Monthly Archives: July 2013

Driving into the Heat

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We’re already a little late today so this is going to have to be short. We’re heading back to Kansas this morning. It is nearly 700 miles. I have a couple business stops to do along the way, so being late already isn’t a good sign. The riding up here has been great. We’ve done a lot of singletrack. I finally fell pretty good on Sunday and jack up my right hand. Gamekeepers thumb, which I’ve done a lot of times. It is really swollen and unusable. So, we rode on the road yesterday. It is going to be hot in Kansas the next few days. Good blood plasma building. Okay, have to get moving. Here are some photos from the last couple days.

Swollen thumb.

Swollen thumb.

Fatman, Gary Crandall, showing Catherine his old bike collection.

Fatman, Gary Crandall, showing Catherine his old bike collection.

Gary in his empire.

Gary in his empire.

We rode by a house a friend Pete Caron is working on. It is unbelievable.

Some of the interior.

Part of the garage. There are 4 of these buildings just for cars.

Part of the garage. There are 4 of these buildings just for cars.

My friend George Welk's goat.

My friend George Welk’s goat.

And his child watching Catherine go into a hay hut he built.

And his child watching Catherine go into a hay hut he built.

Cyclocross Already?

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It seems like when the Tour de France is over, everyone starts thinking about cyclo-x. This year it is earlier for me. I got a call a couple months ago about helping with an instructional video about cross. It is a company that makes videos for all sorts of sports, mainly American sports.

I thought it was going to be a low budget type deal, but when I got the explanation, I was surprised. They were planning to use Sven Nys as the instructor. They had a personal connection with Sven. That was a couple months ago and now it seems that Sven doesn’t want to do the DVD in English. He doesn’t feel comfortable with that. I told them it would be pretty useless in Flemish.

So, flash forward to now and it seems they want me to do the whole thing. Author, instruct, examples, etc. We didn’t really get down to the specifics, the time frame, or the content of each video, but the project seems interesting enough.

I stopped by their office on the way back from Cable for a chat and tour of the facilities. It is pretty impressive. They sell 1000’s of different videos about nearly all aspects of sports. Swimming stroke, starts, turns. Same with baseball, basketball, football, etc. It was amazing.

Hopefully they’ll do videos on all aspects of the sport of cycling, not just cyclo-x. I can’t seem to get any pictures to load today, so you’ll just have to believe me that the place is really impressive.

It is something that I’ve never done, so I’m kind of excited about the project. I do have all the necessary skills and knowledge, so that part is easy. It is early, but it should be fun.