Dotsie, Bikes, Anorexia and Mojo
Published June 15, 2004
It was about that time that she had that pivotal moment and she decided to live. Cowden attended a lecture by Dr. KRS Edstrom, a renowned doctor, author, columnist and speaker, and she connected with what she heard. "I bought some of KRS' tapes and started seeing her a couple times a week." The two worked closely, intent on helping Cowden recover and get healthy. At the same time, Cowden decided to utilize her university degree and pursue a career in hard news. She took a job at a Los Angeles television station and began to build her demo reel while continuing to dabble in production.
With her health recovering, some of Cowden's friends convinced her to train for the 1998 California AIDS Ride, a nearly 600-mile bicycling fundraising adventure from San Francisco to Los Angeles, which she completed. She enjoyed the hours she spent on her bike and the following year she decided to try racing. Her first race was one of the biggest and toughest races in the U.S.: The Sea Otter Classic in Northern California, where she raced in the rain on a challenging and technical course. Cowden tasted racing and, like so many others, vowed never to do it again. But she came back.... And obviously recovered her mojo and then some. I hope the girl is as fortunate, and I wish all former Miss Ohio's the best as well - I would guess, but don't know, that eating disorders are not particularly unusual among pageant veterans.
- Dotsie, Bikes, Anorexia and Mojo
- Published: June 15, 2004
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- Writer: Eric Olsen
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once again hairless body parts rear their ugly heads!
<3 @ cycling!
There needs to be more attention on women in Cycling. There is more to cycling than Lance Armstrong!
Olsen,
The real question is: why didn't you give it to her fortissimo? Anorexic chicks past their prime would probably love the attention.
Ain't nothin wrong with a lil bump and grind. That is all.
BAB, too much like work
biker chicks rule, Ms. Tek
That they do...
I bike about 150-200 miles a week currently. ;)
I just wish that women cyclists would get more recognition. There aren't enough races for them and the big ones that there are each year seem to be less and less. Women often have to race with the men or on subpar courses.
Still, that is the problem of women in sports in general- No one cares unless the woman is half naked.
you are one biking little minx
Yeah.. and I have the "bikers tan" to prove it. :/ You can even see that I wear fingerless gloves. =(
to even that out you'll have to wear mirror image clothes half the time: those finger-only gloves really suck, by the way
LOL...
Yeah, I am thinking I need to find a nudist beach or try to see if a few friends of mine want to try to find someplace private in Zion or the Indiana dunes and do some clothing optional sun-bathing.
The thing is that I HATE the sun and tanning... but I like riding my bike.
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I read an article on Dotsie Cowden in Bicycling magazine about a month or two back. Among other reasons she mentioned for getting involved in cycling was the chance to hang out with men with shaved legs. I wonder where she would have fallen on the earlier conversation on shaving.