TYRANENA BEER RUN

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Weather-unseasonably hot
Distance-half marathon
Best part- trail running
Worst part- undertrained

Recently a group of us ran the Tyanena beer run. Although not regestered, I filled in for Lauren who was out with an injury. Lauren signed up for the half which meant I had to run the half. Sports Management Timers were nice enough to change over the names ahead of time.

The weather was unbelievable. November in Wisconsin is not known for 70's. We took the Race Day Events van with 5 of us.







I hadn't been running long distances so I decided to go out at a smart pace. I spent the entire first 4 miles coasting behind (drafting) other runners. Some seemed confused and gave me looks as if drafting in running is illegal or something. Apparently they haven't watched much running on t.v. lately.

The course goes around Lake Mills which is bigger than I thought. A few nice climbs and very nice roads with little to no traffic. Several miles are on a gravel path that is wonderful for running and has trees on both sides so no wind.

Race was a lot of fun but the last several miles were very difficult as I haven't been running much more than 5 miles for training.

Got to beat Ryan, Kevin, and a few other friends and got beat by Jim near the end.

In the girls race-local legend Julie won it very easily.

My overall time was 1:33 which is o.k. for no long distance training. Great day. Lot's of nice people, good food and beer, and weather could not have been better.

This was my second year in a row at Tyranena and I will be back. This is a good race for all abilities.

UW- LA CROSSE ALUMNI SWIM MEET

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Every October is the alumni swim meet at UWL. It's an open meet so anyone can swim including non-alumni.

Usually everyone meets across the street at the Eagle's nest for food and beverages throughout the meet and diving breaks.

This year I decided to go back and swim. I couldn't talk any of my friends into swimming although a few were with me to hang out. I swam the 200 I.M. Although I have been doing a lot of triathlons and such, I haven't been in the pool in a couple months


The 200 i.m. is a fun event and occurs before lunch so I thought that would be the one to do.

I dove in off blocks (which I haven't done in a several years) and felt good because I thought I had a good reaction to the buzzer. Then I looked over and noticed all the college guys about 1/2 body length ahead of me. As my friend Matt told me, "It was all downhill after the start."

First 50 fly felt good and then I started swimming back and started to feel it. After about 25 back I was breathing quite hard and going numb in the arms and legs. Forgot what it feels like to swim short distances.

When I got to breastroke I couldn't breath very well and pushed off without doing any pullouts. Pretty certain I would have passed out had I tried a pullout.

Got to Freestyle and new I could hang in there and finish although still numb. Was breathing every stroke and working hard.

Finished in 2:30. Not a bad time for an old guy with a drag suit and no swim practice for several months. Got smoked by all the college guys as expected but it was fun to get back out there and do a short fast race. I.M. is still my favorite.

Now I can wait about 10 years again before going back!

P.S. You know you are not in college anymore when everyone goes out to party and you have dinner, ice cream and go to bed at about 9.