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Tuesday, 01 January 2013 00:10

GLOW-BASKING - Chris Sachs (L) is not a glass-half-full kind of guy. He's more than that. He's one of those life-lovers whose cup always seems to be runnething over.

In this photo, which is one of our all-time faves, he is basking in the glow of a victory (One Last Tri), his body overrun by marauding endorphins; his total being swaddled in contentment. But this pic could have been taken at New Bri, where his final result wasn't something to, as they say, write home about. After that race he still did his share of glow-basking and celebrating, though. Chris understands that there is ALWAYS something to celebrate. At New Bri he celebrated the performances of others, and the weather, which was awesome, and the knowledge that he and 400 others had just done something that was totally good and cool.

People who are not like Chris should strive to be more like him....

GIRL BALLS - Megan Erlandson is a pretty doggone good triathlete, in fact, she won a race last season (Lake Minnewaska). Before becoming a triathlete, she was a collegiate pole vaulter (photo R), which is beyond cool.

Perhaps more than any other T&F discipline, pole vaulting takes the biggest stones! Humongous ones. Sergei Bubka, who is the only dude ever to vault 6+ meters, and he's done it 13 times!, is one of our favorite athletes of all time. His female counterpart is fellow Russian Yelena Isinbayeva. She is the only girl to PV 5+ meters, which she has done six times. Awesome-squared.

The fact that Megan has the girl balls to even try pole vaulting, much less excel at it on the college level, makes us admire her so much that we want to buy her stuff. Ya gotta agree that the photo of Ms. Erlandson clearing the bar is awesome. Next time you see her at a race, tell her how cool she is. We plan to do so.

LIKE THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES, ONLY DIFFERENT - Have you ever heard of the Colossus of Rhodes? If you haven't here's some Wiki info about it:

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, whose son unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 BC. Before its destruction in 226 BC