A Note from Fatty: This is part 2 of my 2010 Leadville 100 Race Report. Click here for part 1.
The first time I enter the Twin Lakes Dam aid station as I race the Leadville 100, I always get a little sense of foreboding. Up until now, the race is relatively easy. Sure, there are [...]
2010 Leadville 100 Race Report, Part 2
2010 Leadville 100 Race Report, Part 1
I have previously made it clear that I did not have any particular expectations for this year’s Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. After all, The Runner and I have been riding a lot, but not really training. As in, neither of us has ridden a single set of intervals. Neither of us have done [...]
An Open Letter to Levi Leipheimer on the Occasion of His First Mountain Bike Race
Dear Levi,
First of all, congratulations! Deciding to enter your very first mountain bike race is a big step, and you should be proud of yourself. You’re about to discover a whole new world of intense competition and camaraderie.
And while — as you’ll soon find out — racing can be hard, I think you’ll also find [...]
News Flash: Armstrong to Either Race or Not Race 2010 Leadville 100
LEADVILLE, CO (Fat Cyclist Fake News Service) – Seven-time Tour de France Winner Lance Armstrong announced recently that he, along with RadioShack teammate Levi Leipheimer will race in the 2010 Leadville 100 mountain bike this Saturday, August 14.
Armstrong has also announced that he will not be racing the 2010 Leadville 100 mountain bike this Saturday, [...]
This Race Should Have Been Shorter
There are big mountain bike races. There are big, long mountain bike races. There are big, long, important mountain bike races.
And then there’s the (hushed silence, please) . . . Alpine Days Mountain Bike Race.
Using the mountain biking trails (Hogs’ Hollow, Lambert Park) in and around Alpine, UT, the Alpine Days Mountain bike race is [...]
This Race Should Have Been Shorter
A Note from Fatty: MikeRoadie — the Co-Captain for Team Fatty Austin, has a friend who is putting together a solo 660-mile ride through New England to raise money for childrens’ cancer hospitals. Please check out Nick’s Ride for Kids and donate. You may win one of 22 weekend getaways. Nice!
There are big mountain bike [...]
One Year
Susan died a year ago today. I’ve been grappling with a few thoughts. None of them especially deep, but here’s what’s on my mind.
I think Susan would be happy with where I am. Susan and I had some very frank — but private — conversations during the times she was lucid. I think about these [...]
My 2010 Leadville Plan
A Kidney Transplant-Related Note from Fatty: Many of you helped me raise money to help out my sister and her son as they went through an incredibly difficult kidney failure. I think you’ll all be excited to know, then, that last Thursday, my sister Kellene successfully donated a kidney to her son, Dallas. Since then, [...]
Fatty’s Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow is famous for creating the “Hierarchy of Needs” — a graduating set of general requirements for human motivation. Like this:
The idea behind this pyramid is that you need to fulfill the needs in the lowest (Physiological) level of the pyramid before you start thinking about the needs in the second-lowest (Safety) level. Then [...]
The Argument for Recklessness
A few weeks ago, Chuck Ibis was in town as part of the Ibis Demo World Tour. It seemed like a good time for us to finally get together and do something we had talked about for — literally — years: go on a mountain bike ride together.
Yeah, considering that I’ve been friends with Chuck [...]