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Showing posts with label Sports Bicycling #RAAM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports Bicycling #RAAM. Show all posts

Monday, June 30, 2014

9 things we learned about Pippa Middleton in her first TV interview - TODAY.com

9 things we learned about Pippa Middleton in her first TV interview - TODAY.com: Eun Kyung Kim TODAY June 30, 2014 http://www.today.com/news/pippa-middleton-speaks-heres-9-things-we-learned-1D79862019

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2014/06/9-things-we-learned-about-pippa.html

"She’s the sister of one of the world’s best known royals and became an instant celebrity after her bridesmaid gown got her more attention than she expected — and nearly upstaged her sister’s wedding.

Since then, Pippa Middleton has captured the world’s curiosity, landing gigs as a party planner and, more recently, as a writer. She’s a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and a food columnist for the British Waitrose Kitchen magazine.

The normally tight-lipped 30-year-old younger sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, sat down recently with TODAY’s Matt Lauer for her first television interview. Here are 9 things we learned about Pippa." 
 http://www.today.com/news/pippa-middleton-speaks-heres-9-things-we-learned-1D79862019


Hat Tip to my brother-in-law for calling to my attention the article... Caroline and I had a very brief interview with Ms. Middleton when she came through town on the Race Across America and came away with a very-very positive first impression - "Pippa's team latest attraction for Carroll County cycling fans." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0702-20140624,0,5021714.story

Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton, the sister of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge and the sister-in-law of an heir to the British throne, Prince William; joined a long and storied tradition of bicycling history in Carroll County when she dashed through Westminster Friday night a week ago.

Unlike the newspaper reports of throngs of spectators for a Carroll County bicycling event over a hundred years ago on June 30, 1898, the “great Bicycle Race Meet under the supervision of the Cycling Ramblers of Westminster,” my wife and I were the only persons on Main Street at the railroad tracks to greet Middleton and her team at 10:48 p.m. 

Middleton was riding in the team car behind a teammate who was taking their turn on the bike. We called to her attention the British phone booth behind us at Johansson’s as we exchanged pleasantries as she and her teammates stopped at the traffic light.

Before it landed on the cutting room floor, I also wrote, "

Middleton, who is better known as a writer, first caught the public’s eye at her sister’s royal wedding on April 29, 2011; when she wore an ivory-colored figure-hugging dress in her role as the maid of honour.

Since then she has maintained the public’s attention with sense of style, ‘fascinator’ hats and writing columns for several publications including The Spectator, Vanity Fair, and The Sunday Telegraph.  http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0702-20140624,0,5021714.story

I am seriously not a fan of "Today." That said, I really appreciated the interview - and thanks for calling to our attention the article, "9 things...” I was struck with two things: First because I am a writer, I noticed her say, “I want to carry on writing. I've always loved writing. So that's the plan. And a few other things in the pipeline,” she said, declining to elaborate. “There’s so much I'd love to achieve. And I still want to keep up the sport and health side of things because that's really important to me. So trying to blend that in with my love of writing and food and entertaining.

The second item that really caught my eye, is the same thing that has really bothered Caroline and me about being a public person in the age of social media. It may seem naive of me, but I am constantly aghast at how mean people can be. People who do not even know us - especially when people are being mean about things that are simply not true. 

I mean, I realize that I am writing this on social media and I should probably just shut up. But I remain bewildered about the level of meanness that came from working with the public and especially the press... 

I appreciated it when Ms. Middleton said, “I have felt publicly bullied a little bit just by, you know, when I read things that clearly aren't true or that, whichever way someone looks at it, it's a negative side,” she said. “It is quite difficult. Because eventually I'm just paving my way and trying to live a life like any 30-year-old.”

Just saying...

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Pippa's team latest attraction for Carroll County cycling fans

Pippa's team latest attraction for Carroll County cycling fans
7:05 a.m. EDTJune 26, 2014 

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0702-20140624,0,5021714.story
In stark contrast to the reported throngs of spectators, who, according to newspaper accounts, were in Carroll County for a "great Bicycle Race Meet under the supervision of the Cycling Ramblers of Westminster" more than 100 years ago, my wife and I were the only persons on Main Street at the railroad tracks when an internationally known cyclist came through town at 10:48 p.m. on a Friday last month.

Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton, the sister of Kate Middleton, the duchess of Cambridge, and the sister-in-law of Prince William, duke of Cambridge and an heir to the British throne, joined a long and storied history of bicycling in Carroll County when she came through Westminster in a cross-country bicycle race.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0702-20140624,0,5021714.story

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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Radiolab: Limits – Fantastic Podcast Episode about Endurance Athletes

Radiolab: Limits – Fantastic Podcast Episode about Endurance 

Athletes: http://runblogger.com/2010/05/radiolab-limits-fantastic-podcast.html 

"May 1, 2010 By Peter Larson"I’m a sucker for a good endurance sports story, and more often than not, when it involves people demonstrating incredible perseverance, I tend to get a bit emotional (think NOVA Marathon Challengeor Spirit of the Marathon). The other day a friend of mine on dailymile posted a link to a podcast episode from WYNC’s Radiolab that told several stories of people testing the limits of human the human body, both physical and mental. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to getting a little choked up while listening to this. Here’s the episode description from the Radiolab website: http://runblogger.com/2010/05/radiolab-limits-fantastic-podcast.html

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Radiolab: Limits of the Body #RAAM

Limits of the Body

Jad and Robert talk to two Ironman competitors, Julie Mossand Wendy Ingraham to find out how they do what they do. Physiologist Dr. David Jones tells us how to trick the voice in your head that tells you you're exhausted. Then we follow two men, Patrick Autissier and Jure Robic, as they bike across the country as fast as they can in a crazy race called The Ride Across America. Producer Lulu Miller brings us their story and New York Times writer Daniel Coyle walks us through the process of physical and mental breakdown RAAM competitors face.
http://www.radiolab.org/search/?q=#q=RAAM

Producer Lulu Miller brings us their story and New York Times writer Daniel Coyle walks us through the process of physical and mental breakdown RAAM ...
www.radiolab.org
RAAM riders cannot ride the RAAM at Tour de France speeds regardless of how ... The race is 2,745 miles long so it is shorter than the RAAM, but it is off-road, ...
www.radiolab.org


Also see: http://youtu.be/VbWsQMabczM

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Friday, June 20, 2014

Hanging-out at Hanover Bicycle Club Time Station for #RAAM Race Across America

#KED

Legends of the Road team 4-person M (18-49, came through Westminster MD 11:49 pm on the #RAAM Race Across America

Later at 11:49 p.m. 19JE2014 The Legends of the Road team 4-person M (18-49, came through Westminster MD on the #RAAM Race Across America

Riding in the Race Across America, #RAAM, Italian Nico Valsesia came through Westminster, MD at 10:51 PM



(Screenshot by Caroline B.) 
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