Archive for January, 2011

Spanish cycling officials have successfully wrestled every instinct to look the other way and finally proposed a one-year ban for Alberto Contador for failing a Tour de France doping test. If adopted by the UCI, Contador would lose the 2010 Tour title because of the positive clenbuterol result he blames on contaminated meat. Clenbuterol is [...]

Be Here Now

Posted: January 26, 2011 in Lyrics & Poetry

Be Here Now by Ray Lamontagne Don’t let your mind get weary and confused Your will be still, don’t try Don’t let your heart get heavy child Inside you there’s a strength that lies Don’t let your soul get lonely child It’s only time, it will go by Don’t look for love in faces, places [...]

It seems that all of my Jack Handy-like moments come during stimulating lunch conversation.  This week, a friend left me with a fabulous thought and ritual, which, I hope, will change my life. Heal Yesterday, Live Today and Manifest Tomorrow. To do this means that you start every day fresh, having let go of any [...]

When you find yourself in a deep hole, stop digging. I could rattle off a laundry list of excuses why, but the bottom line is that I have NOT got my training on track for 2011. My procrastination has left me at the bottom of a deep hole given that I wanted to PR the [...]

A Son Says Goodbye

Posted: January 15, 2011 in It's All Important Stuff

This is the Eulogy I delivered to say goodbye to Mom. Regardless of whether you are 13 going on 20 – weeks from 50 – or 88 years old, your mom will always be your mom. Remembered in spirit, seen seldom, or with her daily, your mom is an anchor to where you came from, [...]

Today Is A Gift

Posted: January 4, 2011 in Lyrics & Poetry

life swings wide, and rages to subside With subtle intensity and mortal immensity Calmness mingles, in pairs and singles Caprice then fury and color amaze the other Weapons of defense seep emotions intense, harassing fellowes and foes with melancholy echoes Temporal processing, emotion and sensation flee by unwound and unbound Captured midflight, entropy confounds To [...]

You Deutsche?: Ciao

Posted: January 3, 2011 in Bike Stories

Laboring to finish the climb from Vinci up to San Baronto Italy, I heard the clear sound of silk tubulars coming up behind me.  Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. I was expecting one of the young svelte Italian pros, with perfect Greco-Roman curls, whom I had seen riding in perfect formation earlier in the day. Coming ’round [...]