November 18, 2009
Hey Joe, do you ever follow what Jonathan Page is doing as a cyclocross racer in Europe and see similarities to your experience? I don’t know if you know him or much about his approach to racing in a foreign land but it seems like he’s about as alien there as you were back in the day. And yet, he keeps going at it. He could stay stateside and probably win tons of races but he obviously likes duking it out with the ‘Big Boys’.
Jerry K - Birmingham, AlabamaWell-sir, to tell you the truth, my feeble brain has a hard time with box scores sometimes, which is ultimately why I had to quit baseball and take up bike racing - baseball is all about box scores and numbers and whatnot, while bike racing is just about "go."
Seriously, I have known/known of Jonathan Page for a long time, and utmost respect only sort of starts to come close. But back to the box score thing ... I am not proud to say it, but I really haven't paid close attention to how JP has been riding lately. I often think that if I had a chance to do it all over again I would have gone the cyclocross route, so I am at least glad that someone with the initials JP has.
Jerry, you bring up a good point - and further applause for you for paying attention to a rider who has chosen to do it the hard way. But your question has also opened the floor for a wee rant ... so I will go ahead and grab hold of the talking stick.
Continue Reading »
Share this Page
