This is the shirt from the Apple Duathlon held in Sartell, MN on July 8, 2000. The race was also the USAT National Duathlon Championships. The main memory of the race was that it was hot and humid.
This is one of my first race shirts and definitely my first triathlon shirt. This particular event -- The Group Health Triathlon -- in the summer of 1986 was a canoe, bike and run event at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis.
Here is a shirt from a race Jodi and I did in San Diego on July 4, 2001. The race was a 15K on Coronado Island. My claim to fame in this race was that I beat Paula Newby-Fraser. The reality was that she was faster than I was for the first half of the race but then stopped to wait for a friend to run the second half. Therefore, I can only really say that I was faster than Paula Newby-Fraser's friend.
This shirt is from the 2001 Reston Triathlon (in case it wasn't obvious). I've never actually done this race but Jodi did it in 2001 and didn't like the shirt so I inherited it.
Here is a shirt from the Northern Central Trail Marathon on November 29, 2008. This used to be a long-sleeved shirt but the cuffs were way to small (i.e. if you are wearing a watch don't bother trying to put the shirt on). Now this problem has been taken care of with a couple quick scissor snips.
Follow Dan's quest to wear a different t-shirt each day for an entire year!
The Secret Message Game
Each month a portion of a secret message will appear, revealed one letter at a time. Other than those letters, the only clues are (1) limericks and (2) doubles. September's letters did not appear clearly on all browsers, so here they are again:
G S V U R I H G K F A A O V
Here is an example:
If the letters appearing during a particular month are:
EBOJTDPPM
the trick is to figure out a mapping that reveals the message. In this case the mapping is B=A, C=B, D=C, E=D, etc. up to A=Z so that the message is
DAN IS COOL
The double P in the coded version of the message will be part of a bigger puzzle that will help answer a question at the end of the year.
Which color shirt besides white has appeared most frequently?
Where did Dan get the June 20 shirt?
Comments should be allowed on this blog.
The character Makoa on the January 31 shirt is carrying a fish. What kind of fish is it?
Where should the main design of the t-shirt be?
A new t-shirt should be washed before it is worn (TRUE or FALSE).
What type of animal has appeared most frequently on the t-shirts so far (as of Wednesday, November 26)? [To clarify, if a dog appears twice on the same shirt that counts as two dogs].
Under what conditions do you get rid of an old t-shirt? (you can select more than one answer)
What is required for a t-shirt to be a dress t-shirt? (you may select more than one answer)