tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post6425435475165405773..comments2019-06-06T14:14:41.565-04:00Comments on Jef Mallett: Jef pays the priceJef Malletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813038406728297919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-16296392973984236682010-11-17T15:49:19.992-05:002010-11-17T15:49:19.992-05:00Jef,
I am more than willing to help sponsor (I kn...Jef,<br /><br />I am more than willing to help sponsor (I know you were not fishing for individual sponsors, but hey you're a good cause)some portion of your trip east.<br /><br />What's your rate for a spot on the back of your wetsuit?velobenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323777941712170231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-92181791689666399942010-11-16T15:23:22.846-05:002010-11-16T15:23:22.846-05:00Dee's citation was about Nordic racing. Just s...Dee's citation was about Nordic racing. Just skiing has become an example of the "people will pay to play" comment. When I started cross-country (XC) skiing, the skis were a few bucks and I wore the same wool pants and layered clothing that I already had for cool-weather backpacking. Then the same folks who made Alpine skiing so trendy and expensive got hold of XC, with special clothing, expensive equipment, and pricey trail passes. Playing hockey never was all that cheap, at least in recent times, but the same sort of feature-creep has happened there, too. Bah.Ed Rushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-63323883846841322342010-11-16T13:16:30.619-05:002010-11-16T13:16:30.619-05:00I love your reminder that The Martian is exactly 2...I love your reminder that The Martian is exactly 26.2 miles long as well. And maybe it is just sour grapes on my part, but I will say the same thing about Kona versus Coeur d'Alene. I do think that it all needs to be de-mystified.<br /><br />That said, I simply can't believe that my wife's Boston shirt has remained IN THE CLOSET ever since the day she ran it. She has left it there because she qualified, she trained and she ran it FOR HERSELF. I have tried and tried to get her to understand that even though SHE might think of it as boastful to wear it, other think of it as inspiring. But I would have held you in just as much esteem had you qualified and then NOT gotten a spot...and had to run Martian instead.Lars Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251861709629640112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-24843045626816715772010-11-16T07:51:35.807-05:002010-11-16T07:51:35.807-05:00Wow, Dee! Nordic skiing gets it, too. No sport is ...Wow, Dee! Nordic skiing gets it, too. No sport is immune (though that is like the Boston Marathon of skiing). You know, every fall I find myself wishing I lived where it was snowy enough to take Nordic skiing seriously. And every year that feeling is eventually replaced with relief that I'm forced out of one more expensive, time-consuming obsession. But man, I love that sport.Jef Malletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813038406728297919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359543817192302396.post-16120749450857454512010-11-16T07:02:23.117-05:002010-11-16T07:02:23.117-05:00Yup, people will pay to play!...and in a big hurry...Yup, people will pay to play!...and in a big hurry too! 16,000 bibs sold in 18 minutes?<br />http://www.nordicskiracer.com/news.asp?NewsID=5127Dee Wolternoreply@blogger.com