Ridicathlon Bench Press - First Event!

The wait is over! Here's the footage from the first of ten Ridicathlon events. Watch the video below to see who's got the early advantage.

PS: Happy Birthday to Team Jim who celebrated his birthday starting immediately after completing the first event.

Spotlight on: Maggie Hutchins

Congratulations are in order! Ridicassociate Maggie Hutchins has just completed her Masters program in Counseling in Educational Settings at Rowan University. She is one smart cookie, and looking for a job, so if you have any leads you know who to call. I caught up with the recent grad/bronzed goddess on the beach in Ocean City, NJ to work on our tans and talk about the most important event of the summer: Ridicathlon.

Loryn: How did you become involved with Ridicathlon?
Maggie: I was lucky enough to have the opportunity after someone else declined. I was honored to be asked.

L: You are a panelist for Evening Wear/Q&A. What special talents will you bring to judging this event?
M: I do have quite an eye for fashion. I know a good pair of shoes when I see them.

L: Besides judging Ridicathlon, what will you be spending your summer doing?
M: Besides slaving away to tourists at Browns I spend my free time on the beach. Nothing is better than sitting in the sun.

L: It has been rumored that your favorite color is yellow. Will this affect your Team decision?
M: This is true, my favorite color is yellow. However, I will be as professional as possible. No biased judging here.

L: If you had to compete in one of the Ridicathlon events, which one would you choose? Why?
M: That's a hard one. The only one I would probably enjoy is Evening Wear. But I do own boxing gloves.

L: What great wisdom do you wish to instill upon the competitors?
M: I'm not sure I have much wisdom to instill. I would just like to say remember we are all friends and no matter the outcome, it was fun.

Thanks so much to Maggie for taking the time to chat with me!

Check out Maggie's bio, and our other Ridicassociates.

First Ridicathlon Event to take place Saturday!

Who: Team Rick vs. Team Jim
What: Bench Press, 185 lbs, Most Reps (aka The Gun Show)
When: Saturday May 8th, 11:30pm
Where: Jersey Devil Convention Center, EHT

For more details please contact Loryn.

Spotlight on: Kelly Renn

I caught up with Ridicassociate Kelly Renn at a wine tasting in Martha's Vineyard last weekend. In addition to working at the prestigious gourmet restaurant, Trattoria Il Mulino, Kelly has been brushing up on her wine knowledge. Already quite the aficionado, Kelly hopes to pursue a career in wine when she returns to the Big Apple (that's New York City for those of you not in-the-know) in the fall.

After talking a bit about her life & future plans, we got down to brass tacks: Ridicathlon.

Loryn: How did you become involved with Ridicathlon?
Kelly: Well, I'm pretty well known for my lack of athletic ability and  lack of participation in team sports. I guess my friends thought that these traits best qualified me to participate in a Ridiculous athletic event. 

L: You are a panelist for Evening Wear/Q&A. What special talents will you bring to judging this event? 
K: Well my "Aunty" Chary was once a pretty well known coach for Miss America contestants for both NJ and NY states, I feel that she imparted her almighty coaching wisdom to me and that I will know what to look for in our contestants during this event. Also, I was the Prom Queen. 'Nough said.

L: Besides judging Ridicathlon, what will you be spending your summer doing? 
K: Mostly partaking in activities similar to Ridicathlon in that I will be consuming alcohol at said activities. 

L: If you had to compete in one of the Ridicathlon events, which one would you choose? Why? 
K: What are the events again? Oh..whoops...um, I suppose Milk Trivia because that sounds like something I could be qualified for. 

L: What great wisdom do you wish to instill upon the competitors? 
K: Don't ask for sympathy when you lose..."sympathy is in the dictionary between shit and syphilis" (A direct quote from Mr. Buzzy Renn)

Thanks so much to Kelly for taking a moment to talk with me!

You can check out Kelly's bio here, as well as our other Ridicassociates' bios.