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centurymanoffdarails · 6 years ago

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2018 review

As I look back on the previous cycling season. I am reminded of all the triumphs that I accomplished. Of course there were also failures and lapses too.

The season started off with the annual BRR ride. BRR is the bike ride to Rippey, a nice and easy twenty-five mile round trip from Perry to Rippey and back. After BRR, it was sights set on the gents race in April. March was for building base miles as I decided to be lazy and not ride at all on the trainer.

As March came upon me I knew I had to get focused on my endurance riding part of the season. Since I had not ridden st all during the winter. First things first was to do a couple week training camp to just focus on the riding. What I did was, I’d ride long distance one day, hills the nrxt, long distance, and hills. I tried to repeat that all the way throughout the month.

I had two major goals for 2018 one the bike. The first was the gents race. The gents race is where you have four other teammates and Giuliani ride at the slowest paced rider all ride long for 100k(63 miles.) it is a fun way to ride central Iowa gravel and also donate need supplies to a local animal shelter. I had high hopes of crushing it this year, but the cold weather had other ideas. I had to back out last minute. I still rode that day. Just not gents race.

After the gents disappointment I figured I need to get serious in my training and I had to focus on my next and final 2018. Conpleting of the BTC200, of which I had attempted 3 previous years and failed each time due to different issues with either myself or my bike.

I had the BTC200 on my calendar since the last years 200 mile day. I adjusted my training a bit this season. Not so many long rides, 100+ mile days. I only had TWO going in to the 200 day. I had a goal, and that was to pull the team in to Arnold’s park. I not only accomplished that goal. I did with a smile on my face!

That Thursday afternoon as I was packing my dad came in to my room and asked me where I was going. I told him I was going to go finish what I started three long years ago. I was going to conquer the ride that had been my nemesis for three long years. His response. So you’re going to fail again at the 200. My response. It. Is. Mine. As I was going to bed that night I was struggling mightily if I could do it. My friend oete looked me right in the eye and said. This. Is. Your. Year. He was right. It. Was. Mine.

As we were rolling north and west I realized I was in the best spot physically and mentally. I knew I had to complete this ride. I did. When we got to Laurens Iowa 150 miles all the guys were serious not joking around anymore. I still had a smile on my face. They all knew. It’s Jay’s year to finish. At mile 185. A few of the guys rode along side me, and said you’re pulling the team in. I’m like OK! I got to finish whst I had started three long seasons ago.

After the 200 there wasn’t much of a break for me as I had to get ready for RAGBRAI. Here’s where one of my setback comes, riding on Fourth of July I ride into a friends rear wheel, I go down hard. Lucky not to have done much damage we continue on and finish. I then come home and realize my derailleur is bent out of shape. My bike is good. I feel sore but I’m good. I go up to my local shop and they fix it.

After the fourth I get back at it. I know I have a century on the horizon. My bday ride, a tradition of mine for the last few Years. This one was different though, as I got to do it with my best friend, riding buddy and my youth pastor, now administration pastor at my church, Abe Miller. We rode 100 miles from ankeny east to Bondurant, then up to the Hufh Trestle trail bridge. We rode it in just over 6 and a half hours of ride time. Then it was the fun season for me. RAGBRAI!!!

After RAGBRAI I decided to back down on the endurance aspect of the cycling and just ride socially. When I ride socially I ride just at a nice and easy 16 mph average pace so I can chat with my friends. I also do a lot of miles by myself riding at an up tempo pace by myself.

This fall I upgraded from my BMC to a specialized diverge. Best decision Bike wise I could make. When I saw the new diverge I knew It was meant for me. I also got a second chainring when I got the new bike, just for gravel. I upgraded to wider tires too. 38mm wise tires. Gravel roads are calling my name! I’m always looking for a challenge, whether it be distance or gravel roads. My favorite aspect of the diverge is the future shock. I was a sceptic when it came out, hints why I got the BMC. I quickly realized it was not a gimmick wjf I knew it was for me.

When I got my new bike I knew I had to adjust my riding style and position a little bit. I adapted quite nicely to the diverge. Granted I’m still figuring the fit and stuff out. Overall I know I’ll be happier and faster. I also knew I wanted to explore gravel roads with the diverge. With gravel on the horizon I knew I needed wider tires. So I got the Specialized Sawtooth 700x38 tires. They are the ideal all around tire in my opinion. I also got a smaller chainring to adapt to the gravel. I got a 40t chainring by wolftooth. I goy the bike in October and my goal was to get a thousand miles in one month. Did not get that however, I did get a century in and a few more long rides in.

2018 was a good year mileage wise.6500 total miles over three bikes with three crashes and some gravel to have been conquered. 2018 was also my first of hopefully many double centuries in my life. 2019 is off to a slow start but we will pick it up when we leave for Florida in March.

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ruairidhbrown · 6 years ago

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It’s Been A While.

Hello everyone. It has been a long time since my lazy old Dad has written anything but he said it was something to do with being busy at work. Anyway a lot has happened since the last blog so this is a bit of an update of the last couple of years or so, along with some of the best pictures.

I am still racing with Special Olympics Scotland West but I have also raced in my first UCI sanctioned World Championships and have changed cycling clubs to one in East Kilbride, St Christophers Cycling Club.

So where did I leave off? That’s right, just before the first collarbone break. Yes, the first!

I had started 2016 as part of Scottish Cycling’s iDevelop programme and was enjoying training and racing in the Scottish Cycling Track League each Wednesday night at Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. I had just competed in my first road race of the season in the Velo29 Crits at the Croft motor racing circuit in the north of England, had raced well in the Cat4 race and was looking forward to the next one. I had also taken a couple of wins in the C group at Track League and everything was going well until I hit the deck one Wednesday and broke my right collarbone.

So that was me sidelined for six weeks. It wasn’t all bad as I got to go to work with Dad and did a couple of cool things whilst laid up. It is true what they say – chicks dig scars.

After crashing I was a bit out of sorts and lost a bit of confidence so there wasn’t really much racing for the rest of the year, just a few local road races and time trials. I had a good weekend at the Special Olympics National Competition at Tameside in July, winning three gold medals and recording a personal best time in the 10k Time Trial.

There was no Track League that winter for me. I didn’t feel confident enough but also coming into a new season a year older meant I was no longer a Junior and the cost of entries went up quite a bit. Busy old Dad was away on a lot of Wednsedays as well so getting to and from the Velodrome wasn’t easy.

As 2017 started I knew I would be competing in the Special Olympics GB National Games in Sheffield. This is the big four yearly competition held by SOGB, so from that point of view was important. It would also be a gauge for those athletes who wanted to be selected for the SO World Games in Abu Dhabi in 2019.

There was, however, another opportunity that was coming together. SOSW coach Tom A’Hara and my Dad had been trying to get the UK Sports Association to support an entry into the INAS World Cycling Championships before but in 2017 it was taking place in Assen in Netherlands and Tom knew the people on the organizing committee of the whole event. It was down to Tom therefore that myself and fellow SO athlete Keira Byland were invited to take part as guest riders in what would be my first ever UCI sanctioned World Championships at the end of July, one week before the SO National Games.

It was a great event and I met some of the riders I had raced against at the last SO World Games in Los Angeles. The INAS event is an elite level competition for ID athletes so there was no Divisioning and I was up against former World Champions and some of the best riders in the world at my level.

It was pretty last minute when the invitations came through and I hadn’t really been doing any racing or training in preparation for the event. The first event was a 7.6km Individual Time Trial. I finished eighth, less than a minute from a podium place so I was really happy with that result.

Keira and I then took part in the Team Time Trial, but as a mixed team we wouldn’t be classified, it was really just to allow us to gain some experience. The next day was the main road race, 53.6km of a flat, open, windy course around the village of Gieten near Assen. In the first lap of the circuit I chased a lot and tried to get into a break with a Dutch rider but I really should have saved my energy as on the next lap there was a crash at the back of the field and we lost three or four riders from the race, I got dropped in the cross wind and was struggling to stay in touch. However, I kept chasing and as we came round with one lap to go the bunch had eased off and I managed to get back on.

Lars de Jong from Belgium made a jump as we headed out round the last lap and no one chased. He rode away to win the race and the rainbow jersey of World Champion. I kept going but was completely done by the end, finishing eighth again, 3:51 down on Lars.

The following week I headed to Sheffield with the Scotland West team for the SO National National Games. We raced on a 1km circuit at Forge Valley school. It was similar to Tameside where I have raced before but wasn’t quite as flat. The competition was more or less the same as previous years at Tameside, apart from a couple of new riders, so I knew what to expect. The Time Trial was tough as it was a bit windy on the day but the road races were pretty steady and I was really happy to once again come away with three gold medals.

With the prospect of competing in the INAS World Championships in 2018 I had to start training harder and racing in Track League again to keep progressing over the winter. My Dad contacted Scottish Cycling to ask about some support as UK Sports Association require their athletes to be supported by the Governing Body and part of a performance pathway. This is difficult for me as my disability doesn’t meet any of the current UCI or Paralympic classifications and on the whole the NGB and their funding partners refuse to support me. Scottish Cycling, however, very kindly invited me to be included in the Junior and U23 iDevelop pathway again. I had taken part in this two years ago so I knew what to expect. In the end I didn’t expect things to be exactly the same.

Part of the plan was to get racing in Track League again. I registered for the 2017/18 series and went along to race on the first week a little nervous but looking forward to it. Racing in the C group again I was two races into the night and feeling much more confident. However, as we went to start the last race of the night I was riding round the apron when someone in their wisdom tried to go onto the racing line by going straight up the banking, only to come straight back down again and cause a pile up, with me at the bottom, with another broken collarbone. This time on the left side so at least I now have a matching pair.

It meant that training and racing over the winter had to stop for a while yet again. I soon got back on the turbo trainer but decided that Track League was not necessarily the best place to race.

I had raced at the first event when the velodrome opened in 2013 and learnt to ride and race with the fantastic input from the youth coaches in the west of Scotland. It therefore really annoys me to see older men thinking that they have nothing to learn, and their lack of skill and experience causing accidents on the track that could easily be avoided.

So, for racing, I ended up doing something I said I would never do again after a cold, hard day at Callendar Park a few years ago and I entered the last three cyclocross races of the season. Whilst they were pretty tough going, in the end I enjoyed them and they fitted in well to my training.

Over the winter I also took the step to join St Chrostopher’s Cycling Club in East Kilbride. I am now racing in their distinctive colours and so far have done a number of cross races, time trials and road races.

At the start of 2018 I had great news. I had been selected again to race for Great Britain at the Special Olympics Games World Games, this time in Abu Dhabi in 2019. Shortly after that news I found out I had also been selected for the Great Britain team to compete in the INAS European Games and cycling World Championships that were to be held in Paris that July.

Scottish Cycling had been a big help again in the winter, including me in the iDevelop performance programme. That gave me a good fitness base ahead of the races in Paris. In the 10km TT I recorded a personal best and finished seventh overall, sixth in the European Games. The road race was much closer however. We raced over a 3.5km circuit in a 60km race. I was a lot more confident this year and was in the front group until just over two laps to go when the eventual winner broke away. The rest of the little bunch I was in started to break up and I couldn’t match the pace in what was the longest race I had ever done to that point. I managed to sprint home in seventh, over a minute behind the winners, and again sixth in the European competition.

August 2018 took us to Stirling and the Special Olympics GB Anniversary Games. This competition was mostly against the same riders I had raced in Sheffield the year before but there was a team from Belgium with a really good rider in my races.

My time trial race was hard as we raced on an athletics running track and the surface was really sticky. In the end my Great Britain team mate Daniel won the gold medal and I won silver for the Scotland West team. I was disappointed not to win the race but I was really happy for Daniel to win the gold medal. The road races were pretty tough and really tactical. The rider from Belgium was always there but really just sitting in and waiting for the sprint and we ended up with a group of four, together till the last lap. In both the 15 and 25km races I made the perfect moves and was really really happy to win gold in both.

Now the focus turns to 2019. I am only six weeks away from going to the SO World Games in Abu Dhabi. I have been training really hard, again with Scottish Cycling, and I can only hope I am as strong as I can be for races so early in the season. I don’t know who I will be competing against but I can only go there and try my hardest. Because I have been to a European and World Games before, and also competing at INAS World Championships, this may well be my last international Special Olympics Games so I am determined to try and win a gold medal.

It is also time to put myself forward for selection for the INAS Global Games and Cycling World Championships that will take place in October this year in Brisbane, Australia. It will have some track cycling so I will need to get some training in at the Velodrome if I am selected, but no Track League. Being at the end of our season at home I should be able to get a full summer of training and racing in to try to improve on my results from the last two years. Like all racing cyclists it is a dream to wear a rainbow jersey so I need to keep working hard.

There has been a lot going on and the one thing that many people don’t realize is that we; Special Olympics Scotland West, my family and friends have to fund raise for all of the costs for these competitions. My Dad worked it out and since the Special Olympics European Games in 2014 when have had to raise around £10,000 just in entry costs for the major Games. That doesn’t include the cost of my bike and kit and racing and training at home. If I race in Australia in 2019, that will be another huge expense. I have to thank everyone who has helped us financially along the way but most of all my mum and dad (you can tell he is writing this for me) who shoulder most of the costs. I have a great collection of medals, many wonderful memories and made so many friends across the world, and yet I still have a lot more I want to achieve.

Old Paw Broon has been told to keep this page up to date now so in the coming months you will be able to watch and read all about the Games in Abu Dhabi and hopefully further competitions later in the year.

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ledenews · 4 years ago

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Highlands Will Feature Hoops

Itching to watch some quality high school basketball? Bide your time, but prepare to make your way to the Highlands Sports Complex in Triadelphia. The HSC is planning for both boys’ and girls’ high school leagues hoping to start in late August, and word is spreading. Interest, thus far, is high. “In terms of this, this will be the first thing we offer,” said Ricky Moore, Sports Director at the Highland Sports Complex. “We have a few schools wanting to enter multiple teams, whether it be two boys’ or girls’ teams. "In terms of leagues, this is the first one we’re going to offer.�� Moore added other age groups and offerings, including adult leagues, will be available further out from the facilities’ opening. But at least in terms of basketball, the high school league is the first to be showcased. Moore is being assisted by Wheeling Park boys’ and girls’ head coach Michael Jebbia and Ryan Young. They are working to get organized and up and running. He noted their help has been instrumental during the process. Flyers have been handed out, and soon registration will be available on the HSC website. “We just started putting the feelers out to the coaches across the valley and area, and we’re running it in conjunction with the Wheeling Park boys’ and girls’ league,” Moore said. “We should have the registration information on the website the next day or so.”

The facility will feature six full-size basketball courts, along with indoor soccer fields, an arcade, climbing area and a number of other amenities

Plenty of Playing Space

The HSC is immense both in size and offerings. But let’s talk basketball. It will feature six full-sized courts, complete with scoreboards, scorer’s tables when needed, and nearby seating for spectators at each court. That will enable the facility to run through a number of games per day. “We’re looking at starting to play August 23 and run through the end of September,” Moore said. “We will play on Sundays and Wednesdays, and teams will get 10 games apiece. “We’re setting it up to fit each team’s needs, whether they want to play only on Wednesdays, or Sundays, play doubleheaders, however they want to set it up.” All six courts will be packed each day. The proposed start date is the planned target. That is, provided there are no setbacks in the phased reopening of the state because of the coronavirus pandemic. Moore noted adjustments will be made accordingly if needed, but they are looking at late August to start.

The portion of the facility to the left of the tower will house the turf fields while the basketball courts will be toward the front of the facility.

Other Options

Later in the fall, a youth league for grades 2-6 will be run in conjunction with the Tri-State Youth League run by the Girls Basketball Association (GBA). There will also be camps, clinics, and player development activities. Some information for those is already on the site. During winter 2021, Moore is looking to have an older youth league for middle-school aged players once their season is over. But he’s not stopping there. He knows the size of the facility, coupled with the numerous amenities for dining, shopping, and entertainment surrounding it, make the facility an ideal hosting location for AAU-style tournaments. “Without a doubt, it’s an ideal spot for tournaments,” Moore said. “We’re working with several organizations and groups right now to book tournaments and events. “We anticipate a lot of weekends during the next calendar year being booked.” Moore also noted the facility is currently looking to hire coaches for different sports. These coaches will help design and run the leagues, but may also work to offer private lessons. Area players looking for more individualized attention will have additional options. All options are on the table. “We do have court rentals available and we are exploring our own in-house trainers and staff,” Moore said. “We’re looking to fill those coaching positions for people to be our in-house instructors, work the camps and clinics, and help organize the leagues.” Read the full article

#GBA #highlandssportscomplex #highschoolbasketball #HSC #rickymoore #TheHighlands

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peacekaleandyoga1 · 5 years ago

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bacondriver55-blog · 5 years ago

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All Tarik Cohen ever needed was a chance

CHICAGO — Before Tarik Cohen became the Human Joystick — before the Chicago Bears‘ do-everything back was bamboozling All-Pro safeties, landing back-flip catches, rewriting record books, or arousing Soldier Field – he was sitting at a computer in his fourth-period class at Bunn High School, dangerously close to his teacher’s desk, composing emails. Clandestine emails.

“What’s up!” he’d begin after slapping his name in the subject line, operating with caution for fear of the teacher’s watchful eye. He’d conclude with a link to a highlight reel that would hypnotize the uninitiated. In between, a plea, to any college coach that would listen: Give me a chance.

There was an unspoken desperation about the exercise. But this, by the winter of senior year, is what Cohen’s recruitment had come to. He had played his last down of high school football. He’d captivated a rural North Carolina town of 344, and compiled his exploits into a motion picture to dangle in front of college talent evaluators. All he needed was one bite.

Yet recruiters came and went. They saw the breakaway speed and absurd production. They looked right past it, right over Cohen’s head. And they’d invariably leave Bunn coach Chris Miller with an all too familiar parting message: “Coach,” they’d say of the 5-foot-6 Cohen, “he’s too small.”

In other words, before the Human Joystick programmed himself with the power to put Pro Bowl linebackers on the seats of their pants, hundreds of collegiate coaches across America were threatening to unplug him. Possibly forever. So contingency plans began to crystalize.

“I had took the ASVAB,” Cohen says, referring to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test. “I had scored real high. … I was going to go to the Navy.”

Six years later, he sits inside Bears headquarters Halas Hall, speaking just like he moves on Sundays: expressive yet succinct; jumpy and dizzyingly quick; and, most of all, liable to burst with exuberance at any instant. But as he sinks into a sofa, a camouflage-colored jacket preparing him for the early-November cold, the topic of conversation isn’t touchdowns or spin moves or schematic versatility. It isn’t stats or speed or size.

It’s the disadvantages and difficulties that could have preempted all that. It is, in ‘Rik’s words, “perseverance.” It’s the poverty endured; the setbacks withstood; the available excuses shunned.

It isn’t the NFL life Tarik Cohen always dreamed of. It’s the obstacles he leapt over and around to live it.

A retelling of Cohen’s journey can begin in many places; after all, he rarely stays still in one for very long. This one begins with sunflower seeds spilling onto a Raleigh, North Carolina, floor. Cohen’s cousin, Cornelius Newell, had bought them. Newell, 11 years Cohen’s elder, has been many things to the now-23-year-old: guardian, role model and trainer among them. On this summer evening, he served as NBA 2K adversary. Against all odds – “He doesn’t even play 2K,” Cohen says – Newell had beaten Tarik. And anger simmered inside Cohen’s teenage body.

After the loss, Cohen eyed the seeds. Because, as he animatedly argues all these years later, “he bought ‘em for me.” Even in defeat, he defiantly thought, “I’m still boutta eat these sunflower seeds.” But Newell had other ideas. Two hands reached for the bag. Pretty soon, neither was chowing down. Instead, they were swinging at each other. The cousins had thrown on boxing gloves to settle arguments before. But this was a legitimate fistfight.

“Our whole family,” Newell later explains, “is sore losers. We hate to lose. But he’s the worst.”

So many elite athletes do. The hatred becomes a work ethic’s catalyst. Cohen, in many ways, is no different. As a child, the rage supplied a temper. After a devastating Madden loss, he hurled his controller at the TV. A separate fit broke his PlayStation. (Cohen, as you’ve probably gathered, was and still is a gaming fiend.)

As the hatred of losing aged, though, it began to stoke an obsession. An obsession with self-improvement. After one set of back-to-back Madden losses to Newell, Cohen begged for a Game 3. Newell refused – and takes the story from here: “He stayed up aaaaaall night practicing, and woke me up in the morning to play again.” The result? “Oh, he beat the hell out of me. He beat me bad.”

Eventually, the competitiveness fused with a love of football and drove ridiculous summer workouts. Newell would devise them: Miles on the treadmill, laps in the pool, pushups, situps, squats. Cohen, more often than not, would complete them. Newell would occasionally float a pair of Jordans or another object of Cohen’s desire as incentive.

But in high school, a new genre of defeat had become incentive enough. Coaches began telling Cohen he wasn’t good enough. Not good enough for varsity as a freshman or sophomore. Not good enough or big enough to succeed at the next level. Cohen interpreted the lack of opportunity as: “I think you’re going to lose.”

And as he says now, “It immediately became fuel” – fuel transcribed in a Twitter bio that begins: “OVERlooked…..UNDERrated.”

Skeptical football minds, though, weren’t the only sources inflaming Cohen’s hunger.

The hardship

Another retelling of Cohen’s journey might unravel chronologically, beginning with a childhood on the move, in search of stability. With uncertainty, stopgaps, and constant upheaval. “We moved so many times when I was in elementary school,” he remembers.

But Cohen isn’t especially fond of talking about all that. Never has been. Never lets it cloud his life. So when I first hint at the family’s struggles, in search of the perseverance that propelled him from backwoods obscurity to this sunlit room lined with Hall of Fame artifacts, he doesn’t take me all the way back. Instead, his mind wanders to eighth grade.

Football, by then, had become a passion. But this particular autumn, several inhibitive factors conspired to make it a void. Cohen didn’t have a ride to and from practice. His mother didn’t have a vehicle. Re-zoned districts left him too far away from school. So rather than strap on an oversized helmet and shoulder pads after his final class of the day, he’d flow right into homework. Or PlayStation. Occasionally tackle football with friends at the park. But mainly “Madden and school,” he says. Football, for the time being, had been stripped away.

The four-letter Q word, though, never infiltrated his mind. Perhaps because adversity, throughout his youth, had been par for the course. Cohen’s father was never a presence in his life. His mother, Tilwanda Newell, toiled tirelessly to support Tarik and his three brothers; to pay for football equipment; to maintain basic necessities.

Sometimes that meant entire weekends away at work, leaving the boys to fix Hamburger Helper, hot dogs and cereal for themselves. Sometimes it meant co-opting the stove as a heater for the whole home. In sixth grade, for Tarik, it meant one pair of jeans. From Walmart. He’d wear them to school three out of five days per week.

But the everyday tribulations, whenever they arose, never seeped onto gridirons. The eighth-grade emptiness merely ramped up ninth-grade anticipation. With coaches and upperclassmen pitching in with rides, Cohen returned to football. By 11th grade, he was a varsity star. In 12th, when Tilwanda moved to Raleigh, Tarik stayed with an aunt, and at Bunn. A scholarship had thus far been elusive. But with one more standout season, Cohen reasoned, he could sustain his dream.

Tarik Cohen took to emailing college programs, asking anyone to give him a look. (Tarik Cohen/Twitter)

The offer

“Can I tell his family?”

That was Chris Miller’s first question for a college assistant when he heard the news. Midway through Cohen’s senior season, the diminutive playmaker was still without an offer. And without an offer, college would have to wait. The Navy beckoned. But Miller, Cohen’s high school coach, caught wind that a then-FCS school was readying one. He knew, he says, because the recruiter had told him so: Absolutely he could tell the family.

So he did. Excitement built. The following week, a coordinator arrived for the follow-up visit. And the happy ending to Cohen’s scholarship-less ordeal was minutes away.

Or so Cohen thought. He doesn’t quite recall a concrete promise. But he was “under the impression … Yeah, they ‘bout to offer me.”

When the meeting commenced, though, the vibe was “funky,” according to Miller. It concluded with a, “Thanks a lot, we’ll be in touch.” Miller sniffed trouble, and asked for a private word. Minutes later, he was seething. “They kind of rescinded the offer,” he says now. “I went off.”

“Then I had to tell [Tarik],” he continues. “And that’s a crusher, man. Because you have the dream. You didn’t think it was necessarily going to happen. Then it’s there. And then it’s snatched. He could have easily just folded up.”

Tarik Cohen received one offer to play college football — from North Carolina A&T. (Getty)

The opportunity

The two-hour drive through the heart of North Carolina, from Greensboro to Bunn, isn’t the most eventful of excursions. The odd southern fast-food staple interrupts otherwise unremitting greenery. But Rod Broadway, at the time North Carolina A&T’s head football coach, is grateful he made it.

Trei Oliver, a then-A&T assistant, had fallen in love with an undersized running back from the tiny town, and had been imploring Broadway to trek east to see for himself. Broadway’s initial response had echoed dozens of others: Tarik Cohen was too short.

Nobody ever told him so to his face. And size hadn’t prevented him from gashing a defense for 262 yards in a state playoff game. But he was aware. Aware that he just needed one believer. But aware he might not have any.

Until Broadway hopped on the road and saw past the physical traits. Rather than being turned off by Cohen’s size, he was turned on by his “bubbly” personality. Less than a year later, Cohen was slipping in between engaged offensive and defensive linemen at Aggie practice, as if ducking underneath a human arch, forcing coaches to rewind film dozens of times in astonishment. Four years later, he’d toppled the MEAC’s all-time rushing record, and scored more touchdowns than any other player in school history.

These days, he remains fiercely loyal. To the family that supported him, of course. And to his new brothers, his Bears teammates – “watch how you talkin bout my QB boy,” he tweets at Mitchell Trubisky doubters. But his attachment to his school is undying. He rocks A&T sweats; gives back to Greensboro kids; and gloats about rivalry-game victories. And on a Sunday night in November, gives Minnesota Viking defenders the sauce in prime time. But he knows he wouldn’t be here without the one institution that gave him a chance.

The moral

Nowadays, no retelling of Cohen’s journey remains complete for very long. Because nowadays, the Tarik Cohen story adds chapters weekly. It’s the boundless energy. The mazy scampers. The video game-like shiftiness that earned him his nickname.

It’s the type of play that became a regular occurrence back at Bunn, when hundreds bore witness rather than millions. The attention-snaring one-handed grabs. The soul-stealing jukes. The scoop-and-scuttles that rendered squib kicks futile.

Cohen poses a similar all-purpose threat today. He lines up in the backfield and the slot; darts in motion or stays split out wide. He is, to Bears offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich, a “fun toy.” And “there’s more there,” says Helfrich, who smiles dreamily at the thought.

But the 70-yard catch-and-runs, the impossible cuts that infuse frigid Chicago nights with Carolina heat … they’re merely a sliver of who Cohen is. Head coach Matt Nagy hails his “infectious” enthusiasm. Others claim Cohen “never has a bad day.” The energy, according to locker room neighbor Prince Amukamara, isn’t quite bottomless. That is, “unless there’s music playing,” Amukamara says. Then Cohen comes alive.

But would Tarik Cohen be Tarik Cohen without all the obstacles? Without the parentless weekends, or the eighth-grade football deprivation? Without his mother’s brief homelessness while he was in college, for which his best antidote was to “hurry up and get to the NFL?”

As if to answer, he heads across town on an in-season off day, to 103rd and South Elizabeth Street, down to Julian High School on Chicago’s South Side. He scans a room full of students, and sees at-risk kids, some from single-parent households, wrestling with hardships. He looks around, and in one sense, sees himself.

He’s reticent to talk about his challenging upbringing publicly, in part because he knows millions of Americans face worse. But here, he’s “equal.” He has come to listen to the teens, to “give them somebody in my position to hear them out.” Somebody who can relate. Somebody who is walking, flourishing proof that perseverance paves a path to rewards.

He now relegates most of his athletic perseverance to back pages. Though he still retweets dismissive scouting reports, and brandishes ignored emails as receipts, most non-believers have become afterthoughts.

But he wants to ensure that kids like 13-year-old Tarik never are. “That’s why I like to share my story and give hope,” he says. Perhaps not hope that others can one day whiz around a football field like the Human Joystick. But hope that endurance pays off.

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Henry Bushnell is a features writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Question? Comment? Email him at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter @HenryBushnell, and on Facebook.

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All Tarik Cohen ever needed was a chance

“I had took the ASVAB,” Cohen says, referring to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test. “I had scored real high. … I was going to go to the Navy.”

It isn’t the NFL life Tarik Cohen always dreamed of. It’s the obstacles he leapt over and around to live it.

“Our whole family,” Newell later explains, “is sore losers. We hate to lose. But he’s the worst.”

And as he says now, “It immediately became fuel” – fuel transcribed in a Twitter bio that begins: “OVERlooked…..UNDERrated.”

Skeptical football minds, though, weren’t the only sources inflaming Cohen’s hunger.

The hardship

Tarik Cohen took to emailing college programs, asking anyone to give him a look. (Tarik Cohen/Twitter)

The offer

“Can I tell his family?”

So he did. Excitement built. The following week, a coordinator arrived for the follow-up visit. And the happy ending to Cohen’s scholarship-less ordeal was minutes away.

Or so Cohen thought. He doesn’t quite recall a concrete promise. But he was “under the impression … Yeah, they ‘bout to offer me.”

Tarik Cohen received one offer to play college football — from North Carolina A&T. (Getty)

The opportunity

The moral

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Henry Bushnell is a features writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Question? Comment? Email him at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter @HenryBushnell, and on Facebook.

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Flying the Spitfire—a real bucket list experience

“Once-in-a-lifetime. Bucket list. Wish list.” Terms we often use to describe an out of the ordinary, incredible experience. While we toss these terms around quite frequently, how often do we actually experience something that deserves the moniker “once-in-a-lifetime?” I’m sure you’ll agree it’s pretty rare. Recently I participated in a genuine bucket list experience and, since it’s one that I think many of you can relate to, I thought I’d tell you about it. So grab yourself a pint and settle in to your easy chair—it’s going to be a long one.

Like many of the baby boom generation, I grew up on the histories and stories of the greatest generation and World War II. I devoured histories of the Battle of the Atlantic, the Battle of Britain, the air war, operations in the Pacific, and even the occasional paragraph or two on what the army did. Names like Captain (later Admiral) Vian, Captain Walker, Guy Gibson, Douglas Bader, Barnes Wallis, Lord Lovat, Winston Churchill, Adolf Galland, Pappy Boyington, Admiral “Bull” Halsey, and so many, many others were to me what superheroes are to the youth of today.

And their weapons of war… the workhorse corvettes of the North Atlantic convoys; battleships like King George V, Bismarck, USS New Jersey, and Scharnhorst; tools of the cryptanalysts like the “bombe,” Enigma code machines and Colossus (the first computer); aircraft like the Lancaster, the Hurricane (hero of the Battle of Britain), P-51 long range escort fighter, B-17 bomber, the twin-engined Mosquito, the distinctive gull-winged Corsair, and of course the ultimate symbol of WWII aircraft—the Spitfire.

History is alive thanks to groups like the Imperial War Museum Duxford.

If all was achievable my bucket list would include things like a tactics discussion with one of the great leaders of this conflict, or perhaps sharing a cockpit with Guy Gibson or Douglas Bader, heading out to experience a North Atlantic winter in a corvette, or firing the guns of a battleship like the Bismarck. While these experiences obviously lie within the realm of fantasy, a few are still possible. I’m referring to flights in vintage WWII aircraft made possible by organisations like Classic Wings at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, the venerable Commemorative Air Force, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, and several others. These organisations have kept alive the history of these important aircraft and to complete the experience have made it possible for ordinary people like you and me to experience what it was like to take to the skies in these amazing aircraft.

A few years ago I attended the 70th anniversary of the Spitfire Airshow at IWM Duxford. During the two days of the airshow I managed to get up close and personal with several of the Spitfires present. I broached the subject of how one could get a flight in one of the few two seat trainers that have appeared on the scene in recent times with the flight engineer who was showing me “her” Spitfire. She explained that while regulations didn’t permit them to actually “sell” flights, someone who “donated” to the upkeep of an aircraft might be offered a ride in exchange. This was all very under the table of course. Oh, and it seems that a donation of around $4,000 was what was required to get an invitation.

Fast forward a few years. The UK’s civil aviation authorities have changed the rules and now, under very strict conditions, operators of these warbirds can offer flights. I became aware of this and once I’d recovered from the mild heart attack suffered when I saw the price, I started scheming and saving—a bucket list item was now within my grasp!

Fast forward to June 1, 2019. I’d arrived in the UK the previous day and was now at my hotel in Cambridge trying to shake off the effects of jet lag while preparing for my big experience. I jumped in a cab and 20 minutes later I was at IWM Duxford. With the check-in process done, I had a couple of hours to kill so I set about wandering through the museum. All I can say is if you like military aircraft then Duxford is a must-see. I won’t get too far into what I did or saw; suffice to say it was an awe-inspiring experience to visit such a historical venue and see up close and personal the aircraft I’d previously only read about. And, of course, I was taking pictures to capture the sights of this memorable day.

I like to try to prepare for foreseeable problems, especially when travelling. Prior to leaving Victoria I’d bought new batteries for my camera however, when I checked the batteries in the camera they were showing at “100%.” Fair enough; at least I had spares. Uh-huh…

Not just looking at a Spitfire, but flying one.

It was time. My great adventure was about to begin and I headed toward the control tower where I was to check in for my flight. When I got there I spotted the Spitfire I was to fly parked on the ramp. It was a perfect “Kodak moment” so I went to take a photo only to have my camera advise me “batteries are exhausted.” This must be a mistake so I tried again. Same message. Those spare batteries? In my luggage back at the hotel. What about the gift shop? Nope, only on air show days. I couldn’t believe this… my ultimate bucket list experience and I didn’t have a camera. I resigned myself to reality and headed off to check in.

The Spitfire I was about to fly in is a true WWII veteran and it served with a Canadian Squadron. It even has a Bf109 to its credit.

I was met by a very nice volunteer in the office and she started me on the process by collecting various bits of information. I explained about my battery situation and she immediately undertook it as her personal mission, dispatching her daughter in search of batteries and asking other volunteers. Two other gentlemen showed up, Mark and his father, Rick. Mark is an A320 captain from Australia and his dad, while not a pilot, has had some flight experience. We watched two videos, one all about the risks associated with the activity we were about to undertake (“so we can make an informed decision”) and another on the safety procedures. Our pilot, Barry, stopped by for introductions and then it was time to fit me out for a flight suit and head out to the line. On the way out the ever-helpful volunteer offered to take photos for me with my phone so now I was going to have some pictures. Yay!

It now started to become surreal. I had no problems getting in, a bit of fiddling with straps, etc. to get all buckled in, then we reviewed the safety procedures and Barry hopped in. This was one of those times when I wished I could have made time pass more slowly. I wanted to savour every action and step in the process. Barry made some checks—controls, intercom, etc.—and then he hit the button and that big Merlin engine started turning over. In a few seconds it was idling smoothly, the prop turning, and Barry was completing his final checks. A quick call to tower and we started to taxi.

While we were taxiing, I took a good look at the panel in front of me. It’s pretty much as all those pictures I’ve seen suggested it would be and that’s much different from a modern cockpit. I eventually identify the basic flight instruments… they do look different from their modern counterparts…and no “six pack” in this panel – the instruments are placed more on where they fit than in a way to permit easy scanning.

After a short pause at the threshold to allow an incoming Dragon Rapide to land, we were cleared for takeoff. Barry opened the throttle, the Merlin answered with its characteristic rumble, and it wasn’t very long before the tail was off the runway and we were airborne! Airspeed came up very quickly and then we were climbing at close to 2,000 feet per minute. We leveled off at 2,000 feet and pretty soon the airspeed came up to about 250 kts. And now I started to take in my surroundings. I didn’t have a great forward view—other than Barry’s helmet, that is—but off to each side I was sitting just far back enough that I had a full view of those iconic elliptical wings. There’s no doubt about it: I was flying in a Spitfire!

A “Victory Roll.” Now this is fun.

“Would you like to take control?” Barry asked. “I have control” said I and with that I was flying a Spitfire! The controls were amazingly responsive; you really don’t have to do much more than think of where you want to go and it takes you there. Straight and level flight was a challenge at first. You see, my forward view was essentially the back of Barry’s helmet and the arrangement of the flight instruments made it hard to set up a scan so I had some quick learning to do, but eventually we were straight and mostly level. Barry suggested some turns, which I did without much effort. I must have done OK, as he then asked if I thought I could do 45-degree bank turns. “Yup!” said I and this time I had it under control. We did a 360-degree, 45-degree bank turn in each direction and at a constant altitude. I was starting to get used to this airplane!

Barry took control again and asked if I’d like to experience a “Victory Roll”(an aileron roll). Like he had to ask! We did a couple of those in fairly quick succession and they were absolutely as much fun as they look to be. Unfortunately, because they operate these Spitfires under very strict regulations I wasn’t able to try a roll. And, for the same reason, Barry wasn’t able to do any other aerobatics other than a couple of somewhat shallow wingovers.

Control passed back to me and Barry took me on a tour of the local countryside, including an orbit over the American military cemetary just outside of Duxford. Sadly, all things must come to an and pretty soon Barry was calling Duxford tower to let them know we were on our way back. Barry lined us up on final and shortly after put ‘er down in a perfect three-point landing. We taxied back to the ramp in front of the control tower and Barry shut that magnificent Merlin down. My once-in-a-lifetime flight had come to an end.

The helpful volunteer met us and took a few more photos for me and then it was inside to turn in the flight suit, pick up my flight suit “Spitfire Pilot” badge, pay for the video that I can’t live without, and write up my logbook: 0.5 hrs of “exercise 3.” And with that I was done.

I wandered around the field for awhile (had to have just one more “ice cream with a flake”) and then I went out to catch a cab back to Cambridge. While waiting for the cab I had a great conversation with several Commemorative Air Force pilots who had just flown in from the States. But that’s another story…

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You might want to be the next Mo Farah, or just want to get fit and see how well you can do – either way, athletics can be the sport for you.

It includes a huge variety of disciplines, so whether you want to run, jump or throw you can find an activity that suits you.

Here’s our Get Inspired guide to the main categories and more…

Aspire to be like: Jo Pavey

Jo Pavey won European Championships gold and Commonwealth Games bronze in 2014, less than a year after giving birth to her second child.

At Rio 2016 Jo became the first British track athlete to compete in a fifth Olympic Games. Aged 42, she set an over-40 world best in the 10,000m.

Sprint events

Sprint disciplines include the short, sharp, powerful events such as the 100m and 200m. The sprint hurdles (100m for women, 110m for men) require the same explosion of speed, but with the added element of having to clear a number of barriers. There’s also the one-lap 400m race and the 400m hurdles.

Middle-distance events

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Middle distance running relies on pacing and stamina rather than pure explosive power, but don’t worry – go for a run with some friends and you’ll soon see a difference in your fitness levels.

The 800m requires sustained pace around two laps of the track. In the 1500m and 3,000m tactics are everything. Go off too hard, too soon and you will fade and be out of contention in the sprint finish. The 3,000m steeplechase has the added obstacles of hurdles and a water jump.

Long-distance events

Going long requires stamina and mental toughness. On the track, the 5,000m and 10,000m can become a real mind game of tactics, while the marathon – a 26.2-mile course outside the confines of an athletics stadium – is athletics’ ultimate test of mental and physical endurance.

Thousands of people take part in 10k races, half marathons and marathons every year, take a look on the Run Britain website for more.

Throwing events

While upper-body strength is key to shot put, javelin, discus and the hammer throw, these disciplines require more than just power. Sound technique, allied to strong legs and a stable core are crucial so you can transfer your body weight and generate the acceleration required to secure a lengthy throw.

Your local club will be able to provide you with any specialist equipment to give the events a try.

Cross-country

Cross-country running is a discipline that sees athletes race outdoors on grass or woodland courses. It usually takes place in the winter, outside of the track-and-field season. There is no set distance but races would usually fall into the long-distance category of running. Stamina and endurance are very important, but you also need to be ready to get muddy! While predominantly an individual sport, there is often a team element to races.

Jumping events

Do you want to learn the polished technique of the jumping disciplines? You’ll develop the strength needed for take-off in long jump and triple jump and flexibility needed in high jump, to arch your back, raise your hips and clear the bar.

And who hasn’t wanted to try pole vault? The extreme sport of athletics. The discipline sees strong, fast and gymnastic competitors use a pole to launch themselves upside down and over a bar which can be higher than a double-decker bus – not for the faint-hearted!

Heptathlon and decathlon

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Can’t decide on a single event? Perhaps decathlon (men) or heptathlon (women) is for you. The heptathlon consists of seven events, while men have to compete in 10 events.

Both competitions stretch the athlete to the limits of their endurance and skills. You’ll need incredible stamina, along with strong running and fine throwing and jumping techniques to score as many points as possible over a multi-day competition.

Fortunately you won’t have to try this 😉 ….

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill’s alternative heptathlon quiz

Race walking

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Speed up walking and you get race walking.

It’s a healthy sport, suitable for all ages and initial levels of fitness. It has all the cardiovascular benefits of running or jogging with very few of the risks of joint and muscle injury. There are a few dedicated Race Walking clubs but most walkers head to normal athletics clubs. All you need is a pair of trainers to get started and someone to teach you the proper technique.

Parkrun

There are now almost 400 parkruns across the UK, as Sophie Raworth reports

From beginners to Olympians, anyone can take part in parkrun – a phenomenon that is taking over the UK.

Parkruns are free-to-enter, timed 5km runs that take place in more than 400 parkland sites in the UK and thousands worldwide. Anyone can take part in a parkrun, whatever your ability, so follow these links to register and find an event near you.

Disability athletics

Rhys Jones on his journey from "hopeless case" to Commonwealth medallist

Para-athletics uses a classification system that groups athletes based on their ability. Track events include all Olympic and Paralympic distances. Field disciplines comprise shot, discus, javelin, club throwing (for athletes with a high level of impairment), plus long jump, high jump and triple jump. Some events are specific to particular classifications. If you are looking to start in para-athletics, the Parallel Success programme from British Athletics offers great opportunities.

‘It’s given me my confidence back’

Masters athletics

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The wide range of activities that make up athletics means there is something for everyone – regardless of age. The British Masters Athletics Federation operates throughout the UK to encourage, organise and regulate athletics competition for anyone 35 and over. Get in contact to find out how to you can be involved.

BBC Sport looks at the thriving British Masters scene

Fell running

Fell running is a race up and down a hill, or collection of hills, in the fastest possible time. The discipline has its origins in the fells of northern Britain and has parallels with cross-country running and orienteering. Run by the Fell Runners Association, it is no stroll in the hills and its most celebrated runners are some of the fittest humans alive. Competitors need to carry survival equipment such as warm clothing and a whistle and races often require competitors to self-navigate. Races can vary in length from three miles up to marathon distance or even further.

DIY and youth athletics

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Schools across the UK have their own athletics competition each year at the annual sports day where kids (and parents) can try out some of the different disciplines. By adding fun elements (who doesn’t love the egg-and-spoon race?) everyone can have some fun while learning the fundamental skills of the sport. But these don’t have to be a once-a-year treat. All you need is a park and some props and you can create your own mini games whenever you like.

Sportshall athletics also gives youngsters an enjoyable way to try running, jumping and throwing activities as they take their first step into athletics.

Coaching and Volunteering

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Athletics clubs are always looking for people to coach, officiate or help out on club nights, across a range of roles – check out this UK Athletics.

So whether you want to help inspire children, get adults running or encourage someone to take up javelin, there will be a role for you and the uCoach can help to get you started. Sport Coach UK can also steer you in the right direction.

To find out about event or club volunteering opportunities across Britain, JoinInUK can help you find a club that needs some help. You might also like to try Volunteer Scotland or Welsh Athletics and, for Northern Ireland, visit Athletics NI and Volunteer Now.

What’s next?

1. Go to our Activity Finder to get into athletics near you.

2. Find local athletics opportunities in England,Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

3. Share your story and inspire others.

Are you inspired to try athletics? Or maybe you are a keen enthusiast already? Get in touch and tell us your experience of the sport by tweeting us on @bbcgetinspired, visiting us on Facebook or email us on [email protected].

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