[HAMR] Tarzan (Kurt Searvogel)

[offcumden]

I tried googling it, and came up with this - among a load of other, often conflicting, info:
http://www.grammarly.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/e3dqw-670x352.jpg

[jochta]

Might have more to do with the French colonisation of that part of USAnia?

It is. Arkansas is named after the French plural of a Native American tribe so it gets a French pronunciation, i.e. silent s at the end. Kansas has an English derivation from another tribe's name.

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

Looks like Kurt's back on it. 201.9 miles yesterday.

All this makes Tommy Godwins record even more remarkable.  And increases the kudos that those aiming for it should receive.  Its the impossibility of never having a bad day.  And then having to make up time afterwards.  We're close to the point where a blank day means 1 extra mile every day for the rest of the year.

[red marley]

Nothing posted from Kurt for 22nd April yet. The spot tracker suggests he made it to the gulf coast, but not sure how far he rode yesterday. His Facebook posts from the last couple of days suggest he is still recovering from his nasty stomach bug.

Edit: Now posted and OYTT visualization updated.

[Hummers]

Well, we wanted to find out why "Kansas" is pronounced "kan-sas" while "Arkansas" is pronounced "ar-kan-saw", so we asked the local Indians. They told us:

• not to call them "Indians", and
• to piss off

So we think they don't know either.

 

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[Wowbagger]

Tarzan is still recuperating.

All I have is 3/4 of a day in me right now

This is one very tough record.

[hillbilly]

He's back in business.  Which is nice.

Both he and Steve have been spending a lot of time at the bowl recently.

[jochta]

I see Kurt has another health problem. From FB today...

enlarged lymph gland (maybe or something else growing) below the right cheek (size of baseball) has made riding a little pain and slow - moved to the bent today to relieve pressure maybe it will get better.

[red marley]

Size of a baseball? Ohh, that doesn't sound good. GWS Kurt.

(I do tend to get baseball and basketball muddled up as I have no particular interest in either. I hope I Kurt hasn't.)

[Wowbagger]

I think a basketball would envelope his whole head.

Having said that, it's unclear which cheek Jochta was referring to.

[Canardly]

GWS Kurt  Hopefully is an infection related to recent events.

[Laid Back Rich]

I think a basketball would envelope his whole head.
Having said that, it's unclear which cheek Jochta was referring to.

an ass cheek surely, if it can be relieved by riding the deckchair?

[Clemo]

I thought a lymph gland was in the neck so googled it before posting...it is in the neck so I am wondering if it is indeed on his arse its actually something else and he has named it wrong. Worrying all the same GWS Kurt 

[jochta]

I assumed neck. Maybe head position in the bent relieves pressure on it with a different head position. He ought to have it looked at.

[Clemo]

Having looked again there are some in the groin area called INGUINAL lymph nodes, so this is maybe where the problem lies

[Wowbagger]

I think there are lymph glands in various places. I have been known to be wrong about such things.

[Feline]

I think there are lymph glands in various places. I have been known to be wrong about such things.

You're not wrong on this occasion 

[Wobbly]

Yes there are lymph glands in various places.

I often get swollen lymph glands in various parts of my neck (and have done since I was a child) sometimes they become large enough to be a visible lump. But the largest I've ever had was about the size of a large marble; I find it very hard to beleive one could swell to the size of a baseball!

[Wowbagger]

I think that suggestion was a result of a misunderstanding.

How big is a baseball? Larger or smaller than the regulation 5½ oz cricket ball?

[SoreTween]

Slightly larger.

For men's cricket, the ball must weigh between 5 1/2 and 5 3/4 ounces (155.9 and 163.0 g) and measure between 8 13/16 and 9 in (224 and 229 mm) in circumference.

The ball features a rubber or cork center, wrapped in yarn and covered, in the words of the Official Baseball Rules "with two strips of white horsehide or cowhide, tightly stitched together." It is 9.00–9.25 inches (228.60–234.95 mm) in circumference (2.86–2.94 in or 72.64–74.68 mm in diameter) and masses from 5.00 to 5.25 ounces (141.75 to 148.83 g)

[red marley]

Kurt's on the move again today (31 miles at time of writing), but nothing posted for yesterday's ride yet. SPOT suggested he was doing loops but not sure how far he went in total.

[toontra]

He had done 180 miles and was still riding when I went to bed so I would expect another 200+

[RichForrest]

220 miles yesterday.
Looks like he's feeling a bit beat up going by his post on FB
"Another 12 hours on the bent - getting saddle sores in all new places along with back problems. Headed toward L.R.tomorrow Alicia Snyder say I have to go to the clinic to have the growth evaluated  "

[RPhilips]

220 miles yesterday.
Looks like he's feeling a bit beat up going by his post on FB
"Another 12 hours on the bent - getting saddle sores in all new places along with back problems. Headed toward L.R.tomorrow Alicia Snyder say I have to go to the clinic to have the growth evaluated  "

I saw that post earlier.  I haven't been following things for the last week or so due to work/life getting in the way.  Has Kurt made any other posts about his health recently?  I know he had that awful stomach bug/virus thing but has he mentioned the saddle sores/back/growth stuff?  While the others are probably not fun the last one especially sounds like it could be serious?

[Wowbagger]

The danger with being forced to trust yourself to physicians when involved in this sort of massive endurance event is that they are likely to tell you to stop being so bloody stupid.