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RAGBRAI 2012: Flying down the road and, boy, are their arms tired.

Wed, Jul 25, 2012 | by Michael Morain



Kamrar – A dozen RAGBRAI riders from Adaptive Sports Iowa stopped for a shady break here before pumping down the road on their arm-powered bikes. The group is a mix of people without the use of their legs and able-bodied riders who are there to support them (and get a killer upper-body workout).

Team member Jack Eherenman of Waterloo got interested in adaptive sports thanks to a couple of disabled sons, including one who was born with spina bifida who became a track star in high school (shot put, discus, racing). Eherenman runs an adaptive sports camp at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls and leads the Iowa Chariots, a National Wheelchair Basketball team.

Here he is in the foreground:

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Michael Morain

Michael has ridden at least part of RAGBRAI for the last five years -- and has eaten his weight in pie every time. He's also been known to pedal an extra 10 or 15 miles to find homemade ice cream.

3 Responses on “RAGBRAI 2012: Flying down the road and, boy, are their arms tired.”

ed

July 25, 2012 at 11:44 am

what a great motivator

Jeff Hemer

July 25, 2012 at 5:13 pm

Great job guys! Having participated in RAGBRAI two years ago on my hand cycle my appreciation of your effort and envy of the fun goes out to you.
Have a great time hope to see you next year.

Joe

August 4, 2012 at 11:28 am

Everytime I saw those doing the ride without legs I admired them and stopped thinking how hard the ride was……for a few minutes! Thanks.

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