In the arena

Dally said:

It focuses my
training, it hones my skills, it gives me a chance to kick-ass

With no focus, little training, no skills, and a huge fat [censored], it
amazes me you finish.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

The Bill Rodgers said:

Dally said:

It focuses my
training, it hones my skills, it gives me a chance to kick-ass

With no focus, little training, no skills, and a huge fat [censored], it
amazes me you finish.

You know what, Bill? I meant YOU. You need to get off your fat hairy
ass and get out there and compete. All these snide little remarks
denigrating me just make you look like a bitter failure that needs to
pull others down to your size.

Your statements about me are without merit. You are supremely
uninformed. For you information, I have fantastic focus, lots of
training, a little skill and a much less fat ass than I used to. I'm
amazed that I start. But once I start, I'm not amazed that I finish.

You should try it sometime. Get out there and move your body in a
competition. In Springfield there is a great bike club called the
Cyclonauts that are a big presence in the local triathlon communities.
It's $40 bucks to join (plus the uniform) and you train three times a week.

If triathlons aren't your bag, why not run? Enter a 10K race. You can
find one at www.active.com. There are 5K races in Northampton every
Tuesday evening at 6:30 that only cost $3 to enter and are friendly on a
beautiful cross country course. Google "sugarloaf mountain athletic club."

I passed a guy on the run today that is 69 years old and has done four
triathlons this summer, and 155 consecutive 5Ks in Northampton. He's a
nice guy, stubborn as hell and exemplifies what it's like to get out
there and get in the arena. He shows up race after race, week-end after
week-end, and gets passed by fat-ass forty year olds like me, but he's
out there competing and I respect him to bits for it.

What kind of man are you? The kind that bring people down while you sit
bitterly on the computer, or the kind that gets out there and works on
bettering YOURSELF? Your choice.

Dally

You dumb fatazz,
I've run more marathons than your fatass has read about. Biking is for
[censored].

Dally said:

The Bill Rodgers said:

Dally said:

It focuses my
training, it hones my skills, it gives me a chance to kick-ass

With no focus, little training, no skills, and a huge fat [censored], it
amazes me you finish.

You know what, Bill? I meant YOU. You need to get off your fat hairy
ass and get out there and compete. All these snide little remarks
denigrating me just make you look like a bitter failure that needs to
pull others down to your size.

Your statements about me are without merit. You are supremely
uninformed. For you information, I have fantastic focus, lots of
training, a little skill and a much less fat ass than I used to. I'm
amazed that I start. But once I start, I'm not amazed that I finish.

You should try it sometime. Get out there and move your body in a
competition. In Springfield there is a great bike club called the
Cyclonauts that are a big presence in the local triathlon communities.
It's $40 bucks to join (plus the uniform) and you train three times a week.

If triathlons aren't your bag, why not run? Enter a 10K race. You can
find one at www.active.com. There are 5K races in Northampton every
Tuesday evening at 6:30 that only cost $3 to enter and are friendly on a
beautiful cross country course. Google "sugarloaf mountain athletic club."

I passed a guy on the run today that is 69 years old and has done four
triathlons this summer, and 155 consecutive 5Ks in Northampton. He's a
nice guy, stubborn as hell and exemplifies what it's like to get out
there and get in the arena. He shows up race after race, week-end after
week-end, and gets passed by fat-ass forty year olds like me, but he's
out there competing and I respect him to bits for it.

What kind of man are you? The kind that bring people down while you sit
bitterly on the computer, or the kind that gets out there and works on
bettering YOURSELF? Your choice.

Dally

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:51:57 -0400, The Bill Rodgers <[email hidden]>
wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

You dumb fatazz,
I've run more marathons than your fatass has read about. Biking is for
[censored].

Cite, please. If you can't show you name in the results, in print or
online, it doesn't count.

John Hanson said:

Cite, please. If you can't show you name in the results, in print or
online, it doesn't count.

I don't have to prove anything to a fat suck like you, who couldn't
waddle his fatazz to the frig for another beer, nevermind 26 miles.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:37:06 -0400, The Bill Rodgers <[email hidden]>
wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

John Hanson said:

Cite, please. If you can't show you name in the results, in print or
online, it doesn't count.

I don't have to prove anything to a fat suck like you, who couldn't
waddle his fatazz to the frig for another beer, nevermind 26 miles.

BWAHAHAHA...LOSER!

So in other words, you have no proof. All of the results of my
powerlifting meets are online here:
http://thepress.org/Result%20Index.htm
and here:
http://www.usapowerlifting.com/results/index.shtml

John Hanson said:

BWAHAHAHA...LOSER!

Yes, you are.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

The Bill Rodgers said:

You dumb fatazz,
I've run more marathons than your fatass has read about.

Cite, please. Exactly how many marathons, and when was the last one,
and what was your last competition? (I'm not at all interested in or
concerned about how you did, just whether you trained for it and showed up.)

Quoted message said:

Biking is for [censored].

You are wrong. Weightlifting is for [censored]. Cycling is for men who don't
mind if you think they're [censored] because they'll have an easier time
getting your girl that way.

Dally

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:59:31 -0400, Dally <[email hidden]> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

The Bill Rodgers said:

You dumb fatazz,
I've run more marathons than your fatass has read about.

Cite, please. Exactly how many marathons, and when was the last one,
and what was your last competition? (I'm not at all interested in or
concerned about how you did, just whether you trained for it and showed up.)

Quoted message said:

Biking is for [censored].

You are wrong. Weightlifting is for [censored]. Cycling is for men who don't
mind if you think they're [censored] because they'll have an easier time
getting your girl that way.

Uhmm, no. You're thinking of bodybuilding.

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:57:11 -0400, The Bill Rodgers <[email hidden]>
wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

John Hanson said:

BWAHAHAHA...LOSER!

All of the results of my powerlifting meets are online here:
http://thepress.org/Result%20Index.htm
and here:
http://www.usapowerlifting.com/results/index.shtml

John Hanson said:

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:51:57 -0400, The Bill Rodgers <[email hidden]>
wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

You dumb fatazz,
I've run more marathons than your fatass has read about. Biking is for
[censored].

Cite, please. If you can't show you name in the results, in print or
online, it doesn't count.

Excerpt from www.runningtimes.com/billr/billbio.htm

Bill Rodgers' most famous victories occurred at the New York City and Boston
Marathons, both of which he won an astounding four times. His first victory in
Boston came in 1975, where he posted a then-CR of 2:09:55. He won again in 1978
(2:10:13), set a then American record of 2:09:27 in 1979, and won yet again in
1980 with a 2:12:11. At New York, he set a then CR of 2:10:10 in 1976, then won
again in 1977 (2:11:28), 1978 (2:11:28) and 1979 (2:12:12). In all, he has toed
the starting line at 57 marathons, running 28 of them under 2:15.

Yes, obviously this troll isn't him, but he is claiming to be one of the most
famous marathoners in history.

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:19:06 GMT, T <[email hidden]> wrote in
misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

John Hanson said:

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:51:57 -0400, The Bill Rodgers <[email hidden]>
wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

You dumb fatazz,
I've run more marathons than your fatass has read about. Biking is for
[censored].

Cite, please. If you can't show you name in the results, in print or
online, it doesn't count.

Excerpt from www.runningtimes.com/billr/billbio.htm

Bill Rodgers' most famous victories occurred at the New York City and Boston
Marathons, both of which he won an astounding four times. His first victory in
Boston came in 1975, where he posted a then-CR of 2:09:55. He won again in 1978
(2:10:13), set a then American record of 2:09:27 in 1979, and won yet again in
1980 with a 2:12:11. At New York, he set a then CR of 2:10:10 in 1976, then won
again in 1977 (2:11:28), 1978 (2:11:28) and 1979 (2:12:12). In all, he has toed
the starting line at 57 marathons, running 28 of them under 2:15.

Yes, obviously this troll isn't him, but he is claiming to be one of the most
famous marathoners in history.

There has never been a bigger complete and total loser in MFW than
that idiot. They guy spends all of his waking hours trolling Usenet
and even when he tries to be clever or witty, he fails miserably. To
top it off, he uses a pseudonym that is the same name of a famous
runner because he has no accomplishments of his own.

Dally said:

Cite, please. Exactly how many marathons, and when was the last one,
and what was your last competition? (I'm not at all interested in or
concerned about how you did, just whether you trained for it and showed up.)

Why? To prove to a fatazz like you and [censored] I did it? I don't need
your approval, nor justification. My advice on running has proven
sound over the years on RR, where it is obvious I know my stuff.
Running 9 miles a day should give you a clue, that I could run another
one at anytime I wanted to.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Biking is for [censored].

You are wrong. Weightlifting is for [censored]. Cycling is for men who don't
mind if you think they're [censored] because they'll have an easier time
getting your girl that way.

Problem is, that the "girls" they are after, have bulges instead of
cameltoes.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

John Hanson said:

You're thinking of bodybuilding.

Oh? You're a bodybuilder now?

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

John Hanson said:

All of the results of my powerlifting meets are online here:

Phony websites are easy to make up.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

Dally said:

I showed up and competed in another triathlon today. I did just fine -
respectable enough, despite longer distances and scarier competition.
In fact, that's the point of me writing this: I wanted to encourage you
guys to get in the arena. There's just something about competing in
your chosen sport that is unlike any other endeavor. It focuses my
training, it hones my skills, it gives me a chance to kick-ass.

A woman I had been chatting at before the race popped out of the water
right next to me. As we ran up a hill to our bikes she said something
about really hammering it on the bike. I said, "race yuh!" and meant
it. I think she beat me back on the bike, but I passed her early in the
run and never saw her again. It's good to go head to head once in a while.

Get out there and try it.

I totally agree. My wife decided to enter a martial arts tournament
recently, partially as incentive for the kids to try too, and her
attitude has been amazing since. She didn't actually do all that well,
but now, she's redoubling her efforts to prepare for the next one. Her
newfound dedication would not have happened without the tournament I'm
sure.

- bc

John Hanson said:

There has never been a bigger complete and total loser in MFW than
that idiot. They guy spends all of his waking hours trolling Usenet

Not true, I [censored] and pee during my waking hours too. Although I
realize you do these while you sleep.

Quoted message said:

and even when he tries to be clever or witty, he fails miserably.

In order to understand my incredibly intellectual humor, you must
poeses an IQ in the three digit range. I of course realize this rules
you out, so i'll attempt to "dumb down" some humor for you [censored].

Quoted message said:

To
top it off, he uses a pseudonym that is the same name of a famous
runner because he has no accomplishments of his own.

I am THE BILL RODGERS, the rest are fakes.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

Jim A Davidson said:

Picture URL is now corrected. The next time my brother is spouting off about
his physical prowess, take a good look at what a wimp he *ACTUALLY IS!!!

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=behstx

Yeah, right; as if Bill would have a set of bagpipes hanging on the
wall over his head (unless they were hung in the center of a
dartboard). The air filter is suspicious, I must admit, but still,
there's no pot paraphernalia in this shot. Get real.

The Good Guy said:

Quoted message said:

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=behstx

Looks like they are pulling down those pics, faster than you can put
them up LOL

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."