Finishing up another cycling related book. This one may be one of my favorites of all. It's by Charly Wegelius a former professional cyclists who was a super domestique for Liquigas, Mapei and others. I originally heard of the book while Wegelius had did a really good podcast with Creed. Hell, that was the first time I heard of Charly to be honest. As your team's mid pack racer, I was blown away by the pod cast, and jumped right into the book when I could.
I know what your your are saying to yourself, "JESUS FATMARC, ANOTHER CYCLING BOOK!? I thought you said no more doping stories!"
Well, this one isn't a doping story. Not at all. Wegelius has a great forward where he talks about the doping culture and a few passages where he talks about the culture and what he did see. His story has been an excellent one, and hard to put down. From the outset Wegelius realizes that he's not on teams to be a winner but to make himself indispensable to the team as a worker. He does whatever the team needs to support their leader and goals. A working man's working man.. That's pretty much where I was hooked. Wegelius has a very comfortable, and honest style. It was a great read to follow him on his journey.
The next book I'm looking forward to reading is not a cycling related book. FOR REAL!
It is a rock and roll book about Guided by Voices. So I'll let you know what I think once I get into it a bit.
been getting some good miles in lately. It's been fun. Monk's starting to ride a bit too. Which is nice.
12hr race this weekend, I'm getting pretty stoked. I won't lie I generally get pretty up for these races. One of my first races ever was the 24hrs of Canaan, and frankly I've been hooked on relay style races since. Long time readers of the Vanderblog probably know this already. I'm stoked to be on the team I'm on, and I excited to race. Endurance Relays are just ingrained in how and what I enjoy about racing...
this clip always gets me fired up:
thanks for reading.
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vanderbacon
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