[John Rogers]

Ahhhh, the good old days look 171, the 1984 Olympics and all the hoopla and work up to get ready for it such as:

- The US Olympic folks spent $$$$$$$ at Penn State to see the best setup for road and track cyclists and found..... The Italians had got it right all the time for how to setup a bike and rider!

- Mark Gorski (won the sprint gold medal) was a member of our La Jolla Cycle club and the weekend before the Olympics got a traffic ticket in La jolla for running a stop sign!

- The day before the road race was to take place we were camping on a side street with about 20 members of the La Jolla Cycling club and Marrianne Berglund of Sweden who at that time was the reigning women's road race champion stopped by and we all took a ride of the course. Many people were calling hello to my daughter, Lisa who had won her 4th state championship and no one even knew who Marianne was which made her really laugh!

- George Mount was also a member at times of our club and I remember his comment about eating for racing: "eat what makes you happy" and he said when racing in Europe he would have cheesecake from N.Y. brought over by friends so his stomach would be "happy"

- I remember when Greg Lemond, who had just won the junior world's championship road race lapped the Senior 1/2 and Pro field at the UCSD criterium and then sat at the back of the pack with his teammates and the rider that won the sprint was REALLY pissed when he found out he was actually second!

Ahhh yes, that is why my knees, hips and shoulders all ache today I guess from riding 400 or more miles a week.....