AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Allen Lim, Team Radioshack’s Scientific Experiment
Name: Allen Lim, PhD
Age: 37
Hails from: Boulder, CO (via Los Angeles)
Occupation: Sports Physiologist, Team Radioshack’s Director of Sports Science
Known for: Living science. Though his boss and opus, Lance Armstrong, has been dealt more crashes than a test dummy in this Tour De France and is no longer a contender for an 8th yellow jersey, Team Radioshack Sports Director Allen Lim and his funky, futuristic scientific approach to cycling continue to become more high-profile (and, dare we say it, chic?) with each passing stage.
He is as well decorated with academic achievement as any Hardass Asian Parent could possibly ask for–a doctor, of course, with graduate and postgraduate degrees, and a penchant for buzzworthy leaps in sports technology. But Lim is no science robot; he does his thing with style and a smile. Known as a good-vibes, calming force, it’s no wonder that he was heavily pressed to leave Team Garmin last year and take his dream job with newly-formed Team Radioshack, quickly entered Armstrong’s inner circle, and somehow managed to look like a DJ when photographed with all of his nutty sports equipment (see above photo, from his official site). It’s been a long time since applied science has seemed so fun and necessary. And COOL.
Plus, Dr. Lim somehow makes energy food sound good. Don’t sushi rice cakes sound delicious, even without a speedsuit on?
Learn more about Lim’s unorthodox methods in Bicycling.com’s pre-TDF interview here. View Lim on video here.
And keep those fingers crossed for an Armstrong stage win and Radioshack team win! Watch your back, Team Caisse D’Epargne!
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Hmm, OK, I see what you’re saying. He’s got the science cred and he’s not bad looking.
But give me Grant Imahara any day. In fact, give me Grant Imahara EVERY day. With puppies to lick his face and make him laugh.
What was I talking about? Oh, yeah. Go, Team Radioshack!
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