Last year's pictures and results: 2006 Event.

The 2007 TRY-PUFF-ATHON

The Second Annual Try-Puff-Athon was held on Saturday, September 8, 2007. Word had spread far and wide about the '06 event, and as a result about 30+ puff-letes gathered on the far shore of Puffer's Pond on that hot and steamy afternoon.

LARP fielded a very strong and diverse crew, but nobody was going to "count" out math and stats, given the strong performance of John S last year. Several spousal additions made for some compelling storylines: the Q-dog (representing Smith Chem), Maria (representing History), and Dave (representing Springfield College).

Two questions were foremost on everyone's mind: how much of a factor would the heat be? and would the triathlon course be easy to follow this year?

Well, to be perfectly frank, the heat was brutal and unforgiving, like a first-year studio critique, and the course was about as easy to follow as a math seminar talk in Lederle. But like good graduate students, the puff-letes toughed it out, and much fun and pain was had by all.

Top 2 Male:

Top 2 Female:

Top 2 Over Fifty:

Pictures (many thanks to Evgeny for the excellent photography):

Swimming

Bicycling

Finish Line

Running

Running2

3 shakes

Daddy's finish

After

Once again we wonder if next year's winner could be... Future winner