snap the elastic.

i logged some trainer time last night while watching road to the tour. i love that dvd...it's the documentary of us postal/lance armstrong's build to the 2001 tour. the setting for it is concurrent with when my developing interest in cycling was rising and is the tour where i really started paying attention. and, i'm not afraid to mention it, i'm a lance fan. it seems, for whatever reason, a lot of 'cyclists' bash him for whatever reason. i file that under hating your favorite band once they sign with warner brothers.

anyway, watching that brings me back to when i had the energy and motivation to train outside on a road bike in marshfield in january before work in the dark. thinking back, it was absolutely certifiable. people were surprised to see bikers in marshfield in broad day light in july...

wow, this was an obtuse entry. to summarize: i don't have the passion i once had and i like lance and am excited to watch him this year.

happy wednesday.

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Anonymous said…
Lance should be bashed because he doesn't have the ball, not balls, to admit he doped like everyone else in the early 2000's. Please tell me that you don't think he was the only top rider who wasn't on drugs and STILL kicked everyone to the curb. Furthermore, I wouldn't be hating my fave band for signing with WB, rather, I would hate on them for lip synching - ie cheating, like Sir Lancealot the one balled warrior. Dopers suck.
3:33 PM
andyH. said…
nice post anonymous. i'm glad you have an opinion but it means nothing if you don't stand behind it. for all i know you were wearing a livestrong bracelet only a few years ago...

i'm a pretty big proponent of innocent until proven guilty. cycling has been weakened by the fact that they suspend first and ask questions later...usually based on questionable laboratory techniques and poor protocols for things such as retest and data interpretation.

i'm against doping. i think it is cancer for sport. but until you can utilize a systematic and fair method for testing, there are no garauntees that innocent athletes are also being lumped into the doper category.

and until i see a test result as positive for sir lancelot (and not just circumstantial innocence or even worse, conjecture) the one balled warrior, i will continue to think he is innocent. it is not only the basis for american justice, it is the only fair way to approach it.
8:09 AM
brent said…
yo. i've been reading for a while but never comment (i'm not anon from above btw). i have been trying to find that video you mentioned above, sounds good...is it called the road to paris by chance? thanks.
3:24 PM
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