December 2010
24 posts
4 tags
3 tags
2 tags
1 tag
6 tags
2 tags
I ENJOYED KICKING YOUR ASS AT WEEKENDS
I enjoyed kicking your ass at the weekends. We’d do the messenger thing, and party till five in the morning at some party or club… Then at 6am, I’m on the start line: I win 50 bucks, and go take all my buddies from that party the night before out to breakfast. They’re all waiting for me, so I had to win. It was one of those pressure things – like, “You’d better win some money...
3 tags
2 tags
2 tags
3 tags
3 tags
3 tags
3 tags
4 tags
Watch“YOU GO DEEP. YOU GO MAX. YOU GO FULL GAS. YOU GO OVER YOUR LIMIT. BUT TO REACH SOMETHING HIGH YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THIS PAIN… I LOVE IT.”
FUCKING A, SPARTACUS.
THX AGAIN BIANCHISTA.
5 tags
3 tags
2 tags
6 tags
"HIS HANDS WERE FROZEN AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DO THE...
IN CASE YOU THOUGHT THIS WEEK WAS BAD. TRY THE 1921 PARIS-TOURS:
The Paris-Tours race of April 18th, 1921, was one of the all-time most difficult events in cycling history. The 85 starters who lined up that morning would face 342 kms of violent snow squalls, freezing rain, and massive winds. Only 8 riders would finish - the last man, Frenchman Pierre Herbette, came in alone, four hours and 21...
6 tags
3 tags
2 tags
6 tags
THE LIMITS OF ENDURANCE…
EXCELLENT RADIO PROGRAMME ‘THE LIMITS OF ENDURANCE’ HERE FROM NPR’S RADIOLAB, WHICH INTERVIEWS JURE ROBIC - WHO HAS SADLY PASSED AWAY - ABOUT HIS RACE ACROSS AMERICA TRIUMPHS. HE DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE HALLUCINATIONS HE EXPERIENCES - IT’S FAIRLY HARROWING.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A PRETTY TOUGH TRIATHLETE WHO IN HER FIRST RACE SHAT HERSELF AND HAD TO PULL HERSELF ACROSS THE LINE...
5 tags
3 tags
