Le Tour...

...I feel like I am certainly having an affair with Phil and Paul (Liggit and Sherwin) and now to throw Al & Bob (Trautwig and Roll) into the mix and it gets a little weird. I wake up and fall asleep to the sound of their voices watching OLN. It's been a great bike race though. Maybe it's due to the fact that I've seen so few "live" races this year or something (I even miss the Libold races---velopromo sounds cool to me)...but I've been enjoying every re-run of the daily tour coverage...

My own cycling feats are far less exciting. No mountain passes, no ocean views, and (almost) no other cyclist's to wave at on the road. Oh well...there's no traffic either which is a plus. Yesterday I hammered away into the hot headwinds in a sleeveless jersey. I had a regular jersey on initially and so I had sunscreen on half my arms. Then I went outside and it was HOT so I changed into a sleeveless get-up and forgot to arm my arms with more sunscreen and so I got sunburned. Sigh.

We had a thunderstorm last night so Mike finally got a rest-day. Today looks good for another hot day of riding though. It's way cooler in the San Francisco Bay area. It's really summer here. I'm making the most out of every rideable day though. Even when it's windy. Normally, if it were this windy back home, I'd skip riding. Now if it's dry---I'm out---even when the gusts are 30 MPH---it's better than the trainer.

Who needs to pay to ride in a wind-tunnel when you can just ride out here on the wind blown plains?