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MARCH 2016
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UPCOMING CLUB EVENTS MARCH CLUB TRIATHLON Date/Location/Time: Sunday, March 27th Fiesta Island 6am set-up. 7am start Format: 700 meter swim, 12.5 mile bike & 4 mile run.
Dates: April 24th Location: Fiesta Island
Check the Club’s website, Facebook page and/or Yahoo group forum for the most up to date activity details.
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“I’m a great the pair of athleticcook too. You should looking men swaggered into the yoga taste my goulash.” studio at the YMCA talking loudly and The other man punched him in the elbowing each other, the instructor shoulder with a laugh. He handed her his turned to look at them. She was always new pass. open and glad to see new class particShe stared at his given name. With so ipants but she wondered about these many consonants and so few vowels, she two joining the session with their figured Przemyslaw was Polish, but she boisterous energy. After years of had no idea how to pronounce it. teaching yoga, she had found “Pretzel?” some athletes went This time Zoltan through half-hearted punched his friend in efforts to practice the shoulder. “See? You yoga but gave up should just tell people because it was too calm A tale of fiction by Barbara Javor your name is Pretzel. for their competitive nature. She would do her best to get these two to channel their Salty and tasty, ha ha ha.” The instructor rolled her eyes and inwardly energy for yoga practice. As a dozen other class members lay mats on the groaned. “I’m Flora Starr, but people here call me floor and began assuming meditative poses before Star-Flower. You’re welcome to take the class, but class started, the two men approached her. I ask you to commit to the full hour. If you leave “We’re visiting pro triathletes who are here for a early, it’s disruptive to the others.” “Somebody said yoga can improve my ability for few months of training,” the taller, slimmer man said with a heavy, Eastern European accent. He triathlon, but I don’t know how rolling on the showed her his new YMCA pass. “Can we take your floor or standing like a statue can make me go yoga class while we’re waiting for our weight- faster,” Zoltan said. “Yoga can help you in many ways—balance, training session to start?” She peered at the card. “Zoltan Székely. Are you power, flexibility, concentration, and breathing, to name a few,” she said. “This isn’t competitive. Hungarian?” His eyes lit up. “How did you know to pro- Eliminate outside thoughts and agendas for the hour to concentrate on breathing, poses, and nounce my name correctly?” “My grandmother was Hungarian. She was a movements.” She smiled. “Successful yoga sesgreat cook. She used to make székely goulash for sions take practice, and success is something only us.” continued on page 16
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