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Celebrate With David Shuey
He did it! Celebrate with David as he finishes his bike ride across America for Arthritis....
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My First Triathlon, Maybe Yours Too?
My first Triathlon, Maybe yours Too!“The race has started, and I know that I have to go all out in a sprint triathlon. I’m a boomer, and I’m new triathlon racing. It’s fun, but this is my first race, and it’s also hard, but it is still fun....
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Bicycle Built For Two
A couple from The Villages shows Growing Bolder why a side-by-side bike for two is the best way to get around.
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Tom Tucker
Tom Tucker rode his bike from The Villages to Key West and turned around and made the trip back.
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Brenda in The Villages
I have been disabeled since 1996 with Chronic Pain Syndrome due to Arachnoiditis, which was caused by several back surgerys that caused scar tissue to form around my spinal cord nerves. This causes a lot of leg pain that never stops. I have a neuro...
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Pat and Cat Patterson
Pat and Cat Patterson aren't your ordinary couple. Emerging from divorces and financial stress, the two met and decided to rebuild their lives together and did so as they bike across four continents and 57 countries in four years!
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Look Who's Riding That Hog
Empty nesters get their motors running again now that the kids are finally out of the house. This Growing Bolder story shows us who was really "Born to be Wild."
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Boomer Babes on Bikes
They say the view is better when you're the lead dog. That's one reason why more and more women aren't satisfied with just being a passenger on a motorcycle. They want control, and they're getting it.
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Life in Paradise
Margie and I are fortunate to be living on a waterway that gives us the bay, the beach and the river excellent places to bike and kayak. These kind of activities really keeps us flexible and active, two important ingredients for healthy living.
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Self Knowledge
Self Knowledge By Cliff and Tatjana Eggink With each passing decade, we hope that our knowledge of self increases, and that we know our good as well as our less admirable qualities. You know that old saying, “the unexamined life is not worth...
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Ned Overend
Fifty-one-year-old Ned Overend is the Michael Jordan of mountain biking. At age 52 he's world class and still whippin' the whippersnappers.
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Biketoberfest: The Boomer Fountain of Youth
Remember when Biketoberfest was for the young and wild? It's still pretty wild, but the average age will surprise you. Over 200,000 made the ride to Daytona Beach to see the bikes, but discovered the bikers were far more interesting!
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While Exercising Be Good to The Environment
IrongeezerSays™," While Exercising Be Good to The Environment."By Cliff and Tatjana Eggink We all know that Kermit the Frog says, "It isn't easy being green;" however, it must become the thing to be for all of us, and especially for us athletes...
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Doping Ban Upheld
The yellow jersey has officially been revoked. The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld a decision made after the 2006 Tour de France which stripped Floyd Landis of his title.
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Glenn Fenster
Glenn Fenster took a 7,000-mile bike ride to raise awareness about a disorder afflicting his son.
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Neil Gussman
For many breaking a bone in their body means no more physical activity. For Neil Gussman, who broke bones in his neck, ribs and numerous others in a biking accident, it meant coming back with a vengeance.
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Georgia Kleinhenz
We all know the little old lady that lived in a shoe, but Georgia Kleinhenz is known as the Legendary Little Old Lady on a Bike. She got her name because of how many six-day bicycle tours she's done. Can you say 28?
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From Broken Neck to Broken Records
Sandy Scott never pedaled a bike with the idea of racing it until he was nearly 64. Within a year, he was a cycling superstar. "From Broken Neck to Broken Records -- A Masters Cyclist's Guide to Winning" details his battle back.
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Harriet Anderson
Harriet Anderson is the most fearless and toughest athlete you'll ever meet. At 73, she completed an Ironman triathlon with a broken collarbone!
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Fred Mathes
What do a 92-year-old man and his 56-year-old Schwinn have in common? They're both still racing down the road!
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Summer Daze...
It is a lovely, sunny and warm Florida summer day. My youngest is complaining loudly that he is bored. The constant whining of “Mom, there’s NOTHING to do!” echoes throughout the house. I try to ignore his cries and delve further into my novel....
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Glenn Fenster
Like many fathers, Glenn Fenster wants the best for his son, Nyle. But unlike many fathers, he's embarking on an 8,000-mile bike ride dedicated to his 14-year-old boy.
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Sandy Scott
Champion cyclist Sandy Scott has done the unthinkable -- overcome a broken neck to start competing again
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5 Questions With: Lynn Smythe
She's cycling for a cause, and not only changing the world -- changing her own life for the better! See what Lynn Smythe, aka the Bike Diva, says about heroes, having fun, and staying active.
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Harley Davidson 105th!
There are a lot of things to do on a Labor Day weekend...but when your guy lives near Milwaukee and owns a Harley, the only plan possible was to spend it at Harley Davidson's 105th reunion. So Friday morning I traded the high heels, sneakers and...
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The bolt (no typo) and the beautiful snow
A load of snow has covered the island. Because of the blizzardlike winds, my husband had closed the gate yesterday with a bolt. To find out this morning the thing is frozen, we can’t get in our out that way, only through the...
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I'm an Olympic Athlete (Kind of!)
I cringe when I hear people say things like:"Oh, I'm not an athlete. I could never (fill in the...
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Update -- No Surgery for Shields
Gordy Shields, who at the age of 90 is one of the boldest of all the members of Growing Bolder, was forced to postpone surgery for a back problem that's been plaguing him for over a decade.
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Traveling the Continent by Motorcycle
Each year I go on a motorcycle adventure to somewhere on the North American Continent. I don't travel the main roads, but opt for the back roads and even dirt roads that criss-cross throughout our great country. This year my destination was Eastern...
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Jeff Yeager
He says we're entering the age of the cheapskates and the titan of tightwads, Jeff Yeager, challenges everyone to go a week without spending a dime! Can you do it?
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Boys like Danger, Mommies Don't
The look on Christina's face is priceless. Monkey boy knows no fear. He has even taken to scaling the jungle gym at the playground down the street from the house. He'll find some fear and caution after that first good but minor tumble. At least that is...
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Art & Judee Wickersham
There are all kinds of ways to see the world. One couple decided to take the slow and scenic route on a tandem bicycle.
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Bob Tuschman
After a devastating accident, Bob Tuschman swore to himself that if he recovered he would change everything. He did recover, then quit his job and followed his passion over to the Food Channel where he is now Vice President.
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Skip Rogers
Most would think a broken neck, a ripped Achilles tendon, two heart clots and a staph infection would stop an athlete in their tracks. But not Skip Rogers. The big-time cyclist is still riding and breaking records.
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Broken Neck to Broken Record
Cycling stud Sandy Scott is a wildman on wheels. Just two years after breaking his neck, he's not only back on his bike, he's shattering records and eating up competitors.
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Sandy Scott
He survived one of the rarest and most dangerous types of neck injuries to become one of the nation's greatest cyclists.
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From Broken Neck to Broken Records
A horrific wreck in a bicycle race at the age of 64 nearly ended Sandy Scott's life. It was at least expected to end his cycling career. Not only did he recover, he's rewriting the record books!
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Lance Armstrong
Why did he compete in the Tour de France? Why is he back on the bike at all? He explained it very well when he announced to the world he would race again.
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Sexy Women, Mad Cows and Two Dogs
How did a sexy woman, mad cow disease and my two dogs turn me into a vegetarian? Until 1996, I was the typical meat eating American. However, thanks to an unlikely combination of situations that happened within just one week, I have not had meat since....
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Duck, Duck...Harley
There are a lot of different things that can go into a "perfect" motorcycle ride--weather, scenery, destination, the company you're with. But it was a pair of absolutely brazen ducks raiding our picnic lunch by the side of a lake in Wisconsin that put...
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Pat and Cat Patterson
This husband and wife team has just returned from a four-month, 10-country tour through Southeast Asia -- on bike! Both agree that this is the best time of their lives.
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Western Adventure
Well, it's that time of the year again. Every year I take an extended motorcycle ride to somewhere in North America. This year I decided to ride the pacific coast highway from Vancouver B.C. to Mexico. This would be a fantastic ride all by itself, but...
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Geezer on a Unicycle?
And the guy is fantastic! Watch this video and be AMAZED at what this guy can do, and find out how the 53 year old piano tuner became one of the most accomplished riders in the world!
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Cyclist Smashes State Record
Sandy Scott added yet another State title to his ever growing collection. This time, he shattered the record... his own! And, for the first time ever, the Florida Mens' and Womens' Champions are all in the family!
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RIP: Bruce Rossmeyer
Growing Bolder friend Bruce Rossmeyer, the world's largest Harley Davidson dealer was killed Thursday in Wyoming while riding with friends to the 69th Annual Sturgis Rally.
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A Bizarre Twist of Fate
A Bizarre Twist of Fate When I broke my neck in a bicycle race less than 4 years ago, my...
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Tis the Season (ings)
Happy Friday, boys and girls.... Yes, I am going to write about the top 10 wines you've never heard, but that will follow this non commercial info-blurb about a buddy of mine... If you saw the previous blog on Umami ( the fifth taste), you may have...
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Dan Buettner
Growing Bolder Radio has interviewed a remarkable man by the name of Dan Buettner. Dan holds several world endurance cycling records, is an adventurer, film producer, photographer, educator, and now author of the definitive book on longevity.
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Mom, Daughter Bonding at Top of World
Talk about taking their mother-daughter relationship to a whole new level! Two Aussies have become the first mother-daughter team to reach the top of Mount Everest.
















































