It’s almost time for RICH’S RIDE to hit the road again. A week from today we’ll roll out of town on our way to Taos, New Mexico. It’s almost time to start cranking on TAOS TO TUCSON 2013. We’re not ready. I think there’s a lesson here for all of us. This will be our […]
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Ever Seen An Interrobang?
RICH’S RIDE allows us to connect with some amazing people. Becky and I were privileged to hear Bob Goff speak last Thursday, then spent a couple of hours with him and about twenty people at breakfast the next morning. Bob talked about an obscure punctuation mark called the INTERROBANG, a combination question mark & exclamation […]
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What’s your mental image of a “mob”? Did you think of a crime syndicate led by a “mob boss”? How about mob violence, or mob mentality? Mostly a mob isn’t a good thing. Mobs tend to be disorderly and out of control. They’re spontaneous, usually in a disruptive way. So what in the world is a HopeMob? […]
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As we’ve done a few of these tours I’ve learned that each one assumes its own unique character. You’d think one long distance bike ride would be pretty much like another. But this is about something more than bike rides, so each time we take off it’s really a new adventure. As soon as we learn how […]
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On Labor Day, Diana Nyad stumbled onto a beach in Key West, Florida. Nearly 53 hours after jumping into the ocean in Havana, Cuba, she finally completed a lifelong dream to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida. Diana Nyad is 64 years old. This was her fifth attempt, the first coming when she was […]
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Last week I talked about a new opportunity to share the story of Relentless Grace. As Becky and I talked about what might be helpful she suggested this excerpt from the book. They’re words I wrote for myself and shared with hope that they might comfort someone else. # # # … let us run with perseverance the […]
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RICH’S RIDE takes us to some interesting places. We’ve cranked past alligators in Florida, buffalo and camels (?) in Wyoming. We’ve been chased by a herd of poodles. We’ve seen cotton fields, corn fields, and even a Field of Dreams. We’ve met amazing people doing incredible work. And this week, thanks to Becky’s gift for […]
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Once in a while I ask myself why we keep doing this crazy thing. A few weeks back we met with our friend Nancy Richardson. Nancy and her husband Curt created Otterbox, one of those overnight success stories that happened when thirty years of sweat, sacrifice, and vision “suddenly” blossomed into a global company. Nancy […]
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How do you measure success? We all know it’s important to create our own targets. Nothing’s more self-defeating than constantly trying to meet others’ expectations. But even when you define success on your own terms, it’s tempting to succumb to the cultural obsession with scorekeeping. We need to be careful about what we count, because […]
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If you’re reading this on Saturday morning, Front Range FREEDOM Tour is underway! Our intrepid team will gather in the shadow of the Wyoming State Capitol building in Cheyenne. We’ll take lots of pictures and burn a bunch of nervous energy. We’ll do helmets up. And then we’ll begin Stage 1, 60 miles from Cheyenne […]
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(From June 13, 2009) One of the great things about cycling is that the rider’s also the engine. It’s the same in life. A bicycle (or in my case a handcycle) is a pretty simple machine. Even with all of the high-tech materials and components, it’s still muscles, chain, gears, and wheels. The terrain varies, but […]
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Note:I’m re-posting this because this film opens this weekend in northern Colorado. I don’t worry much about things like “unwritten” rules, but one blogging rule has always made sense to me: Don’t recommend a book you haven’t read or a movie you haven’t seen. Today, I’m breaking that rule. NOT TODAY opens May 24th in […]
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