Hunched over their featherweight 10-speeds, legs churning relentlessly and silver spokes glinting in the sun as they flash by, bicycle racers paint a breathtaking collage of grace, speed and color.
The two long-distance runners were alone together, climbing the steep hills of Montjuic, trying to finish up these Olympics on a cloudless Barcelona night. Neither one was supposed to win this marathon, but now one of them would.
Rogers, who rides for the Tinkoff-Saxo team, had argued that his positive sample had been the result of something he had eaten during the Tour of Beijing, a stage race just before the Japan Cup.
On Sunday morning, it was time to head out to sea not in search of lobsters but for a competition that has become one of the social events along the coast here, a Kentucky Derby for the trapping set.
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Riding the main trail was easy, a little bumpy because my mountain bike is a hardtail
Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.