UPDATE: Highest bid for Jenna was $275. Pfft. There are 14-year-old girls in Myanmar that make more in a week’s time.

Unnotable American triathlete Jenna Shoemaker pulled a Sarah Spain earlier this week, auctioning off a chance for Little Ol’ You to take her out to dinner. Because there’s nothing a man loves more than spending money for the right to buy a woman dinner with no chance of sex.

the California-born Shoemaker’s offering a dinner “at a restaurant mutually agreed upon” lasting 2.5 hours (precise, these triathletes) and an autographed race kit worn during her 2009 season.
By way of explanation, Shoemaker said she was “advised to get a job this fall so that come January I will be able to train full time without worrying about money.” via.

The eBay auction page goes as far as to call it a “date.” Read the rest of this entry »

Ah, the New York City Triathlon.  Sometimes it kills people.  Sometimes it's just so damn hot and humid that people are left hilariously stumbling around with cramps and heat exhaustion.

I especially like all the little signs left on the ground for our hero to crash through.  Were there no carefully constructed houses of cards or plate glass windows or collapsible tables available?  He really could have been used to better comedic effect.

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