I GOT IT

Why is Astana so keen on Bruyneel?

Well He's been running a "clean" team. Or in better terms, no one on his team has had a non-negative, but as soon as they leave? Non-negative test results abound.

Sure the optimistic goody too shoes will say it is because he's a good director and the team gives the riders all the legal support and stuff to go fast. They don't need dope.

Excuse my while i puke in the trash can.

So who better to run the Astana team than someone who knows how to keep the team "Clean"?

Win win for all but cycling i say.

Has Landis filed an appeal? Does it matter? Does he realize the public opinion poll is labeled him permanently? Has he sent his Yeller Jersey back to the French?

Speaking of Yeller Jerseys. One day i think i was headed home early or out on a saturday... i saw 6 different Yeller Jersey guys out there... seriously. 6 different guys all with Yellow jerseys. Not talking the high visibility neon yellow. I'm talking that gold/yellow that is "Le Tour" yellow. WTF.

Positive. Gotta keep it rolling positive! Right?
Sustaining Motivation! Yes. Yet one more stellar article from Marvin Z. I have found it helpful to re-read all his articles from PEZ and the coach shop he works with. (Rachel Lloyd is a coach there - funny aside, when i see shots of her, all i can picture is the little twins, LITTLE as in back when her older bro and i were hanging out and all that - i would have been single digits in age)

Motivation, Mental focus, Pain, Power Output, is so mental. Sure, you have to have some muscle in the legs to make it go. The somewhat depressing thing is, i know i got some go juice in the legs, it is just a matter of turning off the pain crap.

And can everyone STOP (yes esp Josh) PLEASE STOP using the pain cave reference? Zabriskie's Pain Locker is SO much better a phrase. Wait. For that matter. Stop any referencing to "Pain _____" It hurts. Oh and "Hurty Land" that sucks just as much. Yes. It hurts. It is supposed to hurt. Duh.

If it was easy everyone would do it. YOU HAVE TO SUFFER. That's the point.

Switching gears:
Carl Pilcher of the NASA Astrobiology Institute said: "Studying the dynamics that gave rise to the presence of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere deepens our appreciation of the complex interaction between biology and geochemistry. Their results support the idea that our planet and the life on it evolved together."

Something to chew on... 2.3-2.4 billion years ago the "great oxidation event" occurred.

Bottom line? This place wasn't always the way it is. Stuff changes. If we change it. well things will be different... biodiversity will shift... This snapshot of time "we" are collectively living in, our parents, and our children, is a very very small picture of the Earth's history.

Man. I get seriously sad thinking about my children's children. And what this place will be like for them. Sad. Very sad to think about. But there is hope there. Hope that "we" can turn it around for them. That we can make a difference.

There is hope. But i get really sad anyway. People can tell you it over and over, but NOTHING changes your perspectives and your life the way your own children do. But then again, it doesn't seem to make a big impression on some people.

Love you kids, love your parents, spread that love around with your friends, it is a good thing. (damn i didn't just use a martha-ism, did i?)

peace
G