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I Landed a Running Mount!

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  1. i had a very kewl evening at our weekly club meet last night

    i got past 50 throws juggling three clubs while idling on
    the raffie and if i wasn't so hell-bent on getting to 100, i
    probably would've managed to correct the hiccup that left me
    ungracefully dismounting on 72 throws

    i managed a good couple of throws passing with a fellow raffie-
    idler (i think our best run was about 6 throws, we're going
    to have to put in a couple of hours if we want to take that
    onto our renegade show at the convention)

    i managed to hop the raffie hands-free, paving the way to
    skipping on the giraffe i'm getting some rope this afternoon
    so i can make a special, long skipping rope for this purpose

    i didn't manage to crack a whip (someone had lying around)
    while on the raffie, but i did manage to whip myself across
    the shoulder. a snaking, red welt a very vivid reminder that
    i shouldn't try EVERYTHING on the raffie

    and then, after only managing one giraffe freemount in about
    10 tries, i got fed-up and decided to give the running mount
    a try i'd decided a long time ago that i would never land it
    on the smooth gym floor somehow that didn't bother me too
    much last night and i managed to land my very first running
    mount ever my scream of triumph stirred the late night
    stragglers from their contact juggling reverie, only to
    confirm what i feared, no one saw it so i just had to do
    another one, didn't i?
    🙂 about 8 tries later i landed the second one and
    :promptly bought
    myself a beer

    '(this ' (tinyurl.com32sgy) makes it even
    sweeter😉 )

    --
    GILD - Waffle-[censored] (ocfopgm)

    'They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
    safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.-- Benjamin Franklin,
    HistoricalReview of Pennsylvania, 1759
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    Namaste!
    Dave
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  2. congratulations, gild. I remember the first time I landed a
    running mount on my giraffe. I was practicing outside the
    local YMCA and was getting heartily laughed at by some punk
    kids when all of a sudden, there it was.

    keep practicing, I made myself practice to see how short of
    a run I could do and still get up- I finally settled on 1.5
    steps as perfect for me and turns out to be 1 whole pedal
    revolution (which, I guess is about
    1.6 meters because 20 inches times 3.14= about 60 inches=
    about 1.6 meters)

    good luck,

    matt

    --
    hopeful - revelling in the glory of 700c

    a sawzall...!? why not just use an axe. -- Jagur

    Long live the Lotus -- Mojoe
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