Probably the most unique thing about Bloomington, IN, my old home town, is that it is also home to the greatest competitive collegiate cycling event in the whole world-- the Little 500. Like the Indy 500, the L5 is a race that involves several hours of turning left as fast as you can. In this
case, it is on a bike, on a gravel track, with a bunch of maniacs trying to do exactly the same thing at the same time in the same place. It is extremely exciting, and pretty dangerous, and this past weekend my friend GP coached his team, the ChiO's (pronounced ky-O's) in the women's race and then participated as an expert commentator for the men's race on Saturday.
Here he is, sporting pink hair according to his annual tradition of matching the team's jersey color. Back in the old days (last year), my friend Amanda and I would fill our travel coffee mugs with beer in the lab and stroll over to see the women's race on Friday afternoon-- it was glorious. Barack Obama even went! If you don't get the chance to go, you can at least get a glimpse of the history and drama of the race by watching the iconic film, Breaking Away, which includes a scene filmed out at one of the quarries, the other coolest thing about Bloomington which I blogged about a while back. For those curious and/or sentimental, Cutters won again this year!
(Obama photo credit: Marc Peters)
case, it is on a bike, on a gravel track, with a bunch of maniacs trying to do exactly the same thing at the same time in the same place. It is extremely exciting, and pretty dangerous, and this past weekend my friend GP coached his team, the ChiO's (pronounced ky-O's) in the women's race and then participated as an expert commentator for the men's race on Saturday. 
Here he is, sporting pink hair according to his annual tradition of matching the team's jersey color. Back in the old days (last year), my friend Amanda and I would fill our travel coffee mugs with beer in the lab and stroll over to see the women's race on Friday afternoon-- it was glorious. Barack Obama even went! If you don't get the chance to go, you can at least get a glimpse of the history and drama of the race by watching the iconic film, Breaking Away, which includes a scene filmed out at one of the quarries, the other coolest thing about Bloomington which I blogged about a while back. For those curious and/or sentimental, Cutters won again this year!
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