Arnold 2006 Pump and Run

It's pretty simple.  You bench your weight as many times as you can, up to 30 reps.  Each rep is 30 seconds off your 5k time.   So most really good times had 30 reps, and therefore 15 minutes, off their 5k time.  Here's the results (out of 600 participants):

	                                                    5K        P&R 
  PLACE   NAME                     HOMETOWN              AGE TIME REPS TIME
  =========================================================================
        1 MATT BOGDANOWICZ         LIVERMORE, CA          37 16:59 30 01:59
        2 JAMIE COPE               ANN ARBOR, MI          25 17:12 30 02:12
        3 VAUGHAN O'BRIEN          WASHINGTON, DC         30 17:29 30 02:29
        4 GARY GREIB               LAKE ORION, MI         40 17:33 30 02:33

       28 CHRIS CRUMP              CANTON, GA             43 20:14 29 05:44
       75 ERIC FALKENSTEIN         EDEN PRAIRIE, MN       40 21:50 27 08:20
       88 JIM FALKENSTEIN          N. HOLLYWOOD, CA       42 21:25 25 08:55

The winners ran about a 17 minute 5k and did 30 reps.  One dirty little secret is that once you turn 40 you subtract 10% from your bench weight, making it easier.  My training strategy consisted of turning 40 this year, which was the only thing keeping me from embarrassing myself.  As we can see, I did OK: beat brother, lost to brother-in-law.

The key to the Pump and Run is to enjoy the scenery.  Usually, big events like the state fair are a human freak show of an unseemly sort, gross bodies showing too much skin.  This is quite different.  Lots of great bodies with lots of skin.  There are also some rather manly looking women, but this year we kept our distance, and stayed with the "fitness models" as opposed to the bodybuilders. 

First of all, there were the big guys and gals standing around signing autographs. 

On the left we have Frank Zane, on the right, note the, um, delts.

Naturally, I had to compare

Below is a glimpse of some of the women that seemed to not be able to get enough of me.  They were all selling something, often protein concoctions, but I got the feeling they really dug me.

This chick on the left was kinda tall.

But after a while the girls started to get a little aggressive, so we had to move on.

Chris started slowly.  First, with some regular gals, just to get his feet wet.

Then, in front of the marine booth

Then he got serious

The one on the right had a distinctive backside, see below.

Out of nowhere a cowgirl puts Crump in some sort of arm lock (note the good technique).  One hug and all was forgiven.

There was more than just girls.  The mechanical bull, which I rode for hours

Then of course, was the race.  Here we are showing off our medals (like my son's T-ball league, everyone gets a medal).

Me losing to a girl!

Jim's self portrait

One final front crab, and it's back home.