Despite all the doping claims in cycling, the Tour began on Saturday and I got to watch the very end. The sprint finish is always so much fun to watch and with all the new teams [and old teams who are getting more attention because the big guns aren't present] such as Team Columbia (formerly known as Highroad) and Garmin-Chipotle, formerly known as Slipstream-Chipotle. Slipstream is still a sponsor but obviously not as big as Garmin. As previously discussed, no Big Tom Boonen but we still have the rest of the sprinters to watch such as Thor, Robby Mc Ewin, Stuart O’Grady, Robby Hunter and all the others race for the Green Jersey. Its anyone’s guess as to who the overall winner will be and it will still be fun to watch. I don’t think I’ll be listening to Eurosport like I’ve done in the past to hear the 4 hrs of cycling every day, but there’s loads of other sports to watch, such as the Olympic time trials.
We were at a local sports bar last night and while the other 7 TVs were tuned to various baseball games and other typical sporting events, we were watching the swimming and track and field U.S. trials, where 41 year old Dara Tores earned a second event on the 2008 Olympic team, making her the oldest U.S. swimmer in history and Beijing will be her 5th trip to the Olympics. How very cool and fun to watch. Go mature moms!! She looks like she could pass for someone 1/2 her age.
And on another swim-related note, be careful to always test out your swim wear at home and in a mirror both wet and dry. Apparently I’ve been guilty of indecent exposure recently because my current training suit is worn out. Didn’t realize this until J and I went swimming at the beach and he point-blank told me that I had NO coverage whatsoever. I’ll apologize now to anyone who was offended in my ignorance. Now I get to develop a way to test out how to check yourself for too thin bike shorts to save any riders you pass from gazing at your crack…its an avoidable incident and responsible cyclists should take steps to protect others from the view.
