Scott Brosius has a daily routine that will push him if he needs pushing, riding a stationary bicycle before the workout, sometimes before the game.
By now truly scared, I pushed on, rode down the pass, finished my week of cycling, and upon coming home developed a mild case of what a friend calls "wilderness PTSD".
That's still a smidge compared with the sales of industry giants like Minneapolis-based Tennant (2018 sales: $1.1 billion), Germany's Kaercher (more than $2.8 billion in sales) and Denmark's Nilfisk ($1.2 billion), which churn out cleaning machines that human workers can push or ride.
While most lawn care providers may still be pushing or riding on gas-powered machines and hauling out the hose when the lawn starts to turn brown, the digital innovators are making inroads.
You can push the rides' start button with the Times's Pete Thamel's latest take on the Notre Dame conundrum, move on over to David Haugh's column in the Chicago Tribune on why Kelly would be a great choice and the hurdles he faces.
True, in the modern era, the winning stories of Aldaniti and Bob Champion, Corbiere and Jenny Pitman and Don't Push It, ridden by AP McCoy, became some of sport's, let alone racing's, great headline-grabbers.
They move along or are pushed along, Young James riding on Mary's hip.
An inspection discovered that the ride malfunctioned when a ride operator accidentally pushed the button controlling the seat positions while the ride was in motion.
For the hip-hop aristocracy, it's not enough to push a fly-ride (drive a great car), sport butter gear (wear sharp clothes), and politik in the hot spots (hang out in the right places).
As James details six months spent attempting to ride through the pain, of having to be pushed home from training rides, of the constant attempts to intensify her training only to beaten, time and again, by the pain, you sense her relief that finally – with a fair wind – she has got to grips with the problem.
