If there was a time to use this blog for political purposes that time is now.
Basically, my friend grew an awesome beard and you will vote for it. First however, allow me to set this in its proper context.
Last year, myself and 11 of my peers ran in New York's Ragnar Relay. The race stretched 185 miles, extending from Woodstock New York, over the Catskills and down to finish line, near the Tappan Zee Bridge outside the city. We ran in the day; we ran in the night. We ran our guts to the ground and we won, beating out 216 other teams.
Along the way, we stuffed ourselves in vans as we shuttled runners to various relay points, bonding over shared body odors and runners' camaraderie. We called ourselves the North American Distance Squad (NADS for short) and there has never been an organization that I have been prouder to be a part of.
Now, with our silvery-blue batons of victory and commemorative race medals/bottle openers we're pretty happy about last-year. We were also lucky enough to win free entry to the 2011 race. With that race start set for May 13th, we are training hard to prepare. The new course has been extended to Bethel New York, making the run over 200 miles and hillier than ever.
As for the beard, that's my buddy Dave, responsible for organizing this year's and last year's race. When he learned that the race had put out a contest to see who could grow the best mustache, he took it upon himself to grow the fine mosaic of facial hair that you see at the top of this page. If he wins, the NADS will get free entry (and hopefully a victory) for the 2012 race as well.
As you can, see, the beard is groomed to match the Ragnar symbol on the bottle. The howling wolf and moon imagery should speak for themselves. The picture proves that Dave isn't really into doing things half-way. That'll be our attitude when our shoes hit the ground race-day.
Go NADS!
Here are Dave's instructions:
First become a fan of the Ragnar page by selecting "Like" at the top:http://www.facebook.com/Th
Then you can search for my picture or find it at the following link:http://www.facebook.com/ph
Please click "like" on my picture. I’m the one with the purple singlet and the wolf in the background.
