British Journalist Nears the End of 133-Day Global Trek

Simon Parker has been pedaling and sailing up a storm.

Perhaps the oddest juxtaposition of British journalist Simon Parker’s just-completed 50-day bike ride across the United States was Day #38.

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Finding time for a bit of “vagabond journalism,” there was Parker, on the racetrack of the Indianapolis 500:

I was just ten feet from the screeching tires of 33 high octane racing cars as they set off on a 500-mile quest for sporting glory. Roared on by 400,000 spectators, the cars coughed and purred their way around the 2.5

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