DorkRocket.com
Title
Home Page - Team Dork Rocket
Description
The term "Dork Rocket" comes from the Giesarian term for, crappy road bike converted to a tri configuration ridden by a swimmer or cross-country runner.
It is believed that Team Dork Rocket (TDR) dates back as early as 2002 AD. However, the great legends known as Sweet Trav [a cross country runner and structural engineer] and The Nightcrawler [a swimmer, wanna be DJ and computer scientist] were actually training and competing as far back as 2001. Not much was recorded in these early times; so much history has been lost. Oral tradition, past down for as many as 2.5 years, tells us that fun and self-improvement were a huge influence on the forefathers of TDR. Stories of accomplishment and excitement soon led to more members joining the ranks of the legends and a team was born.
More teammates meant bigger and better post race festivities. By 2002, Dork Rockets were already drinking Bloodies at a bar immediately following each race. Archeologists found a few beer bottles that they believe Sweet Trav was hiding in his corral cooler to be enjoyed by TDR members at the finish line. This led to more celebrations including an August evening with G-Dub AKA The Nightcrawler and Mike D AKA Schmackel entertaining until the wee hours of the morning. At such celebrations it was common to hear comments like, "My legs hurt, will you rub them?" Or, "Were you the a-hole drafting off me the whole swim?"
