CNN: Prosecutors drop Lance Armstrong doping investigation.
Free, but probably won’t be the last. Whether you believe or not, some will forever dog him.
Autoblog: Go Faster celebrates the 70s heyday of race car liveries.
I love the asymmetric designs best.
Return of the Cafe Racers: Bonneville Salt Flats Cushman Eagle.
Please, just one ride? Please?
Outside Online: Lance Armstrong and Livestrong.
“Most people are unaware that there are two Livestrong websites. Livestrong.org is the site for the nonprofit Lance Armstrong Foundation, while Livestrong.com is a somewhat similar-looking page that features the same Livestrong logo and design but is actually a for-profit content farm owned by Demand Media.” Anyone else done searches on health-related items and ended up on this miserable site? I *wondered* what the h-e-double-toothpick was going on, getting crappy health advice mixed with useless banner ads. Ten pages or so; take your time and read the whole thing.
NY Times: Fire Poi Dancing on a New York Rooftop.
Gotta try it sometime.
The Great Race.
“The 2011 Hemmings Motor News Great Race television show will air in two parts on Fox Sports Net in January of 2012 ...” Looks like a great deal of fun.
Dazed Digital: Diadora Queen 70.
Oh, come on, vintage movement. This style of early running sneaker was ugly then ... even uglier today. We kept buying new sneakers as they came out just to escape from these kinds of designs.
Vimeo: The Wall of Death.
Documentary about one of the last families of daredevil ‘wall riders’.
BBC News: Marathon training ‘may pose a heart risk’
“Although many went on to make a complete recovery after a week, five showed more permanent injuries. The researchers told the European Heart Journal how these changes might cause heart problems like arrhythmia. They stress that their findings should not be taken to mean that endurance exercise is unhealthy.” Don’t you just love that last sentence? Question is, how much is too much. And that needs a whole lot more research.
CIO: Cycling Star Landis Sentenced for Alleged Trojan Attack.
Can his life-narrative get any more dramatic?
CNN: Sophie Gustafson - The golfer who overcame a stutter.
“None of the treatments she tried in different stages of her life worked.” A story that’s all too familiar.
Vimeo: I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies).
This’ll tighten your stomach for a bit this morning.
Eurekalert: No decline in running economy for older runners.
You can’t just run ... you’ve got to strength-train also.
The New Yorker: The Sandusky Case - Four Questions, for Starters.
“Abusers persuade their victims that they are isolated, that, even if they tell, no one will believe them or care, that they are, in the fullest sense, on their own.” Any organized group dealing with young boys or young men seems to attract these sickos.
I remember one individual we all warned each other about, who was ‘helping’ with our local Boy Scout troop. The troop leaders had been told, multiple times - but a child’s word was not as ‘good’ as an adult’s. The circle of authority closes around the fault, and ends up enabling it. Back then, in the absence of real authority, we kids had the gumption to commit eye-for-an-eye revenge - I somehow doubt today’s kids are quite as devious. [I recall hearing something about a well-concealed rat trap being used.]
Anyone know why 10-year-old kids were interacting with college football coaches? I can’t seem to find any context. My concern is that there’s a homoerotic flavor to the horseplay and social strata around college football players that would create a very ‘lucrative’ atmosphere for a clever exploiter, when young boys are added to the mix. They idealize sports heroes, and will go far for approval.
The whole thing makes me retch. If I’d seen it, I wouldn’t have gone to tell authority. The guy would have been pulp when I got through with him. Then I’d’ve threatened authority with the best son-of-a-bitch lawyer I could find.
NY Times: The Once and Future Way to Run.
I suppose my attempts have been wrong. I blow out my calf muscles every time I take it out on the road. Have to watch this video, and try again.
Design Yearbook: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Sets New World Record?
“For the first day, the fiesta has set the world record for most balloons launched in one hour, sending 345 hot air balloons into the sky from Balloon Fiesta Park. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Inc. is seeking the world record for the greatest mass hot air balloon ascent in one hour from Guinness World Records.” Albuquerque’s got a lot of reputation riding on this, I deem.
autoblog: Goodwood Revival rounds out the classics with sports cars and prototypes.
SF New Mexican: Indy 500 winner arrested for DWI.
Even the best fall prey to overtipple. Gotta stand up and pay the piper, get straight.
More from the SF Concorso … a ‘57 Cooper T43.
Wish they’d had more of the late 50’s and early ‘60’s era F1/Indy racers ...
500px: “Keep a tight ass.”
Great shot.
1886 Benz Replica, at the Santa Fe Concorso.
I’ll have a more over the next few evenings. Stay tuned.
SF New Mexican: Fashion fad puts fly-tying feathers in short supply.
Fly fishermen, fit to be tied ... or knot.
Sharing a joke with some racing legends …
Can you identify them all? Al Unser, Sir Stirling Moss and Bob Bondurant, at the 2011 Santa Fe Concorso. And this, this was the fulfillment of a childhood dream. I’ll have more shots from the event in a few days or so, when workload allows me the time. Also - it was a working venture.
MSNBC: The Reno Air Crash.
Pretty horrifying. The first image pretty clearly shows an elevator trim tab being either missing or malfunctioning. There’s not much on these racing birds that’s really original ... blaming ‘WWII age’ may not be especially accurate.
SF New Mexican: Santa Fe wins bid for IMBA’s World Bike Summit.
“The October event is expected to fill more than 1,200 hotel room nights as it draws mountain biking enthusiasts from across the nation and the globe.” Probably mostly the cheap rooms from the national chains over on Cerrillos ... they’ll nosh at the local restaurants, however.
