Repeat after me. “I, Tony Ludlow, (insert your name) will never do a triathlon without sufficiently training for it.” I did the Memphis in May Mountain Bike Triathlon a couple of years ago – I actually did the very first Memphis in May triathlon back in 1983. But this Mountain Bike Triathlon was the first [...]
I started lifting weights as a junior high school football player and have been at it ever since. I started running at about the same time too. And I’ve been at it ever since. But I never really understood either running or weight training until I was in the Marine Corps. Coaches made us lift [...]
I was standing in line at the grocery store the other day, doing what we all do. Thinking about shoplifting. No, of course not. I was looking around at the stuff that you can impulse buy. The checkout lines give you another chance to buy candy bars, chewing gum, lighters, playing cards, and all kinds [...]
I’ve been asked a couple of times about tomorrow’s schedule (Friday, 27 April) so I thought I’d post it: 5:30am and 6:45am classes meet as usual tomorrow. The 5:30pm class is meeting informally — I won’t be there — for “Sgt. Tony’s Fun Run,” details below. The 8:30am class is officially on hiatus for the [...]
A friend of mine posted on Facebook a collage of facial pictures of the Harry Potter characters. Next to each character was a description of traits and values associated with that person. You know, Harry demonstrated that “you never lose sight of the future that you want, that anything can happen.” And Ron showed us [...]
Just a reminder that we’ll be at the U of M for the Mt. Fuji workout on Tuesday 24 April at 5:30am!
I stopped at a huge yard sale and browsed around. Tables were covered with items that people had been excited to pay full price for at one time in the past. But now they were happy to part with those things for mere pennies on the dollar. Treasures had turned into trash and the sellers [...]
“I’m not interested in your bull sh*t!” I said. “I’m not interested in your lame ass excuses,” I yelled. “I’m not interested in your love of leisure, your lazy behavior, or your pathetic impersonation of a man!” I said. “I don’t give a sh*t about your self imposed limitations or your insistence that you can’t [...]
(I posted this on my Facebook page the other day. A couple of you who aren’t on Facebook wanted me to post this here. So here you go!) I had a talk the other day with a former student. The subject: jacked up spelling and grammar wrecks on Facebook, making otherwise smart people look and [...]
I had a talk the other day with a former student. The subject: jacked up spelling and grammar wrecks on Facebook, making otherwise smart people look and sound, well, less smart. She inspired me to post these simple grammar/English reminders. If one of your Facebook friends would benefit from this, just share it. You don’t [...]
