Whoops--Sorry for the double post--forgot to sign in my location on my original post!
Larry Hakim Oxford, MS
>From: "Larry Hakim" <larryhakim@hotmail.com>
>To: markw@wolfenet.org, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: RE: [CR]2004 Fireweed 400 won on Eisentraut
>Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 11:01:48 -0500
>
>A quote from the Ultra Marathon cycling page:
>
>[Race winner Ben Couturier] 'had stopped briefly in Glennallan "to eat some
>real food, get a shirt and lose all forms of entertainment. Walkmans,
>computers, heart rate monitors and all of the other toys take away from the
>concentration and self drive of the race. To numb your mind with toys feels
>like cheating because you lose the pain. I put my head down at this point
>and just rode."
>
>The kid sounds refreshingly old skool to me. Can I get an Amen from the
>choir?
>
>Larry Hakim
>Oxford, MS
>
>
>>From: Mark Wolfe <markw@wolfenet.org>
>>To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>>Subject: [CR]2004 Fireweed 400 won on Eisentraut
>>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 20:42:08 -0700
>>
>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>Hash: SHA1
>>
>>I was checking out the Ultra Marathon cycling page, and saw this
>>interesting bit about the Fireweed 400. This race is a RAAM qualifier,
>>and this years event was won by a 17yo on a 1974 Eisentraut. I know,
>>it's the motor, but hey, that had to be cool. He's a bike mechanic,
>>and obviously appreciates steel. :)
>>
>>http://www.ultracycling.com/results/fireweed2004.html
>>
>>
>>- --
>>Mark Wolfe Lakeside, ca http://www.wolfenet.org
>>gpg fingerprint = 42B6 EFEB 5414 AA18 01B7 64AC EF46 F7E6 82F6 8C71
>>Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
>>- - Kahlil Gibran
>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux)
>>Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
>>
>>iD8DBQFBHYoQ70b35oL2jHERAuNiAKDSlQ+gUHbCbW1SDMzoxQSp0KGmFgCgm5Xk
>>iiDSgtJsitPIExai87C3SCY=
>>=o/ve
>>-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>_______________________________________________
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE!
>http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
>
>_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/