Transplant Athlete
Thursday, June 14, 2007
  Behind-The-Scenes of RAAM 2007


No, this photo of your intrepid videographer hard at work is not a fabrication for the camera. I really do ride through most of the day (and sometimes the night) in the passenger seat with the camera mounted on a tripod that my legs hold down to keep bounce to a minimum. The headphones are for the iPod that keeps me pacified while shooting. And when things to shoot are scarce, I get on-line and try to upload photos and keep the blog in order (when internet access becomes available) while also trying to be diligent with my e-mails.

It's a tough job, but someone has to do it.

But it's certainly not as tough as riding a bicycle 3000 miles in 12 days!

I just got word that Lou has crested the peak of the Colorado mountain range and is headed to the hotel room I'm typing this from for a well-deserved shower and one-hour rest period.

It sounds like he's earned it, don't you think?
 

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Yo, Sweet Lou, you glorious MoFo! Pound them pedals! And keep that Chase cam crew busy... Looks like they're sitting down on the job! Pop a rock into the windshield! --SlashR
 
ummm SlashR.. they are driving my ship. Don't have them messing up my own personal Enterprise.
-da Wife
 
Keep 'em spinnin Lou -

You da man

Lou for President

Lou for President!
 
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In 1986, doctors discovered that my Kidneys were failing, they gradually got worse until September 25, 2000 when my mother donated a kidney.

After the transplant, I felt like I needed to prove something to myself, so I took a bicycle tour(PACTour) across the US. I've competed at the US and the World Transplant Games as well as in Ultra distance events. My transplant will likely fail in the next couple of months and I'm currently preparing to go on dialysis.

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