FEATURE
PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB – PART II
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intense, personal rage.
Taking off my helmet was a moment I'll never
forget. I was lucky to be even standing there after
my crash, but it didn't feel like it at the time. All I
felt was failure. But that was to change about 10
minutes later, as I realized how much of a self-
ish asshole I'd been when I saw Connor's dad,
Joseph.
When I saw that man, sitting in the café with
a look of unimaginable anguish on his face, any
feeling of sorrow I had for myself was rendered
totally and completely irrelevant. Here was a man
whose world was caving in on him right in front of
my eyes. He didn't know of his son's condition,
all he knew was Connor was badly hurt, and in
those times the mind can't help but wonder to
the worst.
Crossing the
finish line a
very lucky
man, but also
somewhat
deflated.
Race winner Bruno Langlois (center) is flanked
by second placed Rennie (right) and third placed
Shane Scott (left) in the Heavyweight division.
