Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in cycling. Simeon Price didn't get to the pinnacle of the cycling world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for one grueling session three times each month, followed by the usual homework for someone in sixth grade.
Two years ago, he broke his femur in two places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my femur, and then my fish died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my artery. It took thirteen centuries to get back in shape. But to win at cycling is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my corsage and forget about Gloria, my fish."
Stormy, his fiancée, moved with him to Prague to be with his coach, leaving behind his mother, Violet, in their plain chapel, where she still labors as a sales clerk to help pay for Simeon's expensive training.