Let me share with you a little-known fact. Two-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion Tim DeBoom is a 1989 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Washington High School alumnus. He still has a record on the wall of the swimming pool. He ranks with Replica IWC 3227-01 Ingeniuer Automatic watch Olympic diver Kent Ferguson as one of the few elite jocks the school has produced. In Iowa, hes an athletic god. In the real world, hes just another one of PowerBars star athletes. He won two Ironmans. Hes running the Leadville Trail 100 this summer. So in everyman terms too, hes kind of a big deal.Heres another little known fact.
Im a 2001 Washington High School graduate. Ive still got a record up on the pool wall, too. Granted, his is for a varsity relay and mines for a junior varsity relay, but thats just semantics, people. Lets focus on the similarities. He runs on trails. I run on trails. Hes an elite triathlete. Im thinking about trying to survive a mini-triathlon. He drinks water. I drink water. So, when we went head to head on the velodrome yesterday at the Replica IWC IW356305 Portofino Automatic watch PowerBar Performance Nutrition Summit in Indianapolis, I thought, I totally have a chance here! Never mind that he’s a pro, that he shuts down riders, as many as 30 at a time while racing at speeds upward of 40 mph on a stripped-down custom bike, sans brakes, on a race track with two banked 180-degree turns.
Never mind that Ive never ridden a bike with my feet strapped in before or taken my bike on a slanted turn and managed to stay upright. Its not like I dont have any claim to biking fame. I took my bike off some pretty sweet three-foot jumps back in the day with the neighborhood kids.Ken Nowakowski, head coach and racing director at the Major Taylor Velodrome, fitted me with a bike, strapped my bike shoes so tightly to the pedals I Replica IWC 3715-18 GST Split Second watch couldnt slip out of them myself and then pushed me onto the track, promising to catch me when I wanted to stop. (Note: The bikes are brakeless.)I did five laps on the flat inner circle before I was finally able to talk myself into moving onto the outer banks.
