LIVE CHAT Thursday Night 9pm (eastern)

Do you have a question about this event? Perhaps you're a participant and want to find out about a detail - or need to be picked up at the airport... Just log in here:

www.lhcw.net/Petanque

on Thursday night at 9pm (eastern) and we'll chat about the 48 hour challenge.

Curious and want to know what we've been doing to put this event together? Join in too.

Jeff.

Detroit News - Article on Upcoming Guinness Event

The Detroit News has a short article about the event:

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/16352069/detail.html

Warm Hands = World Record Success

The 75 degree days are fine, but when the temperature dips into the 50's I'll need to keep my boule throwing hands warm. What to do? If we were clever, we could assemble one of those cool boule warmer sand braziers like the Chicago Club did for their Winter Boule tournament - but for self-preservation, I'm going to be pack'n the Zippo Handwarmer. Not a paid endorsement mind you, I don't know if it'll do the trick, and there are other brands out there...

Detroit Pree Press Article About the Rochester Heritage Festival and the Guinness World Record Attempt

Today, the Detroit Free Press published a short teaser article about the upcoming event: ARTICLE

Robot Disqualified from Participating in World Record

TOBOR-13 cybernetics robot conceived earlier this year by engineer and petanque enthusiast Kenneth Chance, has successfully completed 5,000 perfect carreaus in a row. But despite this excellent achievement, it will not be able to participate in the Guinness World Record for longest petanque marathon this Memorial Day weekend. Prof. Chance was disappointed by the news but encouraged that his invention will be offering massages to the player's feet during the 48 hour contest.

Resting up for the World Record Attempt

Some people have a theory that they should sleep in excess before the Petanque Marathon, while others feel they should have a normal schedule and then slide into the marathon as-is.

My advice: no excessive caffeine or sugars to destablize bodily levels and result in a "sugar coma" crash.

Oh - and sunscreen, layered clothing, comfy shoes, socks to change, and a wide brimmed hat.

Final Festival Details Discussed!

Festival Chairperson, Mr. Steve Wolken (Standing in Red), meticulously refines the final plan of next week's Rochester Area Heritage Festival. Posters and flyers were handed out, recent press coverage from the gracious area reporters were read as different event leaders primarily enjoyed listening to each other and left the meeting knowing that the only task left is to watch all the area festival goers enjoy themselves next weekend! Congratulations are in order to all the volunteers shown here for their months of festidiuos planning! Please stop by on Memorial weekend and enjoy their efforts!

World Record Challenger Mike Reed Already Victorious

A Quick Visit to the Leader Dogs H.Q.

The Leader Dogs for the Blind has gone through some fairly extensive renovation in the last few years, and I was privy to a quick tour by our club's Leader Dog liason, Jane Porter. (and of course Flint!)

Mostly all of the dog's homes are new, and they "graduate" and move from quadrant to quadrant around the facility as their training progresses. This lucky guy is always watching guard to be sure these tropical fish are always at there post!

And eventually you see a few of the upper classmen walking the halls, but here you can see "Boots", 1 of 2 guard cats watching to be sure no one gets far from their handler.

Rochester EMS Comes to the Rescue!

As the record attempt date draws near, I had a chance to discuss some more things in detail with Rhonda of Rochester's EMS Team. She was quite enthusiastic and supportive of the team and said that no one will fall on her watch!