Race Coverage

Machetes, Speedos & A Mustard Shortage...

Tuesday, 14 September 2010 05:10

Kinda Like Race Coverage - "Last Sunday, we posted this teaser about the 4th annual Burrito Union 5 & 10-Hour Triathlons: UPDATE #5: Yesterday's Burrito Union 5 & 10 Hour Triathlon was a totally cool event, full of fun, excitement and more than a little weirdness. Bear sightings, a totally hot Honduran woman using a machete to make PB & J sandwiches, three guys in speedos, the ipodded head-banging music of Matt Payne's band--Align--rocked a halfa-thousand sets of eardrums.

"A significant percentage of the male participants were unshaven, causing a vaporous chimera of testosterone to hang fog over the venue. Tents and beach chairs were everywhere and un-recommendable quantities of grain beverages were consumed. Entrants hoovered hotdogs and burgers at an alarming rate, forcing one diligent volunteer to run out on not one but TWO occasions to procure condiments. Imagine, if you will, 20 beautiful grill-striped sizzling burgers, 20 open and empty buns waiting on paper plates, AND NO MUSTARD! Mutinies were averted and the..

constituency was well-fed and watered and thus remained placated and docile"