dead at 39, was an iconic endurance sports figure
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Larsen then switched to mountain biking and won the national cross-country title in 1997 and 2000. In 2001, he took up triathlon and qualified for the Ironman world championships in his first year. According to VeloNews, Larsen is thought to be the ...
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Maybe I should give up riding and stick to just beer?
Only if you drink from plastic bottles, slip and falls with glass don't mix. 
"Runners and cyclists can train for hours while bonding only with farm equipment and pungent air."
Sounds like Wisconsin to me, I remember doing a lot of running and only cows to talk to. I do hate hearing stories like this, the guy is doing everything right, I guess you just never know when you will have to pay the ferryman.
Wow, just shows ya that maybe all this exersize is not worth it.
When I first starting riding bikes he was the best mtb'er in the US. He rode for Mongoose back then, not too many Mongoose riders in the pro mtb ranks anymore eh? In 2000 when he won the NORBA title but wasn't on the US Olympic team I was really bummed. Not long after that he went to triathlons. Too bad, he could have been in the discussion of the top two or three mtb'ers ever if he would have continued doing it.