Elephants, Baby!

I just got off the phone with Chris Eatough who is in Knysna, South Africa with Jeremiah. Racing starts tomorrow with a team time trail through a private vineyard and/or safari park - I'm not really sure which. Either will make for a great setting.

The guys have entertained interview after interview and been swept from one media event to the next. When you're a front runner in the most televised mountain bike race on earth, sponsors can get some serious bang for their bucks. What a great way to start the racing season!

In between interviews and press conferences, Jeremiah and Chris were escorted to an animal reserve where orphaned and injured African elephants are raised or rescued. Some of the media crews needed additional images and film to use throughout the race's coverage, and seeing the guys feeding a baby elephant is sure going to be an awesome. (By the way, this is extra amusing to me because I watch a segment on Myth Busters just yesterday about how elephants are scared of mice... myth confirmed!)

I'm really excited for the racing to begin. That is when I know that everything has come together and the guys can to what they do best. It is an amazing amount of logistics and planning that have gotten the Trek VW team to where they are right now.

The online coverage for Cape Epic is going to be extensive. I've tried to compile some of the most pertinent links on the News page (http://www.jeremiahbishop.com/messages/index.htm). Jeremiah will check in when the internet allows.

Have fun on your adventures this weekend!
Erin

Labels: Bike Racing

posted by News  # 3:07 PM 0 comments

Back to Bike Racing

The racing season is upon us.

Jeremiah's birthday was yesterday, and he kicked off another year - and another racing season - at the Camp Hilbert Race Series near Goochland.

We had a great time and enjoyed hanging out with friends we haven't seen in a few months.

I'm still refining my iMovie skills, but managed to put together this little clip:



See you at the races!
Erin

Labels: Bike Racing, myMovies

posted by News  # 11:41 AM 0 comments

Rainy Day Movie

Last night we watched The Darjeeling Limited. I think it's the kind of drama/comedy that's a hit or miss, depending on who's watching.

For me it was all hit. I loved the awkwardness that served to make the comic scenes all the more funny.


Throughout his performance, it seemed like Adrian Brody was channeling a bit of Jeremiah Bishop in his role as Peter. I'm not sure if JB took this comment of mine as a compliment or a bit of a stab.

"I love you guys... but I'm going to mace your faces!"

I was rolling with laughter. Jeremiah thought I'd lost it.

Maybe I have.

Erin

Labels: Ridiculous

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All Around the World

The IMBA World Summit is happening in June. It looks like early bird registration is the way to go - saving up to $100. Great speakers are lined up. You might recognize some names on the list. I was excited to see Jeremy Wimpey is among them!

June seems light years aways right now. In just a few days, our 2008 travel season begins. This year, Jeremiah's team training camp will take place in Moab. He's looking forward to some big rides that Marty is helping to plan, and he's looking forward to testing out the season's new race bike.

While JB's in Moab, I'm going to kick things off in style at the annual "Chick Week" in Hatteras village for a few days of surf casting, hot tub-lounging, billiard shooting and soaking in some sun. Heaven.

Then Jeremiah is off to SA for the Cape Epic. I'm pretty excited that the race is going to have substantial media coverage. I think that I'll be able to watch most of the stages (delayed) on the Internet or maybe television. The later depends on whether the World Championship Network is partnering with a broadcaster for the event. Either way, it's going to be exciting. In addition to being followed by TV cameras and helicopters, riders will wear transponders that will allow us to watch their position in the race, heart rate, speed, etc. Definitely as good or better coverage than the Tour of California... I'm assuming that SA won't be as dreary and dank as TOC. Some of the fastest guys in the world will be racing. I hope Jeremiah gets to use his great form and battle it out for the lead. It should be exciting.

After SA, it's on to Europe for the beginning of the World Cup series. It looks like I'll be able to join in, meeting JB in Frankfurt and attending the races in Houffalize, Belgium and Offenburg, Germany. (If it's not apparent, you should click on the Union Jack for English versions of those links.)

I went to the race in Offenburg last year, and it seems like yesterday that I was in the feedzone waiting for riders to appear from the edge of the forest. We knew they were close when the roar from the spectators sounded like an army was about to pour from the woods in an attack. Even though it was pouring rain and chilly, that race had an electric energy about it. I can't wait to go back.

From there, Jeremiah will continue on to Spain for another weekend of World Cup racing. I'll probably come home.

Whew, and that's just the beginning! I can't remember what it's like to be bored. Almost sounds dreamy.

Erin

Labels: Making Plans

posted by News  # 12:14 PM 0 comments

New Read

It looks like BRO is venturing into a new field, publishing women's magazine Breathe.



I hope this new women-specific mag rocks without compulsively reminding us in every other sentence that we are in fact women. Many girls-only magazines forget that this most central theme of womanhood can quite successfully remain simply implied.

I'm looking forward to reading the first issue. Hopefully there's a fresh stack in SBC.

Erin

Labels: Women Rock

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