Go Lance!

So excited-my 21 days of July is beginning right now. Very excited to see Lance kick asphalt and looking forward to seeing Basso ride again, the Schleck Brothers, and hearing Bob Roll say Tour de France so it rhymes with sewer say pants! Here's the Prologue in Rotterdam!

Brick Sunday

What a way to begin a Sunday morning! If I'm going to do the sprint triathlon in Portland, then I have to respect the sport of triathlon...bricks and all. This morning husband and I biked a nice 11-mile loop from our house down into the metroparks with one wicked bad hill to climb (lots of little ones, too). We actually managed to shave about 10 minutes off the last time we tackled the same loop! I also did a little better with this very fast downhill stretch that normally scares me. As Gavin Rossdale says, speed kills (or so I worry). Got off our bikes at the house for husband to change out of his clip shoes and into running shoes, leashed up the dog, and off we went for a run from our house to the trails. Wow, I had forgotten that "dead leg" feeling that you have between the bike/run transition. I think I enjoyed the trail run as much as puppy! It's funny how much you can love the way your body feels even when you're exhausted and sweaty. Overall, it was a pretty good week. Got some good runs in (including a couple 5 & 6 milers), had some great evenings with my girls, snagged date night tickets for the husband and me to see a very talented Dan Auerbach (touring solo at the moment from the Black Keys), and got to see Hincapie's amazing performance yesterday. Can't wait to see Lance tear up the Alps today!

Race Detoxing

It's been 2 weeks since my last race and I am getting the shakes...I need my fix. By no means am I good at this stuff (racing) but damn, I do enjoy looking forward to the race, the pre-activities (from layout out my clothes, attaching my chip and eating pasta), to the lining up, and post-race beer (uhmm...food). I raced 5/2, 5/10, 5/23, 5/31 and 6/13. I have nothing nada zilch till 8/9. I'm afraid my daughters will find me "practice tying" my IPICO chip to my shoes - which will then require "husband intervention" (gasp!). Thank goodness my other obsession - the Tour de France - begins in a few days (T minus 5 to be exact). Lance will have to serve as my "racing patch" - GO LANCE!