Friday Fun - Footballer to Cyclist, Shannon Sharpe's story

Submitted by Kris Thompson on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 07:36

Wow, this is the outlook a true athlete has regardless of his sport. Shannon Sharpe is a Hall of Fame inductee and former Denver Bronco.

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great video. thanks for

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 08:33

great video. thanks for sharing.

any idea what his LT/VO2Max are?

I remember when he was still

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 13:15

I remember when he was still playing, 9News followed along on one of his bike rides to football practice. Very cool. Don't forget Reggie Rivers, he made the transition too!

He said it all: "train the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 22:18

He said it all: "train the way you are going to play".

I've met Reggie and must say

Submitted by representin' (not verified) on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 22:58

I've met Reggie and must say he was a nice guy, but, c'mon... he didn't exactly transition to being a bike racer. Sure, he raced bikes, but he was far from successful at it and he didn't begin to transform into the right body type.

Shannon Sharpe seems to be a good guy, I've always respected him as a player. But, let's not kid ourselves. He's not going to be a bike racer, not even on the track.

Who said anything about racing

Submitted by Kris Thompson on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 03:07

Who said anything about racing? He's a Football player who now is an avid cyclists.... like 50+% of the cyclists out every weekend.

Thank you. More like 99% of

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 06:47

Thank you. More like 99% of cyclists. God forbid one ride a bike just for fun.

just following the train of

Submitted by representin' (not verified) on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 09:11

just following the train of thought re: him riding the track and packin' a sprint. Folks don't ride the track and working on sprinting for fun (least no one I know does). Seemed the discussion was about him racing. Mea culpa

let's not forget. 99+%

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 06:48

let's not forget. 99+% population when given the choice to be built like Shannon Sharpe or Chris Horner are going to take Shannon Sharpe. We are the 1%

Track?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 14:26

Very cool to see that being healthy is a lifestyle for Shannon and not just one he was paid to live while in the NFL. I bet he could transition his explosiveness pretty well to the track and pack a huge sprint.

This is awesome. I'd love the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 09:58

This is awesome. I'd love the opportunity to ride and/or race against Shannon.

Keep it up!