Comments on: Boggs Funduro: The FatCyclist Race Report, Part 1

By: Wilmington Whiteface 100K: Pre-race Press Conference | A Year of Living...humm...dangerous?

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:43:31 +0000

[...] are first of all pleased to announce that Jeff D., Team Fatty Fundo rider, will be joining us this year in Wilmington. Jeff is prepping for an assault on the course record [...]

By: Boggs: Epilogue | A Year of Living...humm...dangerous?

Boggs: Epilogue | A Year of Living...humm...dangerous? — Mon, 18 May 2015 12:48:08 +0000

[...] was lavender. It went uneaten. Jeff kindly reminded me that this was forgotten in his write-up, Elden’s write-up (to date) and mine. I added this so that the record of the horror would be complete. Share [...]

By: Jeff Dieffenbach

Jeff Dieffenbach — Thu, 14 May 2015 13:50:03 +0000

Fatty and I discussed the gender issue with respect to contest winning, travel, living in tight quarters, and being in remote areas. What he excluded from his “What if it had been a woman? Or someone who couldn’t go with the flow? Or someone half my age?” remark was the following:

- A woman won one of the previous contest trips. Instead of cycling, they hiked. And it worked out great. That particular trip had a lot of flexibility, though, and Boggs really didn’t. If you weren’t interested in MTB racing, you would have had significant chunks of dead time or at least time away from the group.

- There’s safety, but there’s also the perception of safety. With these trips, there’s a pretty high likelihood of the two people being essentially complete strangers. Sure, readers kinda sorta know Fatty through the blog, but that’s only kinda sorta. And Fatty wouldn’t know the other person at all. Who knows, either party could secretly be an axe murderer. And at Boggs, there was a LOT of real estate to dump a body. Not that I was scouting it for that.

- Next, there’s potential relationship stress. I have no idea if that manifests itself in the case of Fatty and The Hammer, but one or both halves of a couple could certainly be forgiven for not liking a situation in which one member of the couple is paired off with a member of the opposite sex (or for that matter, a member of the same sex, not that there’s anything wrong with that).

- Boggs required a lot of “go with the flow.” While the RV was in great condition and worked well, it wasn’t the Four Seasons. And the food was pretty basic (even the secret food). A more particular person than me (disclosure: I’m VERY particular about many things and not remotely particular about many others) might not have gone with the flow as well.

- Finally, as to the “half my age” remark, it’s crystal clear to me that Fatty didn’t want to be the slow man on the totem pole! (So I humored him and occupied that position.)

By: Libby

Libby — Mon, 11 May 2015 05:03:15 +0000

Fatty, I unders the “woman” part, But then if it were, then The Hammer could come too!

Yep, that was the contingency plan. But that would have required that The Hammer wouldn’t have been able to do the St. George Half Ironman that weekend, and she really wanted to. – FC

By: rgpv results portal

rgpv results portal — Sat, 09 May 2015 05:39:30 +0000

Great Eating & managed day plan.
luv you fatty.

By: Anon_chick

Anon_chick — Sat, 09 May 2015 00:22:43 +0000

Hi Fatty,

I love your blog and have been reading it since the time when it was mostly about Susan. For the first time ever I was a little put off by a statement in your blog – specifically “You have no idea how relieved I am that you won this contest. What if it had been a woman…”. I am sure you intended no prejudice, but it doesn’t read that way. Sorry.

By: Boggs: Part 1, Getting There is Half Fun | A Year of Living...humm...dangerous?

Fri, 08 May 2015 15:58:23 +0000

[...] from California and its time to write up my adventures. Two of my blogging colleagues (Jeff and Fatty) have been busily writing up their adventures. I could tell you that I taught them everything they [...]

By: esuvidha rtu results

esuvidha rtu results — Fri, 08 May 2015 03:29:08 +0000

Great did, will going to read part 1 & 2.

By: AKChick

AKChick — Fri, 08 May 2015 00:48:20 +0000

@Corrine Not sure about the Fireweed. I’ll have to see what the dates are and go from there. I’d do the 100 if I did anything.

By: Corrine

Corrine — Thu, 07 May 2015 19:09:57 +0000

Great write up, Jeff. It sounds like you guys had a great weekend. Can’t wait to hear more from Fatty about his take on the weekend.
@AKChick, I’m pretty much planning on doing the Fireweed 200 again. Will you be down there doing any of it? And yes, Fatty and the Hammer should come up with the kids sometime and do some riding in Alaska!