I like it

Jason send us this from Arizona. Great choice of riding trail. He adds that he saw a giant jackrabbit but that it didn't stick around for the picture.

The Final Countdown

This is it. In a little more than 24 hours the competition will be over and one team will walk away with it all; one team with bunny ears that is.

It's time for our end of the competition rock power anthem. The band is different but you'll recognize the tune.

NO, NO, NO!

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/AKTriathlon/message/6232

What on earth is going on here, I mean really, someone fill me in. Three pages on shaving? For men? Until you can catch me, you fuzzy little man peach you, I wouldn't worry about slicking down those legs of yours. Look at my beautiful coat, see how it shines? Notice my rippling leg muscles as I bound away from you, running like my tail is on fire (does anyone else smell smoke?) as I dash past the Sharks?

On the topic of "it looks sexy", I took an informal poll last night, and 1 out of 1 woman asked said "Oh Incog, don't you ever shave" - which is pretty much all the answer I need on the subject. So Beaker, Carla, and all you other crazy ladies out there, remember this is Alaska. Where men are men, and hey. Get away from me with those clippers. It's not funny any more. I'm not kidding.

DINO HELP ME!!!!

Run Run Run

I can't believe how many bunnies showed up midnight Saturday to run in circles. Don't mess with the bunnies. Any time. Any day.

And if some of you San Diego readers don't believe it happened then tune to our TV link and click "On Demand". You will see a clip of the bunnies running down the track. So there.

http://www.mogulus.com/alaskatriathlontv


Shadow or no shadow?
Doesn't matter. Read what the Chicago Zoological Society says:

The first official Groundhog Day was in 1886, and since then groundhogs have been successful in forecasting the season only 39% of the time. They may lack meteorological skills, but they’re expert hibernators.

Great at SLEEPING! Now there's a skill.

February 2nd could become "Marmot Day"

Bunny usually stays out of the political scene but this caught my attention:

State of Alaska, Senate Bill 58:
"An Act establishing February 2 of each year as Marmot Day; and providing for an effective date."

http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=26&bill=SB%20%2058

How could I not be in favor of changing "Groundhog Day" to "Marmot Day"? Mind you I have nothing against groundhogs, but serious differences with "The Groundhog". He's had a quite a year wreaking havoc on our weather.

But then I learned a groundhog IS a marmot (genus "Marmota"). Same animal - different name. They are also known as "woodchuck" and "whistling pig" (I like that last one).

How about they just give us a day off for no reason and leave the critter out of it.

Round Three - HERE WE COME!!

Alright hoppers, it's getting close to that time, and we can't back off now. We've managed to secure victories in two rounds, and you know San Diego is going to come out swinging in the final round. Right now they're holding a small lead on the overall miles, but I think we can get that licked. Here's the challenge bunnies - keep enough miles going on the bike so we don't slip too far, but rest up those legs so we can open up a can on the 1st.

On a lighter note, I wanted to share this wisdom with you all. Shot Blocks do not taste good when frozen. Now I know what you're thinking, and it's probably along the same lines as my thoughts. Shot Blocks are like delicious chewy candy. Jolly Ranchers are delicious hard candy. Freezing something usually makes it hard, so therefore a frozen Shot Block should be like a delicious hard candy.

Now I'm not saying that this experiment started out as an intentional taste testing of a frozen shot block. No sirree, Incognito did not go and put a bag of Black Cherry Shot Blocks in the freezer for an evening to intentionally eat frozen. That would be planning, and that my bunnies just isn't Incog's game. No, this particular pack of nutrition was left in a truck bed during that wonderful week we had. Upon returning home from a run, this bag called to me like a siren under the sea "Eat me Incog, I'm delicious!". Alice herself couldn't have felt a greater pull from that magical cupcake that sent her spiraling down the rabbit hole.

With some trepidation, and a lot of anticipation, I tore into that bag like a hamster going through a newspaper. I could already taste that Black Cherry goodness that would tide me over until I could get some real rabbit food, and that would throw that spring back into my step. Much to my surprise however, I discovered that you cannot chew a frozen Shot Block, and it no longer has that delicious flavor. One might say it was down right nasty. I think I preferred the sand covered ones from my last vacation over these disgusting morsels. Blech.

So with that tip bunnies, warm up your blocks and set your clocks. The final month of the NCC is just around the corner and it's time to put San Diego to bed.

HOP ON!

Park the Pugsley

Wanna' go outside and play? The seriously-messed up record-setting weather has made a mess of our playground:

• Hilltop Ski Area: Closed


• Arctic Valley Ski Area: Closed


• Alyeska Resort: Open (huh? must be synthetic snow)


• Local X-Ski Trails: Stay off!


• X-ski HS Races: Cancelled


• Chugach National Forest: Considerable avalanche danger in areas
  
  (Read the bit about the anonometer at Alyeska blowing apart)


• Ice skating: Wear rubber boots


• Snow shoeing: What's snow?


• Low areas: Flooding


• The Frosty Bottom 25/50: Postponed till next weekend.


• Local roads: Dry, wet, icy, flooded...and that's just the first mile. Bunny was thinking of going for a bike ride in this warm weather but I wasn't sure if I needed a road bike, mt bike, skates, or a boat.


• The Freeze Art Project: Now renamed "Thaw"

I guess you could always go for a walk or run. Hmmm...YakTraks or Xtra Tuffs?

By the way, if you're pining for a Pugsley but are suffering the January checkbook blues then stop by Chain Reaction. They're raffling one for $20 a ticket.