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The latest near-death expertise of Masters racer Mike Allec highlighted the inherent risks of motorbike racing — not simply on the skilled stage, however throughout all classes.
In contrast to endurance sports activities resembling working, swimming, and Nordic snowboarding, bike racing brings with it the opportunity of a high-impact collision always. Whether or not you’re 18 or 81, hurtling your bicycle into tight areas at excessive speeds brings with it a really actual risk of highway rash, damaged bones, or worse.
And whereas youthful riders are usually fearless, and might be pursuing a profession in professional biking, for newbie and Masters racers, the willingness to danger damage for his or her ardour is predicated on intangibles. To easily name it a weekend “passion” simply doesn’t do it justice.
On this podcast, Elden Nelson and U.S. Editor Neal Rogers communicate with Mike Allec about his shut name — which nearly mirrored a deadly incident on the 2012 LOTOJA newbie race — and the way, even for the crew supervisor of a regional highway squad, it’s modified his outlook on competitors.
Along with sharing their very own “worst race-accident tales” — Elden at Leadville 100, and Neal at the CrossVegas Wheelers & Sellers race — our hosts additionally communicate with elite newbie racers Frank Cundiff, from Virginia, and Sarah Barber, from Idaho, who focus on the rewards they get from racing, and the way they reconcile that with the very actual danger of damage.
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Episode 25: Direct Obtain
