Shifting Gears #6: Thursday night worlds

Too busy to ride? So’s Neal Karlinsky. But the married father of two, who’s also a national television news correspondent (you may remember his bombshell 2010 interview in which Floyd Landis admitted to having doped with Lance Armstrong), just got his first USAC race license in 25 years. He’ll be blogging here throughout the year about re-entering the race world in middle age and trying to juggle training and team obligations with work, family, and unpredictable days-long trips to cover breaking news.

So I’m sitting in a gear-filled RV, in remote northern Alberta, surrounded by a monstrous wildfire, low flying firefighting aircraft and a dwindling supply of chips, and Spencer from VeloNews is emailing me: “Haven’t heard from you lately and was wondering if you were cooking up a journal for us anytime soon.” This is my spring racing season in a nutshell — up in flames.

It’s nothing to cry about. After all, until the pros start calling for more Chris Horner-aged cat. 4s, chasing stories and kids will have to come well before chasing breakaways. But this isn’t where the story ends — I have found one way out — where I can temporarily escape the grind, feed my …

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