-rolling. My friend/training partner, Julie, is taking a log-rolling class that started last night. So, after our open water swim class, I weaseled my way into Julie’s log-rolling class. The class consisted of me, Julie, Julie’s friend Lauren, a couple more adults and about 312 kids, 2/3 of which were young boys (acting as obnoxious as young boys tend to do). One of the boys spotted my Ironman tattoo and asked if I had done Ironman? I told him I did it 3 times, Julie did it twice and Lauren did it 6 times! He was pretty impressed.
Then the kid got on the log…for 20 seconds.
Then I got on the log…
3 seconds!
Julie- 3 seconds!
Lauren- 5 seconds!
And the kid laughed at us.
And started talking smack!
We tried again and again and again……and again.
My record was 4 seconds.
So, to the kid, and the rest of the “celebrities” (except Kari- I already know you can kick my ass) – I challenge you all to a bike race. 1 loop around the Ironman course. Loser buys the beer for the rest of us (Root Beer for the kid) while we all watch the Midwest Log Rolling Championships this Sunday.
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