by Larry Walsh | May 26, 2024 | Cycling, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
Six Days and Counting… I’ve been glued to the college track and field conference and regional championships for the past couple of weeks, and man, those athletes can really run! Now, it’s time to shift my focus to the Trans America Bike Race, “The...
by Larry Walsh | Jul 30, 2023 | Cycling, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
Over the past two years, I’ve given many presentations about my bike rides and inevitably talked about lessons learned from the heartland. I’ve been part of teams responsible for driving business results for much of my adult working life....
by Larry Walsh | Jun 3, 2023 | Cycling, memoir, Travel Adventure, Uncategorized, Writing Community
Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things In March 2019, I watched a YouTube video of the 2016 TransAm Bike Race (TABR). Lael Wilcox overtook Steffen Streich on the last day of the 4,200-mile race and won. She completed it in 18 days, the first woman to win the grueling...
by Larry Walsh | Apr 30, 2023 | Cycling, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
The Official Flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States The Buddy Poppy VFW Facts & Figures Coast to Coast along the Medal of Honor Highway An Adventure, Life Lessons, & New Beginning The Buddy Poppy Have you ever asked yourself,...
by Larry Walsh | Feb 25, 2023 | Cycling, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
What can I do with hundreds of pictures, hours of video, and countless anecdotes? I thought about it a lot. And then I did the math. What if I write a monthly newsletter – each edition highlighting a different town? I call it America Up Close-One...
by Larry Walsh | Jan 2, 2023 | Cycling, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
Southern Tier and TransAm Bike Trail towns referred to in my 2022 Monthly Newsletters. I rode through Marfa on October 10, 2018: A bird’s-eye view of the Capital of Quirkiness, Marfa, Texas, kicked off the 2022 edition of America Up Close – A Slice of...