I watched World’s Strongest Man today… what an excellent show! I saw the women’s version last weekend, and like that time, I just came across it by fluke. Cooooool!
In one of the events, they had to carry two 120kg weights a specified distance, and then drag an enormous anchor (can’t remember how much that weighed) to the end of the course, within 60 seconds. With the exception of one or two, the guys were fairly level with the weights, but when it came to the anchor, while most of the guys were struggling with it, falling over backwards while trying to pull it across the line, one guy did a quick jog backwards with it, making it look as though he was dragging a novelty styrofoam anchor instead of the real thing.
I’m hoping they’ll show the conclusion tomorrow - they had the events, and said who was in the finals, but then the show ended!
March 21st, 2004 at 1:08 pm | [ Quote ]
I stumbled upon this show by accident last week, and found it strangely compelling. But I didn’t see any Aussies competing, which lessened my interest. There always seems to be lots of people from Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia though. What’s the deal with that I wonder.
March 21st, 2004 at 8:30 pm | [ Quote ]
I guess we’re just not strong enough, Nick!
March 22nd, 2004 at 8:51 am | [ Quote ]
i have seen this, maybe last year or the year before and found it compelling too! wish i’d known it was on!!!
March 22nd, 2004 at 9:53 am | [ Quote ]
I watched some of this too….I’ve never seen it before but found myself cheering them on…
But more importantly (and not related to this entry) I have finally seen the shoes with the wheels in the heel. There was two girls on the footpath outside the pet store on the weekend….they look kind of fun!!
March 22nd, 2004 at 9:18 pm | [ Quote ]
Definitely! Especially the guy who kicked ass in that event - I was watching him in the other events, cheering him on.
Aren’t those shoes cool! I’d love to try them out!