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A journal detailing my efforts to launch my career as a novelist. The goals are to share info about succeeding in this field with other aspiring authors, to provide updates to the many supporters who have asked me for them, and ultimately to build the momentum necessary to assure success in this venture.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

My Hero, Saul Raisin

Two days ago my girls and I went bowling with Saul and Aleeza. We had such a fun evening, though I could tell Aleeza was distracted by something. The next morning Saul called me. He broke down in tears as he said that his dream of racing professionally had been crushed. You can learn more about the circumstances in this eloquent post he published to his blog this evening.

Over the course of writing and promoting the book we've written together, Tour de Life, our family has come to love Saul and Aleeza. Saul's parents have a special place in our heart, too. For two days we've been talking and thinking about them. We've only been able to communicate with the four of them a little bit since the news hit. As you can imagine, their lives have been thrown into turmoil.

Watching Saul's determination, and especially getting to know him as things have progressed, has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. I believe to my core that Saul would have eventually won the Tour de France, but unfortunately, there were factors involved in reaching that goal that were out of his control. Saul's ability to race again at the pro level was dependent on more than just his recovery. Every doctor, every sponsor, every race organizer, and every governing authority who signed off on letting him continue were also signing on to a potentially enormous liability should he ever crash or cause a crash. Unfortunately, the time has now come when someone with a large stake in the matter is too fearful of the risks. As saddened as I am by their decision, I can understand why they might have made it.

Saul can't be kept down, though. If you've read his book or followed his blog I'm sure you'll agree that we're going to see more great things from him, even if winning a pro cycling race is not among them. As Saul always says, "Blue skies ahead!"

5 Comments:

Blogger Ron George said...

Hi Dave,

I'm excited to see you up here on blogger, well I actually discovered you pretty late. I'm hoping to catch one of your books. Anyway, I just added you to my blog.

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Blogger T.Karnes said...

The book is absolutley awsome! I cant tear myself away from it! Great work by you and Saul, he is truly one of a kind, amazing athlete and person. Happy New Year!

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Blogger T.Karnes said...

Dave,

Thanks for passing it on to Saul! That means alot! He is truly one of my heroes, and he should be an inspiration to every cyclist. By the way, how did you happen to come across my blog?

I am going to be staying in his hometown Dalton this coming weekend with some teammates for a team camp we are having in Chattanooga, Tennessee!

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