Reply #56: Holland's article is about riding on a bike alongside *, not running [View All]

[JHB]

Holland's article below. He doesn't mention anything about t-shirts & photos, or a "100 degree club". Whatever Blumenthal's source is for that, it's not Holland's article.


http://today.reuters.co.uk/misc/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2006-08-07T080835Z_01_NOA729254_RTRUKOC_0_WITNESS-BUSH.xml

Standing in the shade of a tree while one of his dogs, Miss Beazley, barked, Bush said he does not try to think out solutions to world problems while riding, instead using the rides to clear his head.

"I push it away. On single track you generally have to stay focused on the trail. And as you know these aren't leisurely rides, these aren't nature rides," Bush said.

"They're fun exercise rides, and I try to maximize the time available and at the same time stay fit. In my case I know I need to be spiritually fit as well as physically fit in order to do this job."

Bush said he spent the previous evening thinking about the Middle East while sitting on the porch of his ranchhouse waiting on first lady Laura Bush to arrive. "I was thinking about the right strategy for the United States in the Middle East. I spent a long time thinking about it, went in and wrote some notes, I then shared my thoughts this morning with some of my inner circle," Bush said.