The offcial first day of my Maratona tour with Ciclismo Classico. Today we travel from Bolzano to Glorenza via bus, take a shakedown cruise on our bikes, meet and get to know each other, and enjoy the first of many wonderful meals together.

Travel day to Italy for my Maratona dles Dolomites tour with Ciclismo Classico. In this post, details of my travel from Salt Lake City to New York to Milan to Bolzano via planes, trains and buses.

Several years ago I was approached by Andrew Conway, US Managing Director of Ciclismo Classico, asking if I would be interested in taking one of his company’s cycling tours. At the time, I was planning a tour to the French Alps with another company and therefore had to put him off. If you’ve listened to […]

A few months ago I ran into a friend of mine while awaiting a flight at Denver International Airport (which, by the way, is DEN not DIA!). He works for Medalist Sports (the company that puts on The Amgen Tour of California, Tour de Georgia, Tour of Missouri, and the Quizno’s Pro Challenge) so it […]

Someone once said that, “music is what feelings sound like.” Plato said, “Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.” No matter what kind of music you like, you can’t deny its ability to stir feelings within us and to motivate us in one way or the […]

There are now two feeds for The FredCast: The original MP3 Feed The new Enhanced AAC Feed (now called The eFredCast) We are still waiting for iTunes to validate the new eFredCast feed. As soon as it is validated, I will update the links on the site. Enjoy!

I have been toying with the idea of doing an ‘enhanced’ version of The FredCast and I want to know if this is something you would like me to do. I listen to lots of podcasts, but it seems that the ones I find most useful are the ones that are enhanced. In case you […]