PHIL SOUTHERLAND is the founder of Team Type 1, a team of championship bike racers. He has been profiled in Reader’s Digest, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere.
JOHN HANC teaches writing and journalism at the New York Institute of Technology. He is a long time contributor to Newsday and a contributing editor to Runner’s World magazine, as well as the author of The Coolest Race on Earth. He lives with his wife and son in Farmingdale, New York.