Cast of Characters (and then some)

I got an e-mail the other day from a fellow cyclist in Texas, who has been reading my Blob for some time, and of course, thinks it's great. I don't know this person, and I guess he was out surfing one day, and found me. He went on to say how awesome my Blob is, how cool I am, how fast I must be on the bike, how I look like a combination of Tom Cruise & Anderson Cooper. But he was confused. He asked, who are the people you refer to in your Blob? I guess it's difficult matching the names & faces, and he was getting a little lost. Now, I usually don't use real names per se, to protect the guilty, and almost everyone I know gets a nick-name from me at some point. So I told him for the new year, I will introduce the cast of characters, so everyone knows whos-who.



Me, aka Steve Driscoll, aka The Turtle

Edgar the Turtle, president of my fan club and my alter ego, like Tyler Durden in Fight Club

My beautiful wife, G. The stuff she has put up with from me for the past 11 years of marriage makes her qualify for sainthood.

Sam. My Dog.

Darby, G's dog

The Grover

Car that hit me

Dr. Maxey, aka Mad Max, my Orthopedic Surgeon, and "leg-saver"

Dr. Watson, orthopedic specialist, bone-graft expert and "leg-saver" as well

Nurse Barb, The BEST nurse in the world. I stalk her

Coach Stan-O. Fearless leader of the Bloomington Ratz, our VQ Coaching Group. Stan-O is the glue that hold us riff-raff together, and win races

The Badger, attorney by trade, ruthless masters racer, and all around nice guy. We trade jabs at each other every chance we get, and has not beaten me for a "Stop Ahead" sign sprint as of yet

Sweetie, newbie to the VQ Ratz, does the swim, bike, run thing. He does the "Big Race" in Hawaii

Dr. Reid. Highly skilled plastic surgeon, does the swim, bike, run thing as well. Married to the Yoga Nazi

The Young One. Fast Junior cyclist. Eats a box of Twinkies before a ride, and still pounds us in the pavement

Miss Karen, attorney by trade, married to The Badger, also qualifies for sainthood (refer back to "married to The Badger")

Little Mikey. Great friend & cyclist, currently vacationing in Spain, for 6 months



Uncle Gary, Director of Team Mack Racking, a professionally managed amateur racing team

J-LO, attorney by trade, great friend & cyclist. Nicest guy you'll meet. Have no idea why he hangs with The Turtle