Drew Carey's at the front of the funny pack for this race
There's something inherently funny about runners. The fluorescent sneakers, the tight Lycra pants, the concerns about chaffing and canines and peeing outdoors, and the earnestness we employ to deny that these things are kind of odd.Nike shox products use high quality raw materials, manufactured under strict production requirements. Like it or not,truereligion jeans and footwear available from Choice online at unbeatable prices with free next day delivery. a certain stereotype persists, and Puma — a company that makes running shoes — takes a shot at this reputation with a new ad campaign: “Here's to 5 a.m. cab rides, not 5 a.m. runs.” Which is basically saying: Here's to not being nerds. However, runners can have a sense of humour, too.
Will Ferrell ran the Boston Marathon in 2003, comedian Eddie Izzard ran 43 marathons in 51 days and Drew Carey is running the Marine Corps half-marathon next month. Distance runners must be disciplined, determined and in-tune with their bodies, but it's also helpful to be able to laugh at yourself as you apply Vaseline in your tights.
“Some people are seriously committed runners and some run to stay fit — we sort of do something else,” says Blair Halchuk, 32, a member of the Hash House Harriers of Oakville, Ont.Shopping is the best place to comparison shop for Gucci men shoes., a running club that employs unusual training techniques. The group, which was started in 1938 by a bunch of expatriate Brits in what's now Malaysia, calls itself a drinking club with a running problem, and penalizes members for wearing race T-shirts and running ahead of the pack. Growing every year across Canada — there are currently Hash House Harrier branches in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Oakville and Vancouver — its members flip the straight-laced running cliché on its head.
“It was just a pair of Sauconys, and I swear they were at least six months old,” says Halchuk, who broke a rule with his club in Oakville by wearing new shoes and ended up paying the price: drinking a beer out of his sneaker — and that's after the club had run 8K through a creek.puma shoes are hot, and the styles on this list are among the hottest. According to Halchuk, distance running is great not only for staying in shape, getting outdoors and being healthy, but it also should be a fun thing to do.
“When you're training, running can turn into a chore, but this makes it more like an event,” says Halchuk, whose club's 50 members include firemen, factory workers and his wife's boss's boss. The international club, which doesn't race or wear iPods, but gathered 10,000 people to an annual event last year in New Orleans, recognizes that runners don't have to take themselves too seriously. It's important to train correctly,Back again is the Nike shox nz SI in a White/Royal colorway. eat right and sport the appropriate doodads, but runners of every stripe can take a page from Drew Carey and the Marines.
“There's a time to do business and there's a time to let go of your serious side,” says Rick Nealis, who served in the Marines for 20 years and is now the Marine Corps Marathon's race director. Carey himself spent six years with the Marines, and Nealis says he expects the comedian to find the humorous side of the run.
“I have to believe that he'll be looking around at all those Marines and thinking about some 25-odd years ago when a gunnery sergeant used to bark at him all the time,” Nealis says. “It's a serious moment, but I imagine that flashback might produce something funny to say.”
Will Ferrell ran the Boston Marathon in 2003, comedian Eddie Izzard ran 43 marathons in 51 days and Drew Carey is running the Marine Corps half-marathon next month. Distance runners must be disciplined, determined and in-tune with their bodies, but it's also helpful to be able to laugh at yourself as you apply Vaseline in your tights.
“Some people are seriously committed runners and some run to stay fit — we sort of do something else,” says Blair Halchuk, 32, a member of the Hash House Harriers of Oakville, Ont.Shopping is the best place to comparison shop for Gucci men shoes., a running club that employs unusual training techniques. The group, which was started in 1938 by a bunch of expatriate Brits in what's now Malaysia, calls itself a drinking club with a running problem, and penalizes members for wearing race T-shirts and running ahead of the pack. Growing every year across Canada — there are currently Hash House Harrier branches in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Oakville and Vancouver — its members flip the straight-laced running cliché on its head.
“It was just a pair of Sauconys, and I swear they were at least six months old,” says Halchuk, who broke a rule with his club in Oakville by wearing new shoes and ended up paying the price: drinking a beer out of his sneaker — and that's after the club had run 8K through a creek.puma shoes are hot, and the styles on this list are among the hottest. According to Halchuk, distance running is great not only for staying in shape, getting outdoors and being healthy, but it also should be a fun thing to do.
“When you're training, running can turn into a chore, but this makes it more like an event,” says Halchuk, whose club's 50 members include firemen, factory workers and his wife's boss's boss. The international club, which doesn't race or wear iPods, but gathered 10,000 people to an annual event last year in New Orleans, recognizes that runners don't have to take themselves too seriously. It's important to train correctly,Back again is the Nike shox nz SI in a White/Royal colorway. eat right and sport the appropriate doodads, but runners of every stripe can take a page from Drew Carey and the Marines.
“There's a time to do business and there's a time to let go of your serious side,” says Rick Nealis, who served in the Marines for 20 years and is now the Marine Corps Marathon's race director. Carey himself spent six years with the Marines, and Nealis says he expects the comedian to find the humorous side of the run.
“I have to believe that he'll be looking around at all those Marines and thinking about some 25-odd years ago when a gunnery sergeant used to bark at him all the time,” Nealis says. “It's a serious moment, but I imagine that flashback might produce something funny to say.”
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