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Osgood Would Fail

Allow me to indulge in some nonsense for a moment.

As many of you know, I am training for a half marathon. Yesterday (Saturday) I had a terrible run full of mental blocks where I only made it about 6 miles (I was supposed to go 10). So Today I decided to give it another go, and run the full 10.

Star-divide

Now as you might imagine during the course of your first 10-mile run the mind goes a little wacky, and some significant mental blocks enter your mind, along with some other random completely incoherent thoughts.

Sometimes as you struggle up a hill in mile 5 the thought turns to stopping and walking, or quitting. For some inexplicable reason to get through this mental barrier I thought to myself "You can't stop. Osgood would stop. Osgood would fail." (I had been watching Chicago blow a 2 goal lead against Detroit immediately before the run).

For some reason, the sheer ridiculousness of this thought made me smile and laugh, but it also made me break through that mental barrier.

So for some reason this has become my new rallying cry for my run. It takes my mind off of the run, which is when I run my best.

 

Ok, my self-indulgence is over. Thought you guys would enjoy it.

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That Rocks Jibs!!
Good luck with your training and your race!

Proud Soldier in the Burgandy Brigade.
"You mess with our Hejduk and the Spirit of Lappy is coming!"-Jibbles

by gl avfan on Mar 7, 2010 10:04 PM MST reply actions  

That. Is. Beautiful.

I ran the LA Marathon and had to find my little tricks too. That one beats them all hands down.

The 2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche: People can stop waiting for these kids to hit the wall. They won’t.

by NurseBeachie on Mar 7, 2010 10:23 PM MST reply actions  

That rocks!

I am going to be climbing the CN tower, I’ll be using that trick during the climb.

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by sandiegee on Mar 8, 2010 8:02 AM MST reply actions  

WWOD

I think everyone here could live by that.

Very funny story. Good Luck Training!!

Colorado Avalanche: Aiming for Magic #31 - 31 points in 28 games. 14 points in 11 games; 17 points to go!

by hockeymom on Mar 8, 2010 8:50 AM MST reply actions  

I like this!

Or WWOF (Where Would Osgood Fail)?

Budweiser is a lot like making love in a row boat. They're both fucking close to water.

by smoky201 on Mar 8, 2010 9:05 AM MST up reply actions  

Even better

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by sandiegee on Mar 8, 2010 9:36 AM MST up reply actions  

But Osgood is already a lock for the running HoF, isn’t he?

And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.

by Bob in Boulder on Mar 8, 2010 9:45 AM MST reply actions  

Are you kidding me?? not only HoFer, but Osgood is THE BEST GOALIE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF HOCKEY!!!!!!

The 2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche: People can stop waiting for these kids to hit the wall. They won’t.

by NurseBeachie on Mar 8, 2010 12:10 PM MST up reply actions  

In that regard

This from Elliott Friedman:


Scotty Bowman believes strongly in the Detroit model: If you don’t have a top-three goalie, you protect him with great team defence and puck possession.

Hall of Famer!

The New Improved Avalanche. Now with Real Coaches!
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time

by Jibblescribbits on Mar 8, 2010 12:49 PM MST up reply actions  

Osmediocre has had a ton of time to practice his HoF acceptance speech while the Wings bench him and try to find a replacement almost every season.

And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.

by Bob in Boulder on Mar 8, 2010 1:07 PM MST up reply actions  

Looks like they finally succeeded this year.

The Savage has spoken. Let it be done

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Mar 9, 2010 1:25 AM MST up reply actions  

Everytime the avs have played them I have found myself at some point during the game saying to myself or the person next to me, “If they can get some more shots they’d be winning by 2.” Their defensive system is so sound, I’m amazed more teams don’t copy it.

I bet he's got more trophies than the pope and Wayne Gretzky combined!

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Mar 9, 2010 9:38 AM MST up reply actions  

Forget running HOF, He’s a lock for the Amazing Human Achievements HOF.

The Savage has spoken. Let it be done

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Mar 9, 2010 1:24 AM MST up reply actions  

Screw detroit.

Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 12:43 PM MST reply actions  

Thats what IVE been saying….

Screw the Wings. Screw Lidstrom. Screw Franzen. Screw Holmstrom. And Super Double Mega Screw Bertuzzi (May God NOT have mercy on his sick twisted warped soul).

by i2strange97 on Mar 8, 2010 7:48 PM MST up reply actions  

I like where you head is at.

I signed up for this website and all I got was this lousy sig.

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Mar 8, 2010 8:46 PM MST up reply actions  

That’s what she said

The 2009-2010 Colorado Avalanche: People can stop waiting for these kids to hit the wall. They won’t.

by NurseBeachie on Mar 8, 2010 9:37 PM MST up reply actions  

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