Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Best Wishes to Brent Bookwalter

We'd like to pass on our best wishes to Brent Bookwalter, a bicycle racer we met in 2006 at the Tour of Shenandoah. Brent, riding for the U.S. National Development Squad, suffered a severely broken left leg in a crash in mid-April while racing in Europe. (From what we understand, he hit a metal light pole.) Here's Brent in 2006 right after the first stage of the race.



Brent won the Tour of Shenandoah in 2006, and we later sent his mom some photos gratis. Evidently cycling moms don't get to see their sons or daughters too often, since bicycle racing requires a tremendous amount of travel.

Not only is Brent a great racer, he's also a genuinely nice guy who took the time to respond in detail to a question we asked about host housing.

If you'd like to keep track of his recovery, check out his blog by clicking here. But be forewarned - the x-rays on his site make his leg look like an erector set.