why i don't give a flying leap about the Amgen Tour thing in Cali...
i think partly it is showing that i like cross... and am so cynical about the pro-ranks that it just has zero attention draw...
people showed up at the kit party and were like "Did you see the coverage?" um... i don't have cable #1, #2 daytona 500 was on (far more exciting) #3 its AMGEN and its Cali and um... i don't care
i tried to get excited to follow the headlines... but... meh...
other stuff to be excited about...
oh and...
training program i lined up last week? Out the window... i do what i can when i can and go on the perceived effort chart based on how i feel... feel good? go hard, and quantify and sustain (with that goofy attachment) no feel good? do a recovery ride type of effort and wait till feel better... and hope that one day soon i can go for a nice 2-3 hour ride... although... by rights with the duration of saddle time i don't think that will be as critical as doing the real work, the interval work... both the power and the cadence work... Would be nice to hit the point where i can hold 3.5w/kg for the length of the bike path while ticking the pedals over around 90 rpm...
Oh and that reminds me - was just gonna say the only thing about holding 90 is the constant pause to brush fahking clam and mussel shells off the tires riding through the war zone... and that reminded me...
This morning the realization hit: I REALLY like the cries of the seagulls and their chatter... hard to find a more melodic sound. Maybe it just reminds me of growing up or something but anyway - meant to make note of that earlier today...
so...
lemme watch the Canvas backs and Mallards and Canadian Geese and the Buckle heads and what ever else is out there (saw two loons this morning even) instead of some skinny kids riding in some race in kalifornia...
Respect (to the waterfowl)
G
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i am still in training-log-website presentation hell at team training camp here in southern france. my 12 words of french are not proving handy - hence; i get to type to your blog in lieu of interacting with the "chinese" training website - yes, you guessed it, looks like chinese to me!
best,
Peanut
Dude, it's 80 degrees and the chicks are out in droves. What's not to like about that little fake cali race?
did you really just admit to watching the daytona 500 instead of a bike race??
that's not gonna help your street cred!
80° = too fahking hot
HELL this morning it was 38° and i thought it was too hot... Fahk
And Colin... Damn straight... i watched the 500 (broadcast TV)...
street cred or not... Nascar is far more exciting to watch than a Road race...
Road races are great for the scenery, (Giro, Vuelta... and sounds like Cali too), or for participating...
watching...
well...
when ya don't have the option of watching... ya tend to rationalize eh? ;)
No sport is exciting to watch unless you care who wins. Once you do, any sport is exciting. I really don't care who wins a Nascar race these days, but at the very first one I ever went to in Martinsville, 1979, Mark Martin was like 20 years old and him and his family were staying at our motel and we played volleyball with them on the Saturday night before the race, so I was pulling for him...
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