>>>/GOT
>>>/GOT MUD AND COLD RIVER WATER ARE THE THINGS THAT 4@ MAINSPRING ARE MADE OF AND
THAT'S A LINE FROM4@ SHANNON
BRIAN, I'VE GOT TO GIVE HER
CREDIT FOR IT BUT I AGREE WITH
YOU.4@
>> THAT IS SORT OF THE SPRING
TRIFECTA BUT WE EMBRACE IT 4@.
>> SHANNON JOINED US TO TALK
ABOUT EVENTS THAT GET US
OUTSIDE AND HAPPY AND DOING
THINGS4@ AND SEE NEW PLACES,
LET'S BEGIN WITH WHAT'S
HAPPENING ON SATURDAY, THE/CUP
IN BRIDGETON .
>> I LOVE TH4@ESE, THESE 4@ARE
POND SKIMMING COMPETITIONS THAT
HAPPEN AT SKI MOUNTAINS AROUND
THE GLOBE. THIS IS A 100 FOOT 4@
MAN-MADE POND4@4@ AT SHAWNEE PE
IF YOU ARE 4@DARING ENOUGH AND
MAYBE IF YOU'RE WEARING A
REALLY HILARIOUS COSTUME, OR
NOT YOU CAN SKIM ACROSS THE
POND.
LOTS OF PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO
SAY DON'T MAKE IT BUT THAT'S
PART OF THE FUN AND SOME PEOPLE
DO AND I FIND IT 4@WILDLY
IMPRESSIVE4@ I'M JUST A NEWBIE
SCARE MYSELF SO STAYING UPRIGHT
ON THE SNOW IS CHALLENGING
ENOUGH AND THIS IS HILARIOUS
AND A TON OF FUN AND A GREAT 4@
SPECTATOR SPORT .
>> IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH
PEOPLE GET DUNKED IN FROZEN,
IT'S FUN .
>> MOVING AHEAD 4@INTO APRIL, A
THOMAS COLLEGE IN WATERVILLE
THE EVENT CALLED4@ THE THOMAS
COLLEGE DIRTY DOG MUD RUN GOT
DO DOGS PARTICIPATE OR IS IT
FOR HUMANS?
>> IT'S HUMANS ONLY, BUT THIS 4@
IS GRE4@AT.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A
FEW YEARS AND AS YOU CAN SEE,
MUD GALORE AND TONS 4@OF
OBSTACLES.
IT'S A 5K BUT YOU WILL NOT BE
DOING STRAIGHT 4@UP RUNNING4@ T
YOU WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH 15
OBSTACLES WHICH INCLUDES THINGS
LIKE MUD, CARGO NUTS, MORE MUD,
YOU WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH 15 OBSTACLES WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE MUD, CARGO NUTS, MORE MUD,@
TIRE PULLS, MORE MUD, WALL
CLIMBS, YOU GET THE IDEA.4@
>> THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE
REALLY EXHAUSTING. IF YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR A GOOD WORKOUT IT
LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD DO THE
TRICK .
>> I THINK MUD RUNS ARE FUN
BECAUSE THEY ARE CHALLENGING
AND PHYSICAL BUT ALSO JUST A
TON OF FUN THAT PEOPLE COME
OUT, WHATEVER YOUR LEVEL AND
YOU GET OVER THE OBSTACLES ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER . 4@
>> SUNDAY EXCUSE ME, SATURDAY,
APRIL 204@, THE WORLD SNOWSHOE
WIFE CARRYING CHAMPIONSHIP .
>> THIS IS HILARIOUS BECAUSE
SUNDAY RIVER IS ONE FOR THE
WIFE CARRYING CHAMPIONSHIP4@
WHICH THEY DO IN THE FALL AND
THEY WILL STILL DO THOSE I'M
SURE BUT, THIS IS A SPECIAL
WINTER TWEAK REDO THE WIFE GARY
LOWERING SNOWSHOES IN THE
COURSE, WHICH IS A BIT UNDER
300 FEET, WILL NOW HAVE
OBSTACLES MADE OF SNOW, IT'S A
NICE4@ LATE WINTER OR EARLY
SPRING TWIST ON A CLASSIC 4@.
>> AS IF IT WERE DIFFIC4@ULT
ENOUGH, THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT
HARDER .
>>4@ 4@HERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S
GOING ON FOR DECADES, IT'S ONE
OF THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS IN
EASTERN MAINE, THE CANOE RACE
ALSO HAPPENING SATURDAY THE
20th STARTING AT 8:30 AM.4@4@
>> THIS ONE, I'VE GOT TO SAY IS
ON MY PERSONAL BUCKET LIST.4@
I'M THINKING ABOUT SIGNING UP
THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A RIOT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, HUNDREDS OF
PADDLERS TURNOUT4@ WITH CANOES
AND KAYAKS AND CATEGORIES
DEPENDING ON HOW EXPERIENCED
YOU ARE4@4@ OR WHETHER YOU'RE A
BEGINNER AND ALL THAT YOU SEE
PEOPLE DRESS OUT IN HILARIOUS
COSTUMES.
A LOT OF THE RIVER IT'S ABOUT 4@
16.5 MILES AND PEOPLE GET
SERIOUS ABOUT IT BUT THEY ALSO
HAVE 4@FUN IN GUMBY COSTUMES
WHICH IS HILARIOUS AND YOU CAN
SEE SPOTS WHERE THE RAPIDS ARE
AND THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO
SPECTATE BECAUSE YOU SEE OTHER
PEOPLE SPILLING INTO 4@THE WATE
.
>> THAT TIME OF YEAR IT CAN BE
27 DEGREES OR 4@72 DEGREES AND
THE WATER CONDITIONS A VERY A
LOT SO BE PREPARED4@ .
>> I THINK I HAVE WINTER SPRING
COMMITMENT .
>> LET'S END WITH SOMETHING
THAT'S INDOORS THAT GETS PEOPLE
AWAY FROM/, THEN COLD RIVER
WATER.
IT'S THE MAIN INDOOR ROWING
CHAMPIONSHIP4@ HAPPENING AT
CROSSFIT IN PORTLAND ON SUNDAY
MARCH 31 .
>> I LIKE THIS 4@ONE BECAUSE IT
GOOD, RIVER RACING SEASON BUT
IF YOU WANT TO SHIRK4@4@ THE CO
WATER AND STAY DRY AND WARM,
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO EXERCISE
ROWING MUSCLES4@. I LIKE THIS
EVENT, IT'S $20 IN ADVANCE AND
YOU CAN DO A 2K ON THE ROWING
MACHINE THIS YEAR THEY'RE DOING
A 10K THAT YOU CAN DO YOURSELF
OR WITH FRIENDS4@ YOUR INSIGHT
BUT THERE'S A SCREEN SET UP SO
AS YOU ARE ROWING AND COMPETING
AGAINST YOUR FRIENDS, YOU CAN
SEE THE BOAT MOVING ACROSS THE
SCREEN SO YOU GET A SENSE OF
BEING ON THE WATER WITHOUT
BEING ON THE WATER .
>> FIVE GREAT EVENTS,4@ THANKS
ALWAYS, SHANNON.
FIND