Finding a Cure Breast Cancer strikes way too many people. It's always traumatic. Too frequently it is fatal. Each year, many communities organize a 5K "Race for the Cure" in support of the Susan G. Koman for the Cure Foundation. The Komen NC Triangle's event, in its 13th year has raised ove

Well I've done it again. I've changed the look of http://www.robmiracle.com. This is too easy to do if you use a content management system like Wordpress. For those who haven't experienced Wordpress as a tool, it was primarily designed for blogging, so many of the themes have a blog feel to the

Nine days ago we packed our bags and loaded up our Expedition for the long ten-hour drive from our home in North Carolina to our native home of Kentucky. It was a trip we had not made in several years. We picked this week specifically because it was the main week of the Kentucky Derby Festival

And bums a photographer. Papa Clem works at Churchill Downs prior to the 135th Kentucky Derby I got to see three Kentucky Derby horses work this week and got photos I was happy with of I Want Revenge. Early this morning, I Want Revenge kicked his stall and as a safety measure, his trainer d

Most people have heard of the Kentucky Derby. For 135 years this horse race for the best three year old horses is the king of the thoroughbred racing circles. But another big race, run for the same 135 years is the Kentucky Oaks, a race on the Friday before the Derby. The Derby draws fans fro

For 54 years, a host of floats, bands and of course horses have made their way through the streets of Louisville, Kentucky to celebrate the Kentucky Derby, the King of all Horse Racing. The parade is the longest running event of the Kentucky Derby Festival, a two-week party leading up to the big ra

The Belle of Louisville steams upriver during the 2009 Great Steamboat Race I left a good job in the city Working for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleeping Worrying bout the way things might have been Big wheel keep on turning Proud Mary keep on burning A

One thing is generally consistent with the week leading up to the Kentucky Derby.... Weather will come into play. And so was it today as a cold front danced its way through Louisville and destabilizing the air for the rest of the week with rain in the forecast. The signature event today for

The Great Bed Race entered its 20th year as a signature event in the Kentucky Derby Festival, Monday as 40 teams in two divisions competed in two bed heats around a 600 foot track in Louisville's Broadbent Arena. Each pair of teams raced to the halfway point changing lanes to balance the distan

The alarm went off promptly at 6:00am. Tired from another late night, Sherry and I rolled out of bed and made our way upstairs to the TV. High Winds have been a problem for ballooning all week and today's winds were forecast to be over the safety threshold as well. Dancing around the dial of