Month: January 2013

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Show #127 – January 26, 2013

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GUESTS: INGA THOMPSON, MATT FITZGERALD

Would you hang up your bike cold turkey, and become a cattle farmer? Inga Thompson did exactly that in the mid-1990’s after a successful, yet frustrating career as an Olympian and U.S. National Team racer. Thompson learned that ‘not a team player’ was actually code for ‘clean rider’. She offers her inside view on women’s racing, and life beyond cycling.

In the second half of the show, Diane talks with nutritionist and author Matt Fitzgerald, whose book Racing Weight is now in its second edition. Weight is on many peoples’ minds this time of year, as we assess the toll our holiday indulgence has taken on our body mass. Matt has many practical tips on how to increase the quality of your dietary intake, and avoid “brain hunger”.

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Show #126 – January 19, 2013

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GUESTS: NEIL BROWNE, MIGHK WILSON

The cheater being out of the bag, as it were, part of today’s show is devoted to dissecting the Lance/Oprah event of the past two nights. Who better to help with that, than a journalist once called a “complete douchebag” by none other than Lance himself. Neil Browne, recipient of the aforementioned epithet, and proprietor of the Brown Eye Report joins Diane to break it down.

After the news, we take a welcome break from the LA Circus, and talk with transportation planner for Metro Plan Orlando, and the president of the Florida Bike Association, Mighk Wilson. The FBA is planning a colloquium for February 23rd and 24th. More details here.

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My Lance/Oprah Rant…

Please excuse the rant… post Oprah

I have tried to stay neutral; tried to get all sides of the story and not become emotionally involved.  But, today I just lost it and the anger, frustration, and sadness just smacked me in the head.

Here is what I posted on Face Book a few minutes ago…

For the first time since this entire sordid saga began, I am angry to the point of tears. I am tired of everyone trying to cover his own ass. I’m concerned about the FUTURE of the sport – not the past. What Mom would want her kid to be a bike racer today? Who can a young rider look up to now? Consequences? It’s time everyone took some responsibility for his/her part in this and look to cleaning it up; not rehashing the past. Let’s fix this!

Open for comments! (And, thanks for reading my rant!)

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Show #125 – January 12, 2013

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GUESTS: PATRICK BRADY; MICAH RICE; HENRY GOLD

Oh Lance, how can we miss you if you won’t go away? News surfaced this week that Lance Armstrong will sit down next Thursday for what will obviously be a hard-hitting (cough, cough) interview with legendary cycling journalist Oprah Winfrey.

According to our first guest Patrick Brady of Red Kite Prayer, the rumor is that Lance will confess…to being a really successful bike racer. You’ll have to listen in order to hear what else Patrick has to say about the upcoming train wreck interview.

After a bit of news and a break, we bring you an interview with Micah Rice, who is the Vice-President of National Events for USA Cycling. We caught up with Micah on Thursday, as he was preparing for the start of the 2013 U.S. Cyclocross Nationals, going on right now in Madison, Wisconsin.

Closing out the hour is Henry Gold, director of Tour d’Afrique, which runs global bicycles adventures on 6 continents, visiting over 60 countries. When we talked with Henry he was getting ready to depart for Africa to ride the Cairo to Capetown tour. Tour d’Afrique is not only a tour provider; it has a philanthropic arm that aims to give something back to the countries in which they operate.

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Show #124 – January 5, 2013

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GUESTS: LESLI COHEN; UCI-OVERLORD

As we launch 2013, it just made good sense to look back at the best – and worst – of 2012 with the always on-point Lesli Cohen and the UCI-Overlord (BKA “Not Pat McQuaid”) from Cyclismas.com.

We look at everything and everyone from the successful Chip In campaign for Paul Kimmage to the Flint family, whose legal suit against STRAVA might just come in under the heading of “are you kidding me?” As well as the state of funding for not just racing teams but cycling in general.

So, we hope you enjoy an hour of retrospective chat about our sport for this first show of the New Year.

Thanks, as always, for listening!