Posted on 10/18/2021 12:00:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yan Daixiang squinted through dense, freezing fog as she struggled to make out her surroundings. Runners were scattered everywhere—off the trail, in ravines, on the other side of the mountain—dotting the hillside in brightly colored athletic gear. It was hard to tell loose clothing and people apart. People trudged in every direction, struggling against freezing wind and rain. Others huddled around bushes or boulders.
Some runners passed Yan, heading back down the mountain. They’d tried to reach the race’s third checkpoint at mile 17, but failed. They were retreating now, back to the second checkpoint, to drop out.
“It’s way too cold on the top at the third checkpoint,” one cautioned Yan.
The temperature had been dropping consistently since the rain had started. It would get colder the higher she climbed. Yan was still going up.
Most of the runners were wearing shorts and T-shirts. Racers had been encouraged to stow their warm clothes in a drop bag, which they could pick up at mile 39, at the 6th checkpoint. But few had expected they would need extra layers: the Yellow River Stone Forest 100K took place in a desert, and in previous years runners had battled heatstroke, not hypothermia. The bags, if they had anything warm in them, were nearly 20 miles away.
Yan was lucky; she had brought warmer clothes with her. She donned long pants and a jacket, and decided to keep moving.
There was a mile left to climb before the next checkpoint. Around her, more dots of neon color covered the mountainside—crawling, lying on the ground, standing but barely moving. Yan approached an elderly man whose eye was bleeding. He insisted he was fine.
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I love sourdough. You can keep the Mad Dog.
Oh, an obstacle course too. I love it. Are paper bags allowed in San Francisco? I think that you'll have to byob (bring your own bag). And the challenge will be to survive the swim in the same water that was used to wash the human feces off the sidewalks in downtown SF and down the drain and into the sewers and out into the ocean. No simple feat.
“You also get a loaf of sourdough bread and a bottle of MD 20/20.”
What, not process cheese food? Bunch of cheapskates...
I hope the organizers provide antibiotics at the finish line.
Just mRNA vaccines.
C.H.U.D.
“Hey, I’ve done the Alcatraz swim part, followed by a 3 mile run.”
Nice. I can only do the marathon at In N Out line-ups during lunch hour.
All cool people drink MD 20/20 straight from the bottle that’s in a brown bag.
All us cool people drink AquaVelva aftershave
that the little store keep in the refrigerated case.
Honestly, when I saw that I knew I was in a low part of
town.
My event will be called the Rosie Ruiz Memorial 2K. You don’t have to run much but you do have to take the NY Subway in running shorts on various lines that encompass at least 4 boroughs.
Have you heard? What's the word? It's Thunderbird!
What’s the price? 50 twice!
Had some Pride of Cucamonga Muskatel once.
I’ll take shark infested water.
That doesn’t sound good...
How do you run a 100K race? That’s about 62,137 miles
Thats two and a half times around the earth. Something is wrong on the math.
Anybody check the local body-parts donation clinics?
“Here’s another one boss, over here in the ditch. Think we’ll get 50 yen for this one too? I’m keeping the running shoes this time, though.”
Just sell fentanyl. Toss in a t-shirt...take it back when they’re dead.
That is a fine business plan.
Do you know any Chinese venture capitalists?
I dealt more with the suppliers.
I’m retired now, but still have connections. Naturally, with the supply chain in an uproar, prices up for shipping containers out of China, other odd inflationary pressures (The Big Guy wants 12% now!)...prices are steep per kilo. I can have Wang Chung hit you up, if you like.
Rhabdomyelitis all around!
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