http://www.metafilter.com/tags/gabejennings Posts tagged with 'gabejennings' at MetaFilter. Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:00:51 -0800 Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:00:51 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/26527/Crazed%2DOlympian%2Dmeets%2Dcrazed%2Dmonkeys <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/sports/etc/jun03/148907.asp">US Olympic track and field athelete Gabe Jennings</a> set out for Brazil from Arizona in order to learn the martial art of <a href="http://www.capoeira.com">Capoeira</a> to train for the 2004 Olympics. Riding on a ten speed bike older than himself through Central and South America, Jennings was robbed nine times, got hit by a truck, was attacked by monkeys, and contracted hepatitis from eating off of the streets. Read <a href="http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/general/features/2003/jennings_gabe_intro.html">this journal of his travels</a> and marvel at the 3600 mile trip taken by a man who hadn't ridden more than 50 miles previously. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26527 Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:00:51 -0800 brazil capoeira gabejennings olymipcs zsazsa