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A Pleasant Surprise

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I never know who is reading my blog or how they discover it, but when I find out, it is always interesting.

Today I received the following email:

My name is Jenn, and I’m an Editor at Jen Reviews. I was doing research on defensive softball drills and just finished reading your wonderful blog post: https://www.rightwinggranny.com/?p=20111

In that article, I noticed that you cited a solid post that I’ve read in the past: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball

We just posted a guide that is even more detailed, updated and comprehensive on 20 defensive softball drills that are effective and fun. You can find it here: https://www.jenreviews.com/defensive-softball-drills/

If you like the guide, we’d be humbled if you cited us in your article. Of course, we will also share your article with our 50k newsletter subscribers and followers across our social platforms. 

Either way, keep up the great work!

Warmly,
Jenn

The article Jenn cited is from 2013. It deals with some amateur athletes that were participating in a marathon on Long Island. I don’t see the point in citing the drills in an older article, but for anyone who plays softball and is interested in softball, the link is above. I am grateful for anyone who reads this blog, and emails like Jenn’s are always a pleasant surprise.

 

Hooray For The Average American

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On Friday Long Island Newsday posted an article about this year’s participants in the 26th annual Runner’s Edge Tobay Triathlon which will be held on August 24 at Oyster Bay, Long Island.

Triathlon coach Jose L. Lopez of Mineola, who won the first Tobay Tri in 1988, notes that the demographic of the Triathlon has changed.

The article reports:

Cases in point in this year’s race: Julian Acevedo, 26, a former diver and mountain climber; Dave Patton, 46, a martial artist and Kathy Griswold, 40, a yoga teacher.

All three are doing Tobay for the first time; each found the sport through a different route.

…Griswold was a high school shot putter and softball player back in Massachusetts. This past winter, when her gym held a mini indoor tri — participants swam in the pool, pedaled a stationary bike and ran on a treadmill — she jumped in and enjoyed it.

“I decided maybe I should do a real one.” said Griswold, a Plainview resident who teaches yoga at two local studios.

“I will finish, and I will have a blast doing it,” she said.

Hooray for amateur athletes who are willing to rise to the challenge of something new.

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