"Bob Breedlove, veteran RAAM rider and orthopedic surgeon, was struck by a pickup truck on Colorado Highway 12.
Des Moines Register article
RAAM homepage
From his rider bio:
""Obstacle to reaching your ultimate athletic goal: My ultimate goal is to be able to keep riding a bicycle at 80.
""What intimidates you most about RAAM? Illness, injury or death.""
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Shocking RAAM news
Thu, 06/23/2005 - 1:43pm
Thu, 06/23/2005 - 6:43pm
#1
:-(
the fact that the motor vehicle was not at fault does not minimize this loss
r.i.p :-(
Thu, 06/23/2005 - 6:56pm
#2
lack of sleep...
"in the article:
> “I can’t get my mind around what has happened,” Pitre said.
> “It doesn’t make any sense to me that a rider with that level
> of experience would drift into the other side.”
and a few paragraphs later:
> ""Riders race up to 22 hours a day."""
