Saturday 18 December 2010

A Means To An End

Just off the turbo... for the 5th time this week...  Mein Gott.

Totally drenched but fired up-been watching classic TdF stages from the 80's and can't help be struck by the difference in feeling between them and the contemporary race;  Hinault and LeMond's relationship certainly makes Contador's friendship with Schleck and the YouTube PR stunts look totally plastic in comparison...  What's made the difference? Money?  Science?  Society AT LARGE as it were?  Answers on a postcard...

The snow continues to fall.  Almost 4 weeks since I signed up for the Etape and I've not been out on my bike once.  Not once.  Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..........................................................................................
Still, the move to London happens on the 4th and at least there it will be marginally milder and the roads better maintained (in theory) than up here-I've seen a gritter once this week and it only did a desultory sweep down the main road before disappearing.

Got my cadence sensor in the post this week so that's added yet another dimension to my sessions that has helped distract me as I get to grips with it.... more to follow on that but I'll try to avoid boring anyone with the details.

Right.  Taking myself off for a fish-finger sandwich and homemade soup...  and a shower.

2 comments:

  1. I think the race radio has calmed things down a bit. Today's team leaders probably don't stand on their own 2 feet as much as they used to. They also don't have to justify any tactics at the end of the stage.

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  2. I never really considered that aspect of it-makes me think of Robert Millar being robbed of the '85 Vuelta-certainly wouldn't have happened if modern race radio was available... Can definitely see what your saying with regards to calming things down.

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