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| Riding into CP#1 TransIowa V8 |
January 21, 2014
The Pact was made between friends last night after speaking
about the passing of Steve – we would both be around until our 80’s so that we
didn’t have to bury anyone this young out of our core group of friends. Sure we don’t have any control over death but
it sounds like a great idea to reduce the pain of the loss of a good friend.
How many close friends do you have that you would truly miss
if they passed away before you felt it was time? Last night I came up with 10 or so that I
would truly miss. I also contemplated
about how many I would travel for to pass my regrets onto their family if something
happened. Most of these guy’s spouses
wouldn’t even know me but I would still feel obligated to travel just because
of the bond that happened during the course of our lives.
The bonding event for me is generally a race or endurance
event that I participated in. Trans-Iowa
always jumps out at me because of the camaraderie that is required to attempt
finishing the beast of a race that Trans-Iowa is. First off though is my bike tour buddy and
great friend Todd whom I spent 28 days with so our bond is deeper than words
can say! At V5, I met Eric from Florida
and we still keep in touch and always talk about doing a crazy race again
sometime in the future. IronMike came
into my life during prep work for the Underground Railroad Bike Tour and is
another that jumps out at me. Single Speed
Scott from V8 was a smooth riding tough guy from Nashville that always has a
smile on his face. Guitar Ted race
director of TI is most definitely travel worthy just because of his awesome
heart and all that he does to make TI a great event! These are just some quick names that jump out
at me while pondering the pact so don’t be mad if I didn’t list you because
more than likely if you are reading this you are on my list!
But do us both a favor and don’t test me until we hit our
80’s please!
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| Grand Arrival Underground Railroad Bike Tour |
