Episode 6 thoughts:

(Welcome to the major leagues, rookie.)

Oddly enough I have another great passion besides Survivor and running. I heart baseball. And watching Russell and BR go at it this week was like watching one of the best managed games I have ever witnessed. First off, BR shows his disdain for the rookie by referencing how he’s in the big leagues now – and thus making the statement that he’s playing with the best of the best. No matter what you think of Russell, you can’t for one second not respect his game playing abilities and not place him in the upper echelon of players from all 19 prior seasons. I don’t care that he didn’t win – you just can’t talk about the best without including him. Period. And his extra-inning classic with BR proves this point. They both anticipated each other’s moves and it made for one of the best episodes in years. More on that in a minute…

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Well, it’s been a crazy couple of weeks…I started a new role with my company this month and have been training like crazy to get up to speed with it. I’m a national trainer for AT&T if you were wondering…This has put me on the road a couple of weeks and kept me busy but it’s a joy to have my dream job so I can’t complain one bit! I’ve also been hit with some server issues with this site – Our hosting service was hacked and that led to strange things happening with our sites and a couple of hundred other ones. But here’s the good news: I’m BACK and better than ever! I’ll do a short recap of the previous two weeks I missed of Survivor and a full recap of the episode on Wednesday night. Also – if you don’t actually come to this page because you like Survivor but are a running fanatic like me…then great news for you! I’m going to start posting race reviews! These will consist mostly of my marathons and half marathons but also some other distances as well. Ok, enough with the formalities – let’s get back on track with Survivor!

Episode 3 thoughts:

(Steroid sandwiches & cat fights!)

A villain is not always a villain nor can a hero call himself a hero at all times. Take James last week. Most of us were fairly upset that he was that upset and off his rocker during the episode. We take these players, on the surface, to all be in the same camp or the same genre. Good or bad. The mild truth is that proximity overpowers similarity. In Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Tipping Point” he speaks about this in that “we don’t seek out friends as much as we are friends with people we do things with – not just those we resemble. We associate with the people who occupy the same small, physical spaces as we do.” So – just because James is a hero and snuggling with Amanda…

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