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Every day for three decades, one man kept the Walt Disney World railroad running. In this Growing Bolder story, a man's personal pride and dedication boils over as he makes one last trip on the tracks.
A while back I wrote about the train tracks that cross Rte. 40, the highway leading from I-95 to A1A along the beach (http://growingbolder.com/blogs/uncategorized/sounds-in-the-night-673583.html). That same Rte. 40 is the road we travelled several times a month to visit Ormond Beach before we moved here permanently. After driving over those tracks you come to a bridge that spans the Halifax...
Lou Whitney flies over hills at high speeds, takes sharp turns on dirt tracks and he competes in Motocross championships, all at the age of 72.
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.
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?
It's not entirely normal to be a cross-country skier that is a retired kindergarten teacher. It's even more amazing that Barbara Klippel overcame a fall down a flight of stairs and a broken skull to win the premiere cross-country ski marathon.
You probably never heard of him or his group, but you absolutely love his music. Uriel Jones was the drummer for the Funk Brothers, and the heartbeat behind some of Motown's biggest hits.
Pets and Their People: Love at First Sight for Two Retired Runners Posted by Kris DiGiovanni Published: January 10, 2009 (First in a weekly series about interesting pets and the people they own) Today I’m interviewing a retired racing Greyhound, WJS Kittyhawk, who owns Sandy Scott, a retired cross-country racer and champion cyclist. Me: So, Kitty… May I call you Kitty?… I...
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Roger McGuinn has just put the finishing touches on a song he first learned in the late '50s, and you can download it for free! Click to find out more.