So, today ends our 3 weeks of bicycle racing. OK, our 3 weeks of TV watching. But it is still an accomplishment. Here we are.... Gina, the sprint champion, wearer of the green jersey. And your faithful blogger, King of the Mountains, proudly wearing polka dots.
The team manager had to make strategic changes to the game plan. We tried to wake up each day at 5:00am to watch, only to fall right back to sleep. So we decided to tape. Then we had a couple technical problems. No, not like David Millar's carbon fiber bike falling apart (twice) in the time trial. But twice we watched for 3 hours, only to miss out on the end of the stage cuz the dvr stopped taping before the end of the show. A QuikStep call to our sponsor, Comcast, and we solved that issue. merci.
We are proud of making the gran boucle. Starting in London, over to Belgium, then to France, over the Alps, down to Briancon (oui actually have been there), a fast trip to Saugatuck, MI, past Marseille, up into the Pryennes, then back up to Paris. I'm exhausted thinking about it.
So, today we took our own real bike ride of 30 miles to Seward Park and back.
Yesterday we had a mini, well, almost real sprint tri with Coach Lesley's group, here at Green Lake. It was fun. and also an eye opener... I have adjusted all expectations for this year's Danskin Tri. I do not think I will be anywhere near the podium. Last year was a fluke.
Or was I doping?
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