http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_sports/tourdefrance08/depth_of_field_tour/
posted by Tina on 7/29/2008 | 0 comments | #
the cobra is struck downhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/17/tourdefrance.cycling3?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
"'It's completely shocking,' said the International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid."
What? It's shocking that a cyclist on the Tour de France is taking a banned substance? A cyclist who left the other riders in the dust in Stage 9? I thought we knew that all these guys are on something.
But then, he goes on to say, "It would strike me now that someone would have advised those guys to take some form of EPO thought to be undetectable because we haven't caught guys in this fashion for a long time."
Oh, wait, I see now. He is shocked that Ricco was on a banned substance that could be detected. He is berating him for his stupidity in getting caught, not for taking the substance in the first place. Yet another example of how cheating is endemic and normalized within pro cycling.
posted by Tina on 7/17/2008 | 0 comments | #
seek the peakI did the Seek the Peak race on Sunday morning, and you know what? It was painful. Three days later, it still is. But! I almost didn't do it, so convinced was I that I would be slower than I was when I did the race two years ago. I hate competing against myself and losing. However, I cut my time by four minutes over 2006, completing the full race in 2 hrs 16 minutes (2:16:15)! I was slightly faster in all four stages, including a 54:03 time on the Grouse Grind itself. My cardiovascular system has been pretty conditioned from all the recent bike training, but my running legs were rather surprised by the endeavour. My quads are now paying the price.
posted by Tina on 7/09/2008 | 0 comments | #