Whipped Cream Difficulties

Tony Curtis, for the record.

The NYT has a fascinating obit for Jure Robic, a Slovenian endurance cyclist. Robic won the Race Across America (a 3000 mile race across the United States with no rest breaks) five times.

In 2005, Robic won the race and two weeks later won Le Tour Direct, a 2,500-mile European version with a course derived from Tour de France routes that included 140,000 feet of climbing — almost the equivalent of starting at sea level and ascending Mt. Everest five times. His time was 7 days 19 hours.

Edited to add: I totally forgot that Lawrence had blogged about Robic earlier this year.

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