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[Gnappster]

the 411 section seems like a huge sausage party so far, so I thought I'd jump right in.

I joined RMM in I think July 04 after browsing its goodness for a couple months. I started posting on the message board when I saw the funny shit that went on in here. There wasn't a lot of pic posting in here back then, just funny and sometimes sexy dialog. So I was hooked from the start.

I'm 28 years old and happily married. I know, I know, that probably disapoints the thousands of female members out there (and some of the guys). And if you believe that, I've got some prime swampland in Florida to sell you. I just love breasts and the female form. Sure it's all sexually appealing. But the female body is just so aesthetically pleasing, one just can't help but to stop and admire it, as corny as that sounds.

I went to university and got a degree in sculpture where I specialized in stone sculpture. But being as there isn't a huge job market for a novice sculptor, I got a job as graphic designer for an automotive graphics company, cuz it pays the bills a little better.

I'm into ultimate fighting and fitness and almost any outdoor activity like camping, canoeing, hiking with my dog, or sex(not with the dog).

I like hanging out with friends and drinking a few cold beers, and am pretty easy going at most times.

That's about all I can think of right now, if I think of anything really clever or interesting I'll post it as it will be the complete opposite of what I have so far.

Here's a couple of recent pics of me from the past weekend.

[Gnappster]

OK, so next Sunday I am running in marathon relay. It's basically 5 people each running a certain portion of the 26 miles 385 yards (42.2km). So I asked some people I knew back in June if they were interested and got 4 people to join me. The lengths to run are 7km, then 10km, 11km, 9km, then 5km. I said right away that I would run the 11km so no one would have to stress over doing it. I am by no means a competitive runner but I do run quite a bit and the other people on my team don't run very much.
And I made up sample training programs, registered everyone, did all the legwork, all everyone had to do was train for it. I told them right from the start, DON'T put off training for this or you'll be screwed come race time. There isn't much of a way to cram for this one in the last week. I tried to update my training progress with everyone to maybe get them motivated to train or at least to let me know how they were doing. I hardly got any response, so the warning flags should have gotten raised then.
Plus my wife is part of our team too and she was working hard but then she hurt her achilles and couldn't run much until mid August so I said it would be good for her to run the 5km leg as she had less than a month to get back into race shape. Everyone agreed.
So then my buddy calls me late last week and says his woman (who is also on our team doesn't want to run the 7km anymore) WTF?! Something that could have been brought up before! I said well we'll have to figure smething out I guess. So my wife volunteered to run the 7km instead even though she didn't have much time to prepare and now she kinda pissed about it and nervous about running it, I guess rightfully so. And my buddy says he's not so keen on running his 9km leg either but he would do it. I mean what the hell were were you guys doing for the last 3 months?! I even said if anyone was having problems staying motivated to let me know and I would come help them out, run with them, whatever was needed. But I heard nothing.
The last guy on our team is running the 10km and he says he's ready for it so I won't question it, and hopefully he delivers on that.
But the last straw was, I set up a team run on the weekend to get everyone together to build a little confidence, answer any questions, and to see how everyone was doing in person. Everyone said they were in for Saturday at noon, late enough to give everyone time to sleep off whatever they needed to, yet early enough not to interfere with weekend drinking or whatever. So I call my one buddy at 11 and ask where everyone wanted to meet. He then tells me him and his woman aren't up for running today? I really didn't even know what to say. You have one week left and I'm trying to get some of the kinks worked out and they are no showing me. I was SOOO pissed I didn't even call ther other guy and just did some intervals on the treadmill instead. Wife and I did a run later in the day and that was that.
Now we're less than 5 days out from the marathon and I don't even know if some of the people on my team are even gonna finish their leg of the relay. And it pisses me off cuz I've worked damned hard to hit the pavenment a lot and improve my time over the last 12 weeks and now I'm worried that we won't even finish.

I'm pretty sure no one will even read all this but I needed to get it off my chest.