That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger...... An interview with the late Jure Robic, the greatest endurance athlete of all time....

On many occasions when motivation is lacking for training and the weather is bad and dark, I like to pull out this old interview with Jure Robic, the 5 time winner of Race Across America.

Link to article is  - That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger...

Have a good read.  My favorite quote is:

"He pushes himself into madness" says a journalist from Slovene TV.  "What Jure does is frightening".
Robic seems to regard his racetime bouts with mental instability as one might regard a beloved, but unruly pet:  awkward and embarrassing at times, but impossible to live without....

new one from Doleful Lions that have accompanied many a Commie Bar Ultra Race....

Bayden Sled Skate.....

My son comes and asks if I think the sled would work on the fallen leaves.  I say "no".

He says if that won't work then could we take bungie cords and put it on a skateboard?

My interest piques...........

Something about bungie cords and skateboards is enticing......  

So.......... Dad and son rig a sled on top of a skateboard.  We attach it with bungie cords.  We don't know if it will work.  Bayden says he needs some type of brake.  I respond that Evil Knievel never concerned himself with a "brake".  It went over his head.  

He thinks he needs a brake.  I suggest the boat anchor but it's in storage.  We settle on a traffic cone.  I ask Bayden do you think that will work?  He says "no, but it will bounce around once I launch it off with another bungie cord and that will be cool".  I nod in agreement.

Finally, Bayden asks "do you think this is crazy?".  My response is if it wasn't then why do it?  He smiles...

It's okay to be crazy but be a smart crazy (wear your helmet and knee/elbow pads....)

And off we go......  

Halloween Break..... Featuring TCOPE & The Slashers....

Team Commie Bar stepped off the trails for a night and into the throes of Halloween....  TCOPE & The Slashers featured at the bash......  We're the scariest band in the world......