Casablanca, Morocco 25 years ago Pt. 8 – conclusion

The final diary entry:   Friday: Today I got up at 9:20am, ate breakfast, then went to bed. I re-awoke at 11:30 and went for a ride at 12:00. I rode with Mike. We seem to get along OK. It’s only when Aaron is around that he ignores me. Aaron told me he hates Azdine [...]

Casablanca 25 years ago Pt. 7

Days 2 through 10 of the never ending junior world trials began the next day… The next 10 days were hell. Each day I headed to the track for a new set of seemingly arbitrary evaluations, (though the first day Jamie didn’t show up.) Standing starts, flying 200’s, motorpaced 200’s, side-by-sides jumps from corner to [...]

Casablanca 25 years ago Vol. 6: The perfect race Pt. 4

The Perfect race – finale: Jim Michener was vomiting into a trash bin in the center of the track, his muscular hulk shuddering, rattling the metal against concrete. He stood up and wiped his mouth as I passed by. “Good luck against Jamie – he’s tough, but you can beat him.” These encouraging words came [...]

Casablanca – 25 years ago Vol 3: The Perfect Race Pt. 1

Northern Africa – dreams of wind, sand and stars. After the failed junior camp and the alienation I felt from the team and other riders, my thoughts in between began to fill with the idea of Casablanca, Morocco. Like the call of the muezzin I could feel what it might feel like to race my bike [...]

Really Living: Casablanca, Morocco, 25 years ago, vol 2.

 ”DeathPace 2000″   Day three, junior cycling camp in Colorado Springs: I had been dropped again. Flying out, I had imagined very different circumstances – instead of being heralded as one of the top junior cyclists in the country I arrived instead to a camp and culture that viewed midwesterners and sprinters as pariahs, worthy of contempt. I proved [...]

Really Living: Casablanca, Morocco… 25 years ago (vol 1)

After nearly a year long hiatus primarily due to work demands, I’ll be re-launching this blog over the coming weeks and months. I say re-launching vs. re-starting because I will be re-branding it as well. In the next few weeks this site will be re-named “Really-Living” and will be re-organized around that concept. I will [...]

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