MONDAY - BLUDDY MONDAY:
We get to hear 'confessions of a German doper' on Monday.....can't wait. His name is Jorg Jashke and he will have a major press conference on Monday. He'll name names, riders will get yanked from the Tour de France, and, well, at least we'll have a start list that is as legit as it can be. I'm all for it.
http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/12503.0.html
I follow cycling now with almost a cartoon-like view of the "amazing" feats these top guys pull off on climbs that would break most good riders into submission. I still think its fun to follow, but I'm a little jaded about the whole thing.
You wanna see a real human triumph? Remember the Julie Moss 1982 Ironman Triathlon finish? She was 20 minutes ahead going into the marathon, and by the end she lost control of her bowels, crawled to the finish line on all fours with feces all over her legs - and was passed 31 seconds before she finished - she ended up in second place. THAT was a triumph, and for your viewing pleasure I have linked it here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tRB1p89k7_I
So Josh - when you are pushing your Supercaliber this weekend, make sure to leave it ALL on the course...and I mean everything including your breakfast, lunch, and dinner....good luck!
CB
Dude, that Julie Moss Ironman footage is hard core! Did they actually show the poop on network TV? Did they play it off like she'd accidentally landed in a pile of dog doo? Wow. That is intense the way she kept folding up like a freakin Howdy Doody marionette! And yet she got up and kept going. Hmm, I wonder, where is she now? Why no Wheaties contract? Was it the poop?
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