Come celebrate Winnipeg HOOPLA! June 17, 2012

[KBO]

I'm in.

Of course you are. And staying with us? (I hope)

If you'll have me.

share the bed in the guest room?

If you want to share, which maybe you do. I have space reserved for you as well my dear.

snuggled between you and binge??!?

If he had his way, yes. Alas, there is another spare bed.

[Darth Tater]

I'm in.

Of course you are. And staying with us? (I hope)

If you'll have me.

share the bed in the guest room?

If you want to share, which maybe you do. I have space reserved for you as well my dear.

snuggled between you and binge??!?

If he had his way, yes. Alas, there is another spare bed.

This is starting to sound like bingerunner's den of sin.

[Darth Tater]

Have a good one in Vancouver this weekend MANIACS!

Winnipeg's HOOPLA 2012 bid committee salutes you!

[Darth Tater]

Come to Winnipeg, see the wildlife!

[gymnastgirly]

Come to Winnipeg, see the wildlife!

While I've never done the full or half in the MB marathon, I can attest that I have never seen any deer decide to join the 10K course in June!! So if you want to join that one, you should be safe from rampaging wildlife

And I agree with Darth from the WPS half thread - the chances of crappy snowy weather here in June are pretty slim. You're more likely to get eaten by our resident mosquitoes in June... (but that's no reason not to come here in 2012!!!!)

[HCcD]

Have a good one in Vancouver this weekend MANIACS!

Winnipeg's HOOPLA 2012 bid committee salutes you!

Hey Tater, I was quite a bit shocked that you were not in Vancouver this past weekend to officially take posession of the RM Hoopla Flag from our amazing Hostesses in Vancouver to bring it back with your to Winterpeg for 2012 ...

[Darth Tater]

Hey Tater, I was quite a bit shocked that you were not in Vancouver this past weekend to officially take posession of the RM Hoopla Flag from our amazing Hostesses in Vancouver to bring it back with your to Winterpeg for 2012 ...

Just ship it to me baby!

[chunkymonkeymelonhed]

Have a good one in Vancouver this weekend MANIACS!

Winnipeg's HOOPLA 2012 bid committee salutes you!

Love this.

You've got much to live up to WInnipeg

[Spirit Unleashed]

Will Winnipeg marathon have cups at the aid stations? (I take a b.... )

[chunkymonkeymelonhed]

I'm starting to think there's no way to get out of this...

You may as well go ahead and book the trip Laura.

[Darth Tater]

Just let your feet relax, and your legs relax. Feel your hips relaxing, and your waist relaxing. Feel your chest relaxing, and your arms relaxing. Your shoulders relaxing, and your neck and head relaxing. Feel your entire body relaxing, all over. You can feel yourself relaxing now. You can feel a heavy, relaxed feeling coming over you. And as I continue to talk, that heavy relaxed feeling will get stronger and stronger, until it carries you into a deep, peaceful state of hypnosis. Every word that I utter is putting you faster and deeper, and faster and deeper, into a deep, peaceful state of hypnosis. You are losing yourself falling into a deep sleep. Sinking down, and shutting down. Sinking down, and shutting down. Sinking down, and shutting down, shutting down completely. And the deeper you go, the deeper you are able to go. And the deeper you go, the deeper you want to go, and the more enjoyable the experience becomes. Now you are resting comfortably in a deep, peaceful state of sleep, going deeper and faster and deeper and faster all of the time, until I bring you back. You will only accept those suggestions which are for your benefit, and that you are willing to accept.

YOU WANT TO COME TO WINNIPEG HOOPLA 2012.
YOU WANT TO COME TO WINNIPEG HOOPLA 2012.
YOU WANT TO COME TO WINNIPEG HOOPLA 2012.
YOU WANT TO COME TO WINNIPEG HOOPLA 2012.
YOU WANT TO COME TO WINNIPEG HOOPLA 2012.
YOU WANT TO COME TO WINNIPEG HOOPLA 2012.

And as a result of this hypnotic experience, you will find many exciting changes taking place in your life, some of which you may already be aware of and some of which you may not yet realize. And as you continue to explore these higher dimensions of experience, you will discover even more exciting changes taking place in your life, some of which you may be aware of and some of which you may not yet realize. I'm going to begin counting now, and by the time I get to the count of five, you will be fully awake and feeling wonderful!"

1...2...3...4...5.

[Darth Tater]

Had to copy this over from a different thread:

""You don't want to go to Winnipeg, right? Not many people live there, not many Russian people there. Plus it's cold. There's no excitement except the hockey. No park, no entertaining for the families, for the kids. It's going to be tough life for your family."

According to Ilya Bryzgalov of the Phoenix Coyotes.

Has this guy never heard of Google?

Population:

Winnipeg - 684,100
Phoenix - 1,321,045

Russians living in Winnipeg (if there aren't that many, I'll tell the two Russians that DH works with to leave Winnipeg):

http://winnipegrussia.imd.miupdate.com/
http://www.russianwinnipeg.org/

Cold:

Okay, can't argue there that it is cold in the winter.

Parks:

http://www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/parksandfields/

Family activities:

http://attractions.uptake.com/manitoba/winnipeg/family/690170828.html

[HCcD]

Had to copy this over from a different thread:

""You don't want to go to Winnipeg, right? Not many people live there, not many Russian people there. Plus it's cold. There's no excitement except the hockey. No park, no entertaining for the families, for the kids. It's going to be tough life for your family."

According to Ilya Bryzgalov of the Phoenix Coyotes.

Has this guy never heard of Google?

Population:

Winnipeg - 684,100
Phoenix - 1,321,045

Russians living in Winnipeg (if there aren't that many, I'll tell the two Russians that DH works with to leave Winnipeg):

http://winnipegrussia.imd.miupdate.com/
http://www.russianwinnipeg.org/

Cold:

Okay, can't argue there that it is cold in the winter.

Parks:

http://www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/parksandfields/

Family activities:

http://attractions.uptake.com/manitoba/winnipeg/family/690170828.html

Though, I would not consider Russia in the winter months to be mild, either ...

[Darth Tater]

[Jo-Jo]

You obviously took my "once a week harrassment" advice to heart

Hmm...how many more days....

[Darth Tater]

You obviously took my "once a week harrassment" advice to heart

Hmm...how many more days....

378 DAYS!

[RA.]

OMG, is this over yet? I'm getting tired of all the hoopla. And I thought the Ontario races were bad.

[Habs4ever]

OMG, is this over yet? I'm getting tired of all the hoopla. And I thought the Ontario races were bad.

[HCcD]

OMG, is this over yet? I'm getting tired of all the hoopla. And I thought the Ontario races were bad.

Wait 'til someone start the weather forecast prediction for the Hoopla ...

[HCcD]

Will RM have a competitve 5-person marathon relay team? Goal is to finish before the Winner ...

[Darth Tater]

I'm likely targeting the half next year, so if there were a relay team, I could run the first leg. I'm doubtful if I run the first leg that we'd have a shot at beating the full winner.

[KBO]

Will RM have a competitve 5-person marathon relay team? Goal is to finish before the Winner ...

That's a fun idea. I like it. It's now your job to calculate times and figure out how speedy the chosen ones will need to be. There, that will keep you busy for awhile.

[turd ferguson]

HCcD wrote:
Will RM have a competitve 5-person marathon relay team? Goal is to finish before the Winner ...

That's a fun idea. I like it. It's now your job to calculate times and figure out how speedy the chosen ones will need to be. There, that will keep you busy for awhile.

Mike Booth won last year in 2:32. Roughly a 3:36 pace. Let me know when you're having tryouts.

ETA: the winning relay time was 2:27. Even better.

[Jwolf]

OMG, is this over yet? I'm getting tired of all the hoopla. And I thought the Ontario races were bad.

The hoolpa will be over before the race starts.

[HCcD]

OMG, is this over yet? I'm getting tired of all the hoopla. And I thought the Ontario races were bad.

The hoolpa will be over before the race starts.

Perhaps, a 2013 Hoopla in Halifax, for the Blue Nose, and a carry-over for the CTTR Relay the following weekend ??

Start planning now, RA, as you only have 2 years to plan for this Hoopla ...