Ever since he disappeared from the online world ever few years I wonder how Chuckie V is faring.


One of the original larger then life characters in the sport. Before there was Lionel . . there was Chuckie V! :-)

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I just googled and I don't see an obituary, so make of that what you will

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Thread was updated last year.
He's alive... in Arizona? The link in the thread no longer works.


https://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/Slowtwitch_Forums_C1/Triathlon_Forum_F1/Chuckie_V%3F_P5862307-2/

Hello BLeP and All,




Following sent via snail mail 4/22/2020 with no reply


Chuckie V 4/19/66 303 499-1364 Landline Chuck E Veylupek 6211 Alkire Ct., CO 80004-3830


Hello Chuckie V,

My Name is Neal Henderson.

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...chuckie%20v#p5862307

Your admirers on Slowtwitch are missing you.

Please drop in and say hello.


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http://cloudpennine.blogspot.com/

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Cheers,

Neal

+1 mph Faster

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Cheers, Neal

+1 mph Faster

Best Chuckie V quote. “ the problem with eating is that you have to breath between bites “ Gave a great speech when he won IM Canada, won a lot of fans that night.

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"Be your best cheerleader , not your worst critic.”

He was alive as of a few months ago.

But then there's Omicron, ya know...


-bobo

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"What's good for me ain't necessarily good for the weak-minded."

Less is more, more or less.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

i raced with Chuckie v i was the 1st wheelchair athlete and only wheelchair athlete to complete Hawaii ironman in regulation time-- not treated like some poor handicap person as others have finished even when they didnt make bike cut off times-- 19996-- chuckie was one of the great guys--very personal and treated me as one of the guys-- he probably could have increased his speeds but he also worked very hard on marketing himself to make money--to any who have tried this --very har lots of work--ive always wondered where he is now-- and he was fast-- always in the race not some clown