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#RunningMeme Friday: Muscular Guys

Yay for skinny-fat runners! This week’s running meme comes from Bust A Gut Running, who posts a new running meme every Monday. Now you can start and end your week with some well-deserved running humor!

  Have a running meme you want to see featured here? Click here to submit it.

Just a quick post today with two tidbits.

First off, a “Cartoonified” Contest update. Be sure to post your running photos at Tripping The Kenyan’s Facebook page (and give us a “like” while you’re there) for a chance to win a free caricature from the artists at “ilovetorun.org.” The contest runs until 5:00pm PST on Thursday, May 1st.

Winner gets a custom caricature and two runner ups win “Gone Running” signs.

Below is another example of the handiwork from the artists at ilovetorun.org. This is Corrado, one of my T2 running buddies captured during the 2014 LA Marathon and his caricature on an eBib.

  Corrado in the flesh.

Corrado “eBib-ified.”

And one other tidbit before I run (figuratively today). It’s a link to a video sure to make you laugh. Long before Pharrell William’s oscar-nominated feel good song “Happy” graced the silver screen, there was a “happy” song of a very different sort.

Animation fans who are familiar with the John Kricfalusi’s twisted and “ahead of its time” series “Ren & Stimpy” jump up and down at the mention of the “Happy Happy, Joy Joy Song.”

I dare you to add it to your running mix.

And yes, I’ll teach your grandmother to suck eggs (trust me, you’ll understand after you hear it).

“I don’t think you’re happy enough.”

Have a great Sunday… and Run on!

If you’ve been glancing at Facebook or other social media sites as of late, I’m sure you’ve come across numerous fun caricatures of runners. These great images are the handiwork of the artists at the cool website “ilovetorun.org.”

When I first started Tripping The Kenyans, I submitted my mug for a little “cartoonization” and I was thrilled by the results:

Real life.

Cartoonized!

I also ordered a high quality print to hang on my wall.

I was framed (sorry, a pun was inevitable).

And not only do the caricatures look great posted on-line or hanging in a frame, you can also access I Love to Run’s popular “eBib” feature to create your own virtual bibs. Like so:

eBibs featuring… you!

Well, my friends at I love to Run would like to give you the chance to get your very own caricature done for FREE (a $29 value).

So, here’s all you have to do. Post a fun “running” picture of yourself on the “Tripping The Kenyans” Facebook page (and please give us a “like” while you’re there) or in the comments section below wherever you see this article.

We’ll look at the photos, gather up the names and pick a winner at random. Easy enough?

Two runner ups will win a “Gone Running” sign to let people know when you’re going to be done pounding the pavement.

“Gone Running.”

Deadline for submitting your photos is 5:00pm PST on Thursday, May 1st. Winners will be notified by e-mail and announced on TTK on Friday, May 2nd.

And be sure to check out I Love to Run’s website and Facebook page. They’ve got really cool apparel for men, women and accessories.

      Run on!

If you're not familiar with eBibs don't feel bad, because I just discovered them today. What are they? Take a race bib, add a caricature of a runner, a funny quote, statement or factoid and viola..eBibs! I suppose you could say it's just a meme. Ahh, but these little creations by I <3 to run are only about poking fun at the culture of running.