Comments on: Tenth Time’s (Not) the Charm: My Leadville 2006 Experience

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:12:57 +0000

As I was making my way to the start of the Columbine climb, the first place rider passed me and said good job. Though he was going the other way, I believed him, and counted this as my brush with fame for the race.
I respect and admire Mr. Weins, a Hall of Famer, but it was the brush with the brusher of fame that is still exciting. My girlfriend and crew and my neice were making their way to the last aid station with arm loads of stuff. A voice asked if aid could be provided. This voice came from, as it is reported to me, a very nice woman. As the three chatted, this nice woman said that her son was riding. "They call him Fatty." My girlfriends jaw dropped and said that she frequents his blog often. Fatty’s Mom was astonished to hear that even in Minnesota, Fatty gets read.
It was cool.
Made for a good race, even though my finish was 12:32. Powerline eats my lunch every year. But not next year.

By: brendan

brendan — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:07:11 +0000

Fatty – that is amazing. Great ride, great story, some nice pics, and a touching embarrassing moment (literally!).It makes me want to hop on a plane and do that ride next year. :-)

By: Jon Paul

Jon Paul — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:12:27 +0000

Congrats on the 10 hr time! Given how many things you changed, it’s a great time. Wonderful writeup as well; the writeups are one of the things I enjoy most about your blog. Going to go for sub-9 next year?

By: Lofgrans

Lofgrans — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:33:47 +0000

FC, I’ll talk with him about it, he might be willing to work something out. Shoot me an email for further discussion if you’re interested.
lofgrans@yahoo.com

By: Fat Cyclist

Fat Cyclist — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:21:16 +0000

argentius – the look of the oakley racing jackets is pretty much moot for me. i wear them because the frame will take my prescription. i have the glasses place make lenses (not oakley lenses, btw) that are scratch resistant, work with my nearsightedness, and darken in light. they’re expensive, but they’re about as perfect a solution as a contact-hating cyclist could want.

caloi – easy; i have inflatable calves.

born4lycra – yeah, like i’m magazine cover material.

barry – nope, i’m the fat cyclist, and will not be changing my blog name. it’s not so much that i’m opposed to being called something other than fat as that i know myself well enough that i expect to become fat again, at which point it would be too painful to have to revert the blog name. plus, now i’ve got that cool logo and stuff.

motorjesse – i got you into cycling? that’s like the hugest compliment you can give a cyclist. thanks!

bob – next year you race it with me. right?

sophia and lauren – yes, kenny might look hot, but he has terrible body odor. and he snores with the volume and intensity of an oliphant.

lofgrans – your husband coaches? i’ll bet he’d get all kinds of great publicity from coaching a genuine biking celebrity. that publicity seems like it’d be worth even more than money, you know. nudge nudge, wink wink.

t1mm0 – already posted, actually. you’ll find it at http://eldennelson.motionbased.com.

By: Heath

Heath — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:58:17 +0000

Congrats on 1000 miles!!

Hey, I was sitting right in front of you at the awards with my Dad!! I thought that was you fatty, but wasn’t sure. It’s not like I’d go up to someone and say, "are you fatty?" Even after you went up to the stage I didn’t know your name.

Oh well. I promise to say hi next year. I’m pretty sure I was riding with Jilene and Leslie up Haggerman or Powerline. You can find my pic on the blog link. Anyho nice to almost meet you all. It was a great race. Thanks for all the words fatty, I used your descriptions to help peice together what to expect. Later A Minnesota Guy.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:01:34 +0000

Interested to see that you were riding with a Garmin Forerunner. Any chance of uploading your ride to Motionbased? I, for one, would be interested to see the length, elevation etc…Cheers, Tim

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:25:47 +0000

Yeah, Fatty. Just look at all those Tour riders. If they were as skinny as you, they’d never get up all those climbs (the drugs might help, too). Next year try it at a nice round 200 and see if it helps.

P.S. Ditto Lauren’s comment. And according to Fatty, "the nicest guy in the whole world." Dreamy.
-Sophia

By: BotchedExperiment

BotchedExperiment — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:14:37 +0000

I wonder if Bry set the record for losing the most finishing places from one year to the next.

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By: BotchedExperiment

BotchedExperiment — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:12:12 +0000

"Holding each other’s arms aloft" could be translated as "holding hands".

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