Back in May we wrote a tongue in cheek post about the Daily Mail’s enthusiastic obsession with following Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cycling habits in excessive detail.
Between July 2010 and May 21st 2015 they racked up an incredible 22 stories on the topic of Arnie’s bike rides. We thought that rate would be the maximum possible.
Since May 21st though we’ve been proven wrong in a big way by 6 new articles about ‘Shorts-zenegger’. We’ve updated our map and his list of jollies accordingly – the numbers start at 23 reflecting the rides in the previous post.
Company: Patrick (son)
Mood: “showed his softer side”
Headline focus: joined by his son
Highlight: the fact that they chose ‘Jingle All The Way’ as Arnie’s most recognisable film
Note: this somehow slipped our attention and should technically have been included in the first post
Company: a pal
Mood: casual
Headline focus: he snubbed his love child’s graduation
Highlight: that he was attending the “Arnold Sports Festival Brazil” – a sports event inspired by him
Company: Heather Milligan
Mood: showing no signs of slowing down
Headline focus: it was sunny
Highlight: that he was sporting full camo
Company: no one
Mood: silly
Headline focus: he posed as a waxwork of himself to catch fans off-guard
Highlight: that he congratulated Boris Johnson, on video, for introducing Boris Bikes
Note: this was covered twice, the second article is here
Company: no one
Mood: productive
Headline focus: celebrates 68th birthday with estranged wife
Highlight: that he squeezed in the bike ride around his own birthday celebrations
Company: Security guard
Mood: not specified
Headline focus: he’s replacing Donald Trump on The Apprentice
Highlight: this dire pun: “given his love of the velocipede he may consider tweaking the show’s famous catchphrase to ‘You’re tire-d'”
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