Keep movin', movin', movin', Though they're disapprovin', Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide! Don't try to understand 'em, Just rope and throw and grab 'em, Soon we'll be living high and wide. Boy my heart's calculatin' My true love will be waitin', be waiting at the end of my ride.I am, in my own opinion, the … Continue reading Rolling, Rolling, Rolling…
Interview With IronBrandon
I recently did an interview with avid age-group triathlete and podcaster IronBrandon. My part of the show starts at about the 48min mark. You can listen to it on his site at:http://ironbrandon.com/2010/06/ironbrandons-podcast-episode-99/You can also find it in iTunes at:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=275935699Many thanks to Brandon for giving me opportunity to ramble to someone other than myself.
Real Women of BAMFness: Jamie Whitmore
My good friend and Slowtwitch editor-at-large Timothy Carlson wrote a four-part series on XTerra legend Jamie Whitmore, who was diagnosed cancer in late 2007. Timothy's remarkable chronicling of Jamie's journey is a gut-wrenching but also heart-warming and inspirational story of tenacity and survival. From the initial struggle to simply find an answer to her difficult … Continue reading Real Women of BAMFness: Jamie Whitmore
Nothing But Taillights
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 was a day that could have very easily my triathlon career. It almost ended my life. Thursday, June 10, 2010, 11 weeks and two days after my last run, I finally got to do what I'd spent the better part of the last couple of months dreaming about - I got … Continue reading Nothing But Taillights
Real Kids of BAMFness: Adam Bender
As far as most kids are concerned, playing baseball for a local Little League team is just a bit of summer fun. But for 8-year-old Adam Bender of Lexington, Kentucky, baseball isn’t just a game. Adam lost his left leg to cancer at the age of one, and now hops around without a prosthetic limb. … Continue reading Real Kids of BAMFness: Adam Bender
Pavement
$60 million will buy 300 miles of urban bikeways or one mile of urban freeway. Cycling is a cheap date. - Roger Geller (Oregon Bike Summit). Thank you to Heidi Swift for sharing this incredible fact on Twitter.
Real People of BAMFness: Race Across The Window
At noon on Thursday, June 3, a team of eight riders will begin a simulated 3,000 mile ride on Computrainers in the store window of JackRabbit Sports' Union Square location. They'll ride 24/7 for a week or so, until they complete the task. This display of utter BAMFness will benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation. Check … Continue reading Real People of BAMFness: Race Across The Window
Thank You Slowtwitch
Some very wonderful and generous denizens of the Slowtwitch forums got together to send me this wonderful and most unexpected gift. Thank you!For those whose eyesight is fading, those are the custom BACON Oakleys made for Dave's Quality Meats in NYC.
Bike Box Chronicles
Recently on Twitter, I saw a tweet from a fellow triathlete who was trying to get United to explain their $100 fee for bikes. They made some claim about treating it as a fragile item, which is about as bald-faced a lie as I can imagine. But nevertheless, the purpose of this post is not … Continue reading Bike Box Chronicles
Real Men of BAMFness: USA Service Men (and Women)
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. - General George S. Patton
Jordan Rapp 