What Have I been doing? Cadel's Panty - Tour - Training

First a screen capture I must share.... so is this why Cadel is such a nancy? Two reasons I might have to revoke his Man card - ok three
One: he was quoted in the cycling news as saying he begged his wife to bring his dog to the tour... ok so the guy likes his dog - I can buy that, but then I see pics of the dog and it's this little cat thing with tiny ears and a tail like a lizard - like the dog I see the guy pushing in a stroller on the local bike path (no I am not kidding). It's one of those dogs people ride with on their lap in the car or similar to the paris hilton dog in my opinion.
"I hate that dam dog" - Tom Waits (Franks Wild Years)
Two: The guy let himself be photographed kissing stuffed animals during the Tour. This is not COOL at all, if the cool meter was around, Cadel would not be even registering on it.
Three: The guy rides for a team that wears Panty's - for real? do you think all the other guys on the team wear panty's too? I suppose so - "that's the required uniform" (Breakfast Club ref. - for you kids out there)
and lastly - I am glad he didn't win the tour - I think he's a wheelsucker and doesn't have what it takes to be a Tour Champion. I was super happy for Vandvelde and glad he got what he got. He's humble enough to be a future top finisher and I hope the guy gets his wins in the coming years.
I was really disapointed by the two days of "racing" before the Time Trial. WTF was that? Me yelling at the TV - will someone please get up out of their saddle and throw down? anyone anyone hello Bueller. nope nothing from anyone in the top 10 classification. ZZZZZ. Lame.
Ok off that box.
Onward > My wife beat me in a Fantasy Tour D France game. My cycling buddy LP, yeah, his girl beat him too. So much for our deep knowledge of the sport. I think she won 120 dollars. Crap - stupid Rico - who I had, that cost me some serious points.
Other News:
I've just been getting ready the last two weeks for the Lake Hope Mountain Bike Race. I have been going the last three weeks to the OSU Tuesday Night Crit Practice's on West Campus. They are a ton of fun, a great workout and a nice way to test my fitness. I got my friend Joel to come over and throw down in a few of the races - he's doing better each week. I've been trying to do every one of the races, A, B and using the C races to warm up or spin out the legs between the other races. Basically they are 5 to 15 laps or so of about 1 min course. My average speed goes up each week and the ability for me to hold pace with some fast riders from around town. Good stuff and a good confidence builder for the rest of the week fow show.
Lake Hope is sunday - I'll be defending my win in my class/age group from last year - hopefully I can bring home some more bucks and beat those dudes that crushed me at East Fork. It is ON.
Cyclocross is way on my brain now. I look at my cross bike now everytime I hang my road bike in my garage. funny - by December I won't want to look at any of my bikes :)



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