I'd love to be writing about Speedweek, but I've been in bed or asleep in the van all day with food poisoning.

I slept until noon, moved to the team van to transfer to Greenville, SC, and then back to bed once we arrived. I've eaten a yogurt and half a can of Ginger ale all day.

Tomorrow's eace is going to be fun. Or not.  read more »

I know you guys want to hear about Twilight and Roswell. I will get to it, I swear, but Monday is the busy day.

In the meantime, enjoy this link, from me to you, with all my heart. It has been the best therapy I've ever had, and no offense to my real therapist. I couldn't get through a day without it now:

http://lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com/

What _would_ the world be like without mustaches, fedoras, bandanas, fixed gears, PBR, oversized glasses, and undersized men to make fun of?  read more »

No, not that Boston Beatdown, I'm talking about Theo Bos. Isn't everyone? My old friend Coco asked about it in a comment on the last post, and I honestly have been thinking about it quite a bit, watching and watching again the slow motion video that was recently posted on Youtube:  read more »

By the numbers:

Entire workout (223 watts):
Duration:   5:22:51
Work:       4325 kJ
TSS:       378.7 (intensity factor 0.839)
Norm Power: 285
VI:         1.28
Pw:HR:       3.84%
Pa:HR:       4.92%
Distance:   124.23 mi
Min Max Avg
Power:       0 1107 223 watts
Heart Rate:   96 189 157 bpm
Cadence:     34 246 93 rpm
Speed:       0 50.9 23.0 mph  read more »

I wonder how much money and how many potential spots on better teams dopers have taken away from me over the course of my career?

If Tyler was depressed before, I bet he's really fucking depressed right now. But pro cycling can't take an anti-depressant, can it? The rest of us just have to plod on with the damage done by dopers, depressed ourselves, with no real recourse or cure.