News From the Road - Rob Kish
Friday, June 24, 2005, 8 pm
Late last night, Thursday June 23rd, seasoned rider Rob Kish dropped out of
the Insight Race Across America due to medical reasons. After two visits to
the hospital, doctors confirmed that Kish had severe pneumonia.
Kish described his past couple days of riding as being very difficult with
strenuous breathing, only being able to take in short, shallow gasps of air.
Taking a sip of water proved to be difficult, prohibiting him from gasping
for air during the short period of time.
Kish and his team went to a small motel to regroup and support each other,
especially in light of the tragic death of a good friend Bob Breedlove. Kish
is 50 years old and this was his 20th RAAM, totaling well over 50,000 RAAM
race miles. Race Director Jim Pitre said, “In true RAAM tradition, Rob
refused to quit until absolutely forced to do so.” Pitre spent time with
Kish last night, and stated that he hoped Kish would be well enough to
attend the awards banquet in Atlantic City on June 29th.
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no 50+ winner this year. 3 DNF's
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Robic has passed the Missippi, the warm-up lap is over, this is where the
race begins. It's a 3 man race with Robic, Trevino, and McDonald. I was
hoping Trevino, but I don't think he can make up 100 miles with the 1000
miles that remains. But the 18 year old kid could possibly make up his 150
mile deficit. I suspect the kid is getting stronger, while the oldsters are
getting weaker.