Openers

February 2nd, 2010 admin

As the train rumbled north through the Catalan countryside toward the Côte d’Azur, I gazed out the window as my headphones pounded a beat and my thoughts spun through the last months and the coming weeks. Now that the new season is underway I will be moving relentlessly throughout Europe from race to race. There was serenity in the rhythmic motion of the train, which I…


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