Columns: Top Stories
Aug. 15, 2008The Coach(ed) Corner: Training the brain
In a loving but very matter-of-fact tone my girlfriend said to me the other day, “Babe, I think you’re kind of accident prone.”
Sadly, she’s right.
This year anyway, I seem to be bouncing along from one injury, ailment, bump, scrape ...
Aug. 15, 2008Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Bikes v. cars
To the casual observer, it may seem as though tempers have been rising along with the temperatures this summer, but as we’ll see, we know that the summer heat has nothing to do with it. Nevertheless, add higher gas prices, more bikes on the road, ...
- Aug. 14, 2008Coach Neal Henderson arrives in Beijing.
Neal Henderson is the Sport Science Manager at Boulder Center for Sports Medicine. He is a USA Cycling certified coach and works with a diverse clientele at BCSM. He has been Taylor Phinney’s personal coach since 2006 and will is traveling with ...
- Aug. 13, 2008The Evolution of Aero
I remember a hot, muggy day in Savannah, Georgia, way back in 1983. The state time trial was an event I had looked forward to for a long time. I had trained really hard for it, and always enjoyed the test against the clock. This particular year, I ...
Aug. 8, 2008Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Where's the justice?
Bob,It is difficult to express my outrage after verifying the facts of the Autumn Growhowski story (See “When justice fails”). I find the collision (it should never ...
- Jul. 25, 2008Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - When justice fails
Nineteen-year-old Autumn Grohowski was on her cell phone with her dad, just letting him know she would be home soon. It was June, a summer night in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and Autumn was approaching the trail she would take home. She was on her bike, ...
Jul. 25, 2008Dog Breath: The men who shot Liberty Evans
“You got a choice, Dishwasher. Either you get out of town, or tonight you be out on that street alone.”—Lee Marvin as Liberty Valance in “The Man Who ...
Jul. 18, 2008Dog Breath: Rounding up the usual suspects
“I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!”— Captain Renault in “Casablanca,” shortly before a coupier presents him with his winnings.
"I'm shocked,” said ...
- Jul. 12, 2008Coach Neal Henderson reports on his travels with Taylor Phinney
And They’re Off!
Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa! Today is day 2 for Taylor and me in South Africa. I left Boulder on Monday, was delayed departing from Denver to Dulles and barely made the flight from Dulles to Frankfurt.
Once ...
- Jul. 10, 2008Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - A question of liability
Bob,We have a little ride in Iowa called RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). A few years ago a cyclist hit a centerline crack and died. The widow sued the county, and a settlement out of court resulted in $300k to the ...
Jul. 8, 2008Mr. Rogers' Tour - Will power
Oh so close.
Garmin Chipotle’s Will Frischkorn, out ahead of the peloton in a four-man breakaway from the first 10 kilometers of the Tour’s third stage from Saint-Malo to Nantes, came within a wheel’s length of winning a stage in his first ...
Jul. 4, 2008'Le Tour Toujours,' warts and all: O'Grady remains a fan, sorta
"He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!—an exchange between Brian's mum and his followers in Monty Python’s “Life of ...
