GB Items Related to Tag - cycling

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    GB Member Spotlight

    Meet Sandy Scott


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    Florida State Senior Games Time Trial Championships

    It was a tough windy day on December 9th in Cape Coral for the State Senior Games 5K and 10K time trial championships. I'm thrilled to report that I defended both of my time trial titles from last year winning my 9th and 10th Florida state cycling...

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    Thurlow "Turbo" Rogers

    Cycling legend Thurlow "Turbo" Rogers has raced away with more than 300 victories in his career, and the 47-year-old says he's only getting better with age.


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    GOALS

    GOALS Goals enhance our lives. I believe that a person without goals is simply going through the motions of life missing one of the greatest enhancements to one’s existence – setting and achieving goals. Let me define what I mean by a goal in...

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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    The yellow jersey has officially been revoked.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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    Live Coverage of Senior Cycling, On the Web!

    Wow, we just found a great example of how the internet keeps becoming more and more relevant. Our good friend, Zahid Buttar is the real deal! A hard core athlete who turned a successful college career in swimming into a lifelong career as a cycling and...

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    Gordy Shields

    Californian Gordy Shields is living proof that it's never too late to excel at whatever it is you enjoy and that anyone can overcome almost anything.


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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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    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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    Terry Roach

    Amazingly, senior athlete Terry Roach turned her major injuries into inspiration for competing. She's a walking medical miracle that has overcome the worst to become the best.


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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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    Jim Wipff

    After finally discovering an activity that could not only get him off the couch but could actually make him enjoy exercising, Jim Wipff dedicated his life to teaching his young daughter that it's never too late to make a change.


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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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    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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    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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    A Tribute to Our Dear Friend Wendy

    As many of you know, Wendy Chioji is a good friend of most of the staff at GB. This week she said goodbye to Central Florida, retiring from TV news and growing bolder in her efforts to open a cycling center in Park City, Utah. Marc Middleton did a great...

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    Extreme Yoga

    This is yoga unlike anything you've ever seen. 61-year-old Khiv Raj Gurjar is the world's finest exponent of Extreme Yoga.


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    Senior Games

    This weekend, some of the best athletes in the world will be duking it out in Florida -- as part of the Florida Senior Games State Championships. It's going to be an incredible 9 days of competition, in events like basketball, cycling, swimming, tennis,...

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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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    "My Cancer Diagnosis is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"

    For 20 years, Wendy Chioji was one of the most popular and respected news anchors in one of the nation's largest media markets. She was single, attractive, well paid and talented. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.


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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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    5 Questions With...

    We love learning from people who live life without fear; who prove it's not about age, it's about attitude. So we go in search of interesting characters, and ask them five (and many times more!) questions -- check it out!


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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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    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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    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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    Hunter Kemper

    He's the greatest American triathlete in history and, more importantly, one of the most compassionate and determined men you'll ever meet.


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    Bob Lee

    When Bob Lee survived colon cancer, he put his pedals to the metal to raise money for the disease.


  • Paul Nadeau
    Paul Nadeau

    At 77 years old, Paul Nadeau bicycled across 10 states for 66 days.


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    Brian Brode

    A father of four decided one day it was time to show his kids how to grow up living a healthy lifestyle. It was hard at first, but the man now known as the Tri-Boomer has never looked back.


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    Zahid Buttar

    Couch potatoes rejoice! A world-class athlete and coach says even if you've spent years sitting on your behind you can compete in a triathlon.


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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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    Rosemary Taugher

    Rosemary Taugher and her daughter are in the early stages of a 40,000-mile bicycle trip that will cover 40 countries and will take nearly three years to complete.


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    Marc Jarkow

    A few short months after battling thyroid cancer, Marc Jarkow grabbed his bicyle and took off for Paris to compete in a 750-mile race.


  • Ned Overend
    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.


  • Skip Rogers
    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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    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.


  • The Pattersons
    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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