Thanks for making it interesting George

  Larry and I were a third of the way up the north side of Paris mountain when a white-jersey clad rider flashed by us, descending at an incredible angle and speed.  “Damn, I think that was Hincapie!” My cycling buddy Larry worked third shift and lived around the corner so four or five times […]

The Class of the Field

“Here’s your lunch and if you’ll excuse me” I announced as I handed the paper plates to Juan and Jimmy.  I was serving lunch to two professional racing drivers that I respected and admired yet at that moment I was certain no one wanted me near them.  The producer was having none of it. She […]

Five Seconds

January 16th.  My birthday.  I turned 33 years old eight hours earlier and I’m going to celebrate by winning a NORBA sanctioned mountain bike race at Manchester State Forest near Sumter, SC.  Amy and I left the warm confines of our home at 6:00 am so she could watch me bang wheels with a bunch […]