Someone on Facebook recently posted a question asking which sport has the best athletes. For me, its no question. The participants in the Tour de France. Every summer for three weeks I become obsessed with the sport of cycling.
Oh I hear ya. They are all dopers. Not sure I care. The absolute madness those men put themselves through warrants a little blood doping. A baseball player does not need the drugs. They do more walking, standing and ball grabbing than most city workers. Cyclists need drugs. Plus I think its tough for them to get away with it now. Either way to kill yourself day after day is amazing. Mad respect.
One thing that’s appealing is that it is one man and his bike riding over 100 miles over mountains and valleys day after day. At the same time, they are part of a team. If you have a shitty team you will not win. Its kinda like Operation 180. Its me that has to work at it everyday but I always have a great team. My family and friends are my team. All the support I’ve gotten from the Facebook updates has gotten me over some of those tough climbs. I’m sure my wife would glady hand over the team masseuse duties.
I’m sure that now that its over, I will be more productive. Attaching album covers in iTunes. Downloading. Cleaning the house up in the 15 minutes before my wife comes home.
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011---part-1/100105/
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011---part-2/100114/
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