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The official times are now posted from my race last weekend. I...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:15:27 -0500

The official times are now posted from my race last weekend. I finished the 60K Ultramarathon (37.2 miles) in 5:08:30 for an 8:17 pace. It was a 1.5 mile out and back start, then 9 loops of the 4 mile loop around Central Park. That get’s kinda boring but I got to see Gwen every 30 minutes so that helped a lot.

Aside from a slightly tweaked left ankle, I feel fine. I ran it at a slower pace than the NYC marathon so it did not take the same kind of toll on my body. Took me a week to recover from NYC but I think I’ll be fine by Wednesday from this one.

I finished 16^th out of 187. Next year I’ll shoot for sub 5 hours.

Well, I had a great race yesterday. Beat my previous best time...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:06:00 -0500

Well, I had a great race yesterday. Beat my previous best time by 16 minutes and beat my last year’s time by 26 minutes, running this year in 3:16:39.

And the best thing was I felt great for the whole race, only getting a little tired around mile 22 and slowing a bit through the end few miles.

I ran with my friend/teammate Anna for the first 13 miles which was great and made it the fastest (mentally) half marathon I’ve done. It felt like 5 miles. After 13 I pulled away from her a bit and held strong through mile 18 where people usually hit the wall. I felt great and actually speed up to just around a 6:55/mile pace but knew I’d only have a mile or two before all the previous miles, and all the gatorade I’d been drinking, would start to catch up to me.

By mile 21 I was still feeling good, but started to get tired around mile 22. My stomach was acting up and I just wanted to walk. I managed to avoid it and keep running and just ticked off the last few miles slowing a bit overall. I saw a few of my teammates on the sidelines cheering, and heard my name a lot but I was off in another world and just wanted to keep one foot in front of the other, and I made it.

In the past, I’ve felt terrible around mile 21 and each year I wonder why on earth I do this and tell myself that this year will be the last time! But this year was different and I was much better trained. I didn’t feel bad at all and in the final miles I was already looking forward to my next race: The Knickerbocker 60k Ultramarathon. I guess I’ll do that. I’ve got two weeks to recover from NYC, then I’ll run 37 miles. Ouch.

Also, I looked up the famous people who ran the race, and I beat all of them that I could find: Ed Norton (3:48:01), Alanis Morissette (4:28:45) Anthony Edwards — “Goose” from Top Gun and Dr. Green on ER (4:08:20) Jerusalem mayor Nit Barkat (4:42:46) Matthew Reeve —superman’s son (4:23:36) and ultramarathon man Dean Karnazes (3:25:44). Take that!

"Dates should be formated as MM/DD/YY except for the years 1990 through 1992, which should be denoted..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:36:29 -0400

“Dates should be formated as MM/DD/YY except for the years 1990 through 1992, which should be denoted in ‘Hammer Time.’”

- Gwen passed this on to me, so she gets credit

This Sunday is the NYC marathon. I’m very excited :-)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:30:01 -0400

This Sunday is the NYC marathon. I’m very excited :-)

Someone in my neighboorhood named their kid Atreyu —the...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:58:00 -0400

Someone in my neighboorhood named their kid Atreyu —the kid from The Never Ending Story.

How weird.
I bet Gus feels lame.

—in other news, I just read they are remaking The Never Ending Story. It’s slated for 2012.

For my birthday, Gwen got (among a few other things) tickets to...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:39:00 -0400

For my birthday, Gwen got (among a few other things) tickets to the live recording of the NPR radio show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. It’s a favorite of ours and we’ve both been weekly listeners for years at home or more recently on the podcast.

Usually recorded in Chicago, Wait, Wait is touring and last night was the debut in Carnegie Hall. It was my second time at Carnegie, but first time as an audience member (last time I was singing, in the mid ’90s, believe it or not).

Anyway, this time was WAY better. The show, which is an hour long, was actually closer to 3 hours of recording time, so they will really cut things down a lot.
It was hilarious and I can’t wait to see how it turns out this weekend when it airs.

This week they had Mo Rocca, Paula Poundstone and Adam Felber as the panelists. Of course Peter Segal and Carl Kastle where the hosts. Brian Williams was the celebrity guest and he was hilarious! Who knew?!

Awesome birthday present

I’ve been told my shorts are pretty, er short… but...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:56:24 -0400

I’ve been told my shorts are pretty, er short… but hey, they’re comfortble to run in! I made the mistake of wearing this outfit out of my office for an evening run recently. People are not letting me live it down. It’s funny how “normal” they seem when surrounded by others wearing the same or less. Surrounded by people in work clothes… not so normal.

"I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:05:03 -0400

“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”

- Mark Twain

Gwen sent me this. It gets good around a minute or so, crazy...

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:01:38 -0400

Gwen sent me this. It gets good around a minute or so, crazy bike handling skills!

Yep. Floating magic at Brooklyn industries.

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:20:45 -0400

Yep. Floating magic at Brooklyn industries.

Thoughts I bet you've also thought

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:49:48 -0400

I can’t believe how many of these things have hatched in my own head numerous times. Amazing

THOUGHTS FROM PEOPLE OUR AGE

-I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

-More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think

about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own

story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.

-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize

you’re wrong.

-I don’t understand the purpose of the line, “I don’t need to drink to

have fun.” Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and

sticks when they’ve invented the lighter?

-Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you’re

going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be

going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the

direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check

your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself

to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you’re crazy by

randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

-That’s enough, Nickelback.

-I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was

younger.

-Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the “people you may know”

feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not

to be friends with?

-Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn’t

work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically

fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know

how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or

FAQ’s. We just figured it out. Today’s kids are soft.

-There is a great need for sarcasm font.

-Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and

suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw

it.

-I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually

becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I’ll end up wasting 90

minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone’s laughing at

the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and

a millisecond earlier) to prove that I’m still the only one who really,

really gets it.

-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

-I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than

take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

- I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear

your computer history if you die.

-The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to

finish a text.

- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the

spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

- Was learning cursive really necessary?

- Lol has gone from meaning, “laugh out loud” to “I have nothing else to

say”.

- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and

hunger.

- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron

test is absolutely petrifying.

- My brother’s Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads.

Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired

about the name. He explained, “Cuz we beat you, and you hate us.”

Classy, bro.

- Whenever someone says “I’m not book smart, but I’m street smart”, all

I hear is “I’m not real smart, but I’m imaginary smart”.

- How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod

and smile because you still didn’t hear what they said?

- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up

to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using ‘as in’

examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete

idiot. Today I had to spell my boss’s last name to an attorney and said

“Yes that’s G as in…(10 second lapse)..ummm…Goonies”

-What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each

other?

- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and

instinctively swerved to avoid it…thanks Mario Kart.

- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I

know how to get out of my neighborhood.

- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the

person died.

- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the

shower first and THEN turn on the water.

-Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,

and you can wear them forever.

- I would like to officially coin the phrase ‘catching the swine flu’ to

be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an

overweight woman. Example: “Dave caught the swine flu last night.”

-I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.

- Bad decisions make good stories

-Whenever I’m Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their

profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got

the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don’t mind if I

do!

- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every

year?

-If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would

probably just be completely invisible.

-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go

around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly

nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I’m from, this shouldn’t be a

problem….

-You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work

when you’ve made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything

productive for the rest of the day.

-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don’t want

to have to restart my collection.

-There’s no worse feeling than that millisecond you’re sure you are

going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

-I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if

I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I

did not make any changes to.

- “Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this ever.

-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching

TV. There’s so much pressure. ‘I love this show, but will they judge me

if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this.

It’s only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room.

Will we still be friends after this?’

-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?

Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes

to voicemail. What’d you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and

run away?

- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing

anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

-When I meet a new girl, I’m terrified of mentioning something she

hasn’t already told me but that I have learned from some light internet

stalking.

-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it’s on shuffle, then

I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

-Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed

for pedophiles…

- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers,

but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

-Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not

know what time it is.

-It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

-I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to

answer when they call.

-Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn’t know what do to

with it.

-Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys

in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey -

but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3

feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time…

-My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day “Dad what would

happen if you ran over a ninja?” How the hell do I respond to that?

-It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the

link takes me to a video instead of text.

-I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they

drive behind obeys the speed limit.

-I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

-I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or

Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

-The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw

they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words,

someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about

it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to

require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself.

There’s nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before

Because I love a good collage! This is me in the NYC Half...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:30:25 -0400

Because I love a good collage!

This is me in the NYC Half Marathon last weekend. It was hot. I was sweaty.

Sunday morning I was riding back from the NYC Half Marathon...

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:47:13 -0400

Sunday morning I was riding back from the NYC Half Marathon when this homeless fella came aboard the train with two blue bic pens sticking out of each ear. I guess his pockets were too full. He was mumbling some number/letter sequence while pointing excitedly at nothing. Needless to say, I wish I had a zoom on my camera phone.

We rode together in the mostly empty train for half a dozen stops and I watched as he “cleaned” everything around him with newspapers and a roll of paper towels. I took occasional pics after moving a few seats away from him. The two or three other people on the train did not seem to notice Mr. BicEars. Or they just didn’t care.

After a few stops, he got up, opened the window and tossed much of his rubbish out (I did not even know you could open those). Eventually, he collected his remaining rubbish and rushed off. Probably had an business meeting in Brooklyn he was late to.

This is soooo good. If you’ve seen American Psycho,...

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:25:00 -0400

This is soooo good.
If you’ve seen American Psycho, you’ll like this…

"Today, I noticed that Macs have a Trash Bin but PCs have a Recycle Bin. I am now convinced that..."

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:33:23 -0400

“Today, I noticed that Macs have a Trash Bin but PCs have a Recycle Bin. I am now convinced that Microsoft is more environmentally friendly then Apple.”

- MLIA

My wife sent me pirate-themed cookies. I got a hat, eye patch...

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:16:00 -0400

My wife sent me pirate-themed cookies. I got a hat, eye patch and even a gold ear ring. She’s arrrrrright!

A couple people have asked for my results from Rhode Island. I...

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:43:00 -0400

A couple people have asked for my results from Rhode Island. I actually wrote them up for a triathlon forum I’m on. It’s pretty long, but here you go….

My first Ironman 70.3
Rhode Island
It was a great race, despite the warnings of the cluster f*ck in setting up Transition 1 and Transition 2 50+ miles from one another but it all worked out.
Our morning started very early, actually the day before. My wife and I got up at 4:35am Saturday in Brooklyn, got the car loaded and were on the road to Providence before 6am. This turned out to be a great idea – we hit no traffic and followed a few people with TT bikes on their cars the whole way there at a brisk 80+ mph. It took less than three hours and we arrived just after the expo started, checked in before any lines had formed and were out and on the road for the 50 mile drive to set up T1.

In all my triathlons, I’ve never done one with a “clean” transition. Everything has to be kept in a race-issued bag; nothing can be set up next to your bike. The announcer kept saying “The only thing that should be touching the ground is ONE of your tires.” All I did was drop off my bike. The rest of the gear would be dropped off in the morning. While racking up my bike, I could see the ocean and it looked calm. That would change.

Next we drove back to Providence, dropped of my run bag at T2 and headed to the hotel to check in. The Hilton is less than half a mile to T2/finish and right by the Expo center. The rest of the day was agonizingly un-eventful. The expo was small and there was nothing to really do so we did not go back to it. I’m used to the NYC Marathon expo, so I was disappointed in this one, it really had nothing. We walked around downtown Providence a bit but I wanted to save my legs. I felt like I must be missing something and anxiety started to set in. All that morning rush and by mid-afternoon we had nothing to do. After killing some time, we had a nice dinner and were finally in bed, and ASLEEP by 8pm. Lame.

Fast forward to Sunday “morning.” We woke up at 2:45 am, which is an embarrassingly ridiculous time to wake up but we were both well rested. I’m sure all my friends back home were still out drinking. The Starbucks in our Hilton was kind enough to open at 3am to serve the guests who were racing. I love Starbucks :-)

A short walk to the T2/bus pick-up spot and we were on our way back to the T1/beach. We got there a little before 5am and it was still dark out. I set everything up with my bike; filled my bentobox, checked tire pressure, spare, co2, helmet, etc; all good to go. It had been a storm Saturday night so everything was wet. The calm water had turned to large swells, the kind you hope for when you want to go body surfing. You could smell fear in even the more experienced swimmers and the race staff was frantically trying to get things back into order. The race was delayed 20 minutes as boats and kayaks fetched buoys that had drifted away in the storm and re-set up the course. Then came an announcement that anyone wanting to skip the swim could do a duathlon instead. The ocean was pretty crazy but the storm had moved out to sea. I’m not sure how many people opted out of the swim, but it seemed the majority decided to brave it. I found some of my teammates (Anna, Andre and Lidia) and we chatted a bit before we separated to get our own things together. My wave was now open, I kissed Gwen, said good bye and good luck to Anna (her wave was much later) and I headed to the coral.

Swim
I was wave 6 of 15. Standing in the coral with my wave, an odd calm washed over me. The large swells erased any time goals I had, so I could just go. No pressure. Cannon went off, we dashed and splashed and MAN it was hard going over those waves the whole way out. Sighting was horrible, the buoys were drifting and I’m sure my .6 miles out was a lot closer to .8 miles. The swim was hard, despite the in-coming current, it was going at a 30 degree angle pushing people way off course; the volunteers in kayaks had to help a lot of people and were shouting a lot as people were all turned around. But I made it. When I got out of the ocean, I think it was a foot shallower from all the water we had all inhaled! The coolest part of the swim was just before T1. This was my first race where the volunteers help yank off your wetsuit. I’ve only seen that on TV so I felt pretty awesome.
Swim: 40:01. Place: 1022 (ouch!) Transition 1: 3:46

Bike
Got to my bike, off I went, pounded the first 20 flat miles and felt great with just a little crosswind. The bike course was nice, miles 20-30 were hilly but with some good descents. I remembered to eat regularly (Powerbar Lemon bursts, some Powergel and a Cliff bar along with some nasty Perpetum drink thing) and drank a lot of water. I felt good and passed a LOT of people (all faster swimmers I guess). This was also my first race taking water bottles from volunteers while moving. When I race Short Course I’m fine with two bottles and rarely finish them. The volunteers made it easy and ran alongside as you approached so you didn’t lose time. They were usually stationed at the top of a hill so you were going slower. Very well organized.

I started to “feel it” at mile 40 and wanted the bike to be done soon. I didn’t hurt but I was getting really stiff in the shoulders and neck. I’d never ridden hard for 40 miles without a stop; my weekly 50+ mile rides always break midway for a muffin & espresso. Miles 40-45, despite keeping pace, FELT like forever, I was still passing a lot of people though. After mile 50 as we neared the city, things got better again and I started to spin in an easier gear to loosen up my legs for the run. The last 5 miles to T2 were filled with sharp, fast cornering along the streets leading to downtown Providence. I was completely at ease though; turns out all of my dodging peds/cabs in Manhattan finally came in handy. Overall, I managed some nice 40+ mph downhills and with the slow 10mph uphills my course average was a solid 20mph. Riding a road bike without race wheels, I’ll take it.
2:48:42. Place: 552, improving.

T2. I clipped out, shook out my legs, hopped off and ran on the nice mats (my cleats thanked the race directors for extending their lives a bit). I felt amazing. Through the Bike-In, I chose the wrong lane. Brain mush. The number system, which made sense the day before, looked like Chinese now. I had a bit of a hard time finding the spot where my running gear was stashed. I calmed down, breathed and figured out I was over one row, shook out my brain-fuzz and found my rack. I ditched my bike; shoes on (new speed laces were amazing) and off I went.
T2 was 2:52.

Run
I knew I’d feel sluggish at first, but what I was not expecting was the intense stomach cramps… and I had to pee. I’ve never stopped at a porta potty on a race, even during my marathons, but I didn’t care about my time and knew I couldn’t suffer through 13.1 miles with a full bladder. The first few portalets were filled. I kept going and found one before the great hill. I felt “better” but still had cramps so I kept a slower pace. After mile one you get to the famed steep hill (I think it’s called College Hill). Generally I push up hills pretty easily – the run is, by far, my strong point. THIS hill was used when the ESPN X-games came to Providence for the Street Luge. It was FAR worse than I had anticipated. Half way up, I decided it would be wiser/not much slower to walk it. Most people were, so I felt fine doing so. I’ve never walked during a half marathon but never swam and biked before one either. The course was challenging, to say the least. Stand-alone, it would be one of the toughest half marathon courses I’ve ever done. After the Luge-hill, there were undulating smaller hills and some false flats. Running down that steep hill seemed like it would be a great way to make up time and I did but I could not pound down it enough to balance out the slow going up it. It was a quad buster.

It was an interesting course; an out and back that you did twice. You run out about 3-ish miles (and up that hill), run back along the route (down that hill) to the T2 area, and then repeat the course again. This is a really good course for spectators; my wife saw me several times and I was infinitely grateful for the cheering and all of the cowbells. Back out again to the Luge-hill (walked the whole thing this time) and to the rest of the hilly course.

My time had slowed significantly on the second loop. I was hoping for a comfortable 1:50 and since I generally run half marathons at 1:30 I felt this was a reasonable expectation. The sun had come out and it was pushing 80 degrees, but I didn’t feel terribly overheated. They had a lot of water/Gatorade/Coke/gels/water sponges along the route that helped a lot. My legs never really hurt, per say, and I never felt out of energy but I lost the mental steam to push the pace. I alternated a run walk method with no doubts that I’d finish, but finish slowly. Walking was fine, not painful, just annoyingly slow. Several people passed me (which does not usually happen to me on a run) but I didn’t care. I knew I’d be done soon and was still having a great time. With around 4 miles to go, I saw Anna starting her second loop and she told me to keep pushing it. I never saw Andre but Lydia passed me when I had 2 or 3 miles to go and said something about me flying past her on the bike. I didn’t remember seeing her though. I reached mile 12.5 on my Garmin and decided to step it up a notch for the last .6 miles. I felt I could suffer through the end, since I was not crawling yet. The finish starts with another hill, but a molehill compared to the Luge-Hill we had to endure twice. I kept it steady, got to the top, saw my wife with .20 miles (or less) to go and her cheering lit more of a fire under me so I sped up to the finish chute, passing a few people. Done. 2:05:07 (ouch again!) Place: 751

Overall, it was a great race and a great experience. I finished 687 out of 1,308 (1370 started). I had a really fun time. I learned I need to do more Brick workouts, but also that sometimes you just need to slow down and take it all in; you’ll still have a great time. I had no real ambitions other than to finish and was estimating I’d be around 5:30. I ended at 5:40:28 so I was very happy.

Today, I feel fine. Nothing hurts, nothing aches. I’m at work and a bit tired but I got a lot of sleep last night and refueled a lot too.
IMRI 70.3 has slots for people to register early for Ironman Lake Placid, 2010. Originally I planned to register after Rhode Island and do Lake Placid as my first full distance. After this race, I decided to wait. IMLP is a hilly, tough course and while I have no doubt I could do the swim and the bike, I don’t think I’d have enough in the tank for a marathon after all of that. I’ll spend next year training harder and then pick an IronMan, maybe with a flat course! I want it to be a great first experience and I think right now I’d suffer more than I’d want to. So it’s on the horizon, maybe end of season 2010, or start of 2011, we’ll see. For now, I’m feeling great and well accomplished.

I lead my team on an open water swim out at Coney Island this...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:34:00 -0400

I lead my team on an open water swim out at Coney Island this weekend. Afterwards, we went to Nathans. I had a Mango slushy with three brain freezes.

Bobby had 3 chili cheese dogs and a large chili cheese fries and a huge coke. I was curious about the energy content.

According to Nathan’s website, his intake was around 150 grams of fat, 2,585 calories and 295 carbs. Good thing he’s racing IronMan Lake Placid this coming weekend!

The Tour de France is on. If you are so inclined, you can watch...

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:34:05 -0400

The Tour de France is on. If you are so inclined, you can watch it for free online on Versus.

Armstrong is rockin it and has held second palce only a fraction of 1 second behind the lead, so it’s lookin good!

I’m into the tdf, obviously, but even if I wasn’t really, I have to say that this year is very exciting and there’ve been a lot of mad dashes in the first 5 stages, creating a pretty exciting race for ‘09. I think anyone into sports would probably find it fairly cool.

Found him! (at 7th ave Street Fair last week, Park Slope)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:24:27 -0400

Found him!

(at 7th ave Street Fair last week, Park Slope)