New route for the push

I've made the executive decision that car pushing is going to start right out of the driveway. Our faithful old car is starting to run a little rough and I'm going to bench it from road duty.(except when needed for outdoor recreation)






The new route is the neighborhood loop. I took it for a test run today and 1 complete run at top speed is enough to get the legs burning.

Side note: Apparently we aren't fully known in the hood yet, as I got one offer to help me push it home.

Training for the mud run kind of put an end to car pushing as I've been to worn out from running/gym to push. The mud run is a couple days away though and pushing is back. Come rejoin the fun!

Club T recognizes effort

Club T isn't easy. Especially on days like today when rain is going sideways in sheets. I fully expected(and being totally honest, didn't mind) a total cancellation. JD got me on the phone and reminded me that before this became a neighborhood social hour push, it was a place for real men to get together. He was totally right, and a little ashamed, I headed out into the pouring rain.

I'd like to dedicate this post to Liam, Rosie and JD who haven't missed a scheduled push since Club T's humble beginnings. It was a lot like those beginnings today when the 4 of us rotated pushing for 1/2 hour in stormwatch conditions. In that lonely, wet, freezing cold back lot, a few good people pushed their endurance to new levels, while the rest of you sat home in front of your TV, with your bunny slippers, your ladies scented body wash, gained a few extra pounds eating ice cream and slipped just a little bit closer to senility.

So this is for you, you pansy fair weather pushers. Put down your starbucks triple vanilla extra foam baby mocha girly frappe, put on some old spice, take a look at these 3 and be inspired.




Rain or shine, you can count on the Iron Three. Push on Comrades, push on.

More Car Pushers

Post-worthy

Chad is a new recruit and double record holder here at Club T. Farthest distance traveled for a push,(Atlanta, GA)and 1st member to vomit behind a nearby tree. Tim and I had a good laugh about that while I tried to get an official statement, unfortunately I can't reprint the immediate answer here. I'll have something later when he's talking to me again.

Post incident




Pushes have been pretty large lately but most people opted for a Saturday am push tomorrow and the crew of 5 tonight kept things moving at a very nice pace.

It was also nice to welcome Katie to Club T, pushing in tandem with my sweet sweet wife to a very respectable 27.5



Next Push Saturday(tomorrow) 9AM.

Push on comrades, push on

Club T is getting too big

We've reached a point where I just can't keep up with everything going on haha.

These will probably become more spotty and just feature photos, new records and essential information. I might do a long writeup here and there, but it's starting to get too much like work to record everything and that's a big no-no here at Club T.

Monday important stats:

Record Turnout: 21 people

4 new members: Zach, Joel, Lia and Kason

Men's sprint record: Broken by Zach with a blistering time of 24 seconds flat. (somehow I didn't get his picture- next time)

Personal records broken: Girls sprint team of Rose, Maddy and Addie 31.0

New Event: 2nd lightpole sprint JD 63.5 seconds


Family push with Joel, Kason and Lia




Kason couldn't quite keep pace..




Casual




Pushing




Scott gets the dedication award for a 4 day trip flying into Mexico and back, then coming straight to the push and sprinting in his Pilot uniform




Lia's first effort was a group push








Then went for it on her own



Next meeting Wednesday 5:00.

Push on comrades, push on.

Saturday, Sunday evening pushes

Our newest members Jan Michael and Hilary, drove down from Duvall, WA Saturday evening with one thing in mind. Pushing a car.

They had very respectable first sprint push times of 26.83 and 34.56 respectively.

These two really dominated the distance push. Hilary went twice around the block(a new club record, men or women) then Jan Michael took it up another level with three laps.
Between those two and Jenny(who yesterday set the previous record of around the block) saying they could just keep going, and the rest of us slowly catching up, we're going to have to come up with a new distance event. It takes 15-20 minutes for those guys to be done and the car just can't be tied up that long with everyone else waiting for a turn. Ideas? Timed distance to the first corner?

It was intriguing to run into Jenny in the back lot late Saturday night. She made some excuse, but we are pretty sure she was out there getting mentally prepared for her next sprint. That's the kind of heart and dedication that makes Tercel pushing champions.

Anyway, welcome to these fine pushers.





Sunday, my buddy James stopped by to chat and catch up. The Tercel push was of course alluring, and he signed up. Being a bridge engineer, he put some thought into the actual push and was going to draw up some technical diagrams, but I shut that down quickly. Brains and car pushing might very well mix, but I doubt it. He can draw diagrams on his own time.

His quick hypothesis was that starting backwards with both legs and back into getting the car moving, might make for a faster start. There was of course the possible time penalty for the spin around to front push. He posted a 30.6 so I guess the thinking is that the time savings of the backwards push was negated by the spin.

I don't have any photo proof, as I was driving and timing, but he is official and will be back with diagrams and spreadsheets

Another record turnout, more new recruits and other stuff

Welcome to new members Jenny, Jaime, Cody and Katie.

I had a nice long post written about the record turnout, excellent efforts, new recruits, broken records and just overall good times that were had Saturday morning, but something happened and now it's gone. My blood pressure is now too high to write up another post, so this day will now be documented mostly with photos. It's too bad because many memorable events occurred, and due to the crazy growth of Club Tercel, I'm having a hard time keeping up with everything photographically(and otherwise). If you were there, you know what happened. If you weren't, it might be time for a visit. New records will be posted to the leaderboard on the right.

















I do have to mention the last push of the day, in which Liam, Addie, Natalie, Rosie and Maddy pushed my car ALL THE WAY HOME(their idea, not mine and with full sanction from parents). I got more than a few dirty looks from motorists, but the gas savings was totally worth it. We got to the house and I fully expected everyone to crash in the lawn. Tim arrived to pick up Natalie, also thinking they would be too tired to walk home, but somebody mentioned ice cream and they all sprinted down the road to tasty treats.

Ready to roll with hydration available.




I like that people are now eating lunch while pushing. Nice work Maddy