Posted on 08/23/2019 6:47:50 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
When Karly Tardiff parked her bike before heading into work in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on August 13, she wasn’t expecting to do sprints until her CrossFit class later that afternoon. After all, the 28-year-old fundraising professional—who is the co-leader of a local Winnipeg running club called the Badass Lady Gang and trains for 5Ks and half marathons—was wearing a sundress and wedges, with her workout gear packed for later.
“I commute to work every day, and then I bike off to CrossFit,” she told Runner’s World.
Shortly after her lunch break, though, Tardiff’s normal routine was interrupted by a frantic maintenance man. He said he had witnessed a man stealing the back wheel from her bike—whose frame, but not rear wheel, was locked outside—but wasn’t quick enough to stop him.
“We went outside to take a look at my bike. Sure enough, it was one tire short of a pair,” Tardiff said. “I asked the maintenance man what direction the thief took off in, and we followed suit.”
When the pair approached a nearby alley, Tardiff’s companion spotted the thief, who had attached Tardiff’s tire to his own bike.
“I had to act fast or this punk would simply hop on the bike and speed off,” she said. “What ran across my mind was, ‘How am I going to get to CrossFit tonight? Guess I need to get my wheel back!’ I kicked off my shoes and took off towards the burglar.”
Tardiff, barefoot, unleashed a full-speed sprint towards the thief, who had surprisingly picked up the bike and started running with it rather than riding away.
“I’ve been focusing a lot more on speed and explosive movements at CrossFit and that definitely helped my takeoff,” she said.
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DANG!
To bad she didn’t have a body cam so there’s be a video.
There’s some video at the link.
It shows her taking off after him.... while trying not to trip over her skirt.
“I was able to catch up to him after rounding the corner of the building, and told him to return my wheel to me,” Tardiff said. “He replied, ‘I need it!’
JUST DAMN
Yeah, and that gal was a bit muscular in the upper torso. If she’d have thrown a punch, she could have knocked him under a car. Good for her.
Obviously a good communist there.
I wonder if this was a random theft by a crud who didn’t want to pay for a new tube, or if she had a premium bike with quality components.
I love this woman. The female boxer who repeatedly punched an attacker below the belt is even better, but I love a woman who won’t take this sort of nonsense from the entitled left.
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