Pshorty's Group-GO NATHAN!!! (Page 18)

and that was my first post in this group from my new office digs

OASIS!!

Editors, The Bravery, Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, Stereophonics, Muse, Queen, David Bowie, The Pretenders, Kaiser Chiefs, Gomez, Interpol.

I have one guilty pleasure song:  Umbrella by Rhianna

kanye west and jay-z get the heaviest rotation on my running mixes. i Always run with music.  also recommend the podrunner mixes, if you haven't heard of it it's a free podcast download of super fast music, i think it comes out once a week. google it.

I wish we had a tri club around here that was organized and more active.  All we basically have is a Yahoo group and email list.  We do meet for open water swims in the summer, but that is about the extent of the team training.

In other news, does anyone know where the third largest St. Paddy's day parade in the states is? 

Jackson, MS

Yep, right behind Boston and Chicago is good ol' Jackson.  Complete with the Sweet Potato Queens.  Google them and get freaked out.  It's pretty cool that this is the 26th parade, and they just had the inaugural MS Blues Marathon in January, so they're playing off that.  The grand marshal of the parade is the the lady that finished DFL in the marathon.  She weighed over 400 pounds at one point and through surgery, diet, and excercise she was at 175 pounds for the marathon.  So they are spoofing it, but also promoting some good stuff.  There's a 5k, donations go the children's hospital, Let's Go Walkin' Mississippi (an ad campaign for healthy living) stuff will be plastered everywhere.  Pretty cool.  Oh, and the after party is legendary.  You'll probably find me at Fenian's, one of the best Irish pubs I've been to, chowing down on boxty and drinking pints of Guinness.

For one weekend a year, go green means something entirely different.

Bikers,

Check out this thread and let me know what you think. The deals look insane, and for as many times as I said I think I'm close to buying a bike -- this time I feel like I'll make the call today. Bill, Paul, other velophiles -- what do you think?

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=106063&start=1 

I would jump all over that Fara, and I mean immediately.  The components and wheels are easily worth more than $600.

Yeah -- thats the one I decided upon. Sold! Now I've got to start searching for a pedal set.

(And those tri bikes are SWEET looking.)

Fara

Javelin 7005 butted aluminum frame with carbon seatstays and 11/8" Hammerhead integrated head tube. Featuring Campagnolo Veloce 10-speed Ergo shifting components, Velomax Vista wheelset, and carbon fork. This bicycle comes ready for race day. Slide in your water bottle and go.