My nephew is currently competing in his first international bike race. This takes his bike riding to a whole different level and from his email, sounds like he is having the time of his life!
The real gift in this is getting to live large vicariously through a stronger and much younger individual that is in your same gene pool. This past weekend was highlighted by a few firsts by several girlfriends children. One "child" was presenting a paper to a group at Princeton. Another had won a student body election...a different girlfriend's child was part of the Summit High Band and they took first place at a competition. Someone else's got married the week before...and the educational GI benefits were approved for another. We celebrated in the joy of these moments while the parent were able to live vicariously in the glow of accomplishment.
So, back to my nephew...It is a 10 stage race with racers from around the world. The first day he crashed but was able to jump back on his bike and still catch up to the Peloton and the leader. He said it took a lot...heck 75 miles...well, that is half way to Portland!
I have my own "living large" goals but I have to say that it is nice occasionally doing it from an armchair with someone younger putting out the physical effort.
If you are interested in seeing the route and where the different stages are...or look at the other photos, you can check out the website. It is textwise all in Korean. The guy on the end of this photo is my nephew...oh yeah! He was the one who was interviewed by the Today show when they came to San Francisco last month to tape a segment on the accurancy of calorie counts on excercise machines.
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