a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SutzqXSHeOI/AAAAAAAAC24/Djm1Klx-oTM/s1600-h/IMG_0003.JPG”img style=”display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n7a3IKFYbqU/SutzqXSHeOI/AAAAAAAAC24/Djm1Klx-oTM/s400/IMG_0003.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398535749975374050″ //abr /span class=”Apple-style-span” style=” ;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;”pspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”As local members of “Jackedupnation” may have figured out, the Soldier Hollow roller ski races I have just returned from, didn’t go so well./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”My reaction to the high altitude there didn’t go as planned, and while I am displeased with myself, I was not discouraged./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Until today./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Yes, today…./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Today I got kicked to the curb… /spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Just minutes ago, by special currier, I received a letter from “The Institute”./spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Yes, “The Institute” where I have been granted asylum from the real world./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Where I was helped to further my quest for the ultimate ski technique, expand the boundaries of human performance, and escape into a world where I was valued as a man on a quest./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Until today./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Here is what the letter said:/spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iDear Jackedupoldman,/i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iIt has come to our attention that you have failed to make the world cup trip in biathlon due to your utter and complete failure in Soldier Hollow.We here at the Institute wish to remind you that it was “do or do not” time and you “did not”./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iWhen you came to us for help those many years ago, you promised results./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iMany on THE BOARD felt you were over the hill, washed up and a mere shadow of your former self, but in a sprit of benevolence, we took a gamble, and took you under our wing.With the provision that you would produce” spectacular” results, proof positive that you were worthy of our trust in you./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iWe are still waiting to see your name at the top of a result list. Any result list./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iFrankly, you have been hanging on by a tread, your only saving grace being your total destruction of the US Nordic community on Whiteface Mountain./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iThat result each year gave us hope, as lord knows, that was about it for your “total world domination”, as you kept claiming you were on the verge of./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iHowever, with your last minute decision to sit out this year’s Race to the Castle, Soldier Hollow became your final chance to renew our faith in you./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iWe think it goes without saying that based on those races; your ski career is over./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iIt was a good one, you had many days in the sun, but clearly, you have lost a step. Or three./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iThose “kids”, as you keep calling those 25 year olds on the National Team, are where we are putting our money behind now./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iWe owe it to our investors to at least give them some return on their investment./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iYou have been, to be honest, just a drain./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iTherefore, let it be known that Jackedupoldman is no longer a part of “The Institute”/i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iAll of your privileges have been revoked./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iWe deny your mere existence./i/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”iWe do however wish you well as you make the transition into the real world. Our counselors are standing by to assist you as we feel you are going to need some severe help coping with reality, as it has been decades since your last visit to Planet Earth./i/spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Even Jackedup has feelings and after reading that, I was down in the dumps./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Way down./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”I had narrowly slipped through the fingers of my family’s intervention, but this was just too much./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Clearly, I needed to do some soul searching./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”So, I do what I always do./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”I put the hammer down./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”It was time to find the inner “Jackedup”./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”I find that pain purifies my thoughts, and for the next 8 hours, I became purified personified./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”And then, as it always does, my destiny became clear./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Give up?/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Go back to the Real World?/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Become the “oldman” formerly known as “jackedup”?/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”I think not!/spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”And so, I decided it was time to get back to my roots. My quest now must go back to where many of my training practices where honed./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Where I could get my biathlon MOJO back./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Where I would be looked on as a man on a mission, not a madman./spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Yes, the only country in the world where “Jackedup” can be understood./spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Finland./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”A land where they have a different word for everything, and no word for “crazy”!/spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Yes, I leave for Finland to regain what I have lost./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”My dignity./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Jackedup is not done yet!/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Those Institute @#$%! don’t have a clue!/span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”I might be out of their minds, but they are not out of mine. /spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”It is on./spanbr //ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”Now we are going to be doing things one way… the Jackedup way./span/ppspan style=”font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;”I pity the fool who tries to stop me./spanbr /br //p/spandiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6647112093689702615-4635613206448815968?l=www.jackedupoldman.com’ alt=” //div
