Ex-Zag finds new challenge on 2 wheels

Former GU star Richie Frahm has found a new athletic challenge – competitive cycling. He’ll compete in a Masters Nationals next month. Dan Pelle, photo

The life cycle of an athlete is never long enough.

“I think it’s a terrible analogy, but they say it’s like a death,” former Gonzaga basketball star Richie Frahm said.

In 2010, while “trying to figure out where basketball was going to fit in my life,” Frahm worked as an assistant coach for a developmental team in Reno, Nev.

“I had a really tough time, because I still wanted to play, so it was hard to watch from the sidelines,” Frahm said.

So after an 11-year pro career, he finally stared death in the face. And ran.

Back in uniform, Frahm played the 2010-11 season in Japan for a team called the Aisin Seahorses, but returned to Reno and finally back to Spokane and a career in sales.

The life cycle was over.

It turns out that Frahm just needed another cycle. More here. Jim Allen, SR

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