The Handsome Man with Athletic Thighs
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Thursday, July 20th Course: Ft. Steilacoom Random Run Distance: 5K Time: 24:45 Comments: My parents and I fought traffic all the way through Tacoma to get to Ft. Steilacoom to do the Watermelon Run 5K. When we arrived, no one was there except a handful of people who also wanted to do the Watermelon Run. There was no organizer, no course markings, no clock, and no explanation why. After waiting around a while, my dad and I decided to go for a run on our own. It was quite hot, so we just did 5k. Then we got cheeseburgers and went home. There was construction on I-5, so it took forever to get back. All in all, it was a little disappointing (except for the black raspberry milkshake). In regard to today's Tour de France stage: Holy Crap! That may have been the best single stage of the Tour that I've ever seen. Greg Lemond's eight-second Tour win following his final day TT in 1989 is up there of course, but that result was as much Fignon falling apart as it was Lemond dominating the stage. Today it was all Landis. And it's not like they let him go; he just powered his way to the front, tore apart the breakaway, shook Sinkewitz off his wheel, and bombed to the finish. I was hoping that Sastre would squeak in far enough ahead of Pereiro to take the Yellow Jersey, but he just missed. This has been an up-and-down Tour, and I would have liked to see yet another rider wear the Jersey for a day or two. I never heard what happened to Leipheimer on the stage, but when I perused the day's results, I noticed that he slipped from 9th on GC to 18th. That's a pretty big drop and no comment about it. Tomorrow's stage shouldn't have any impact on the General Classification—but this year, who can tell. I imagine a breakaway will stay clear—not Oscar Pereiro clear, but up the road a bit. I'd prefer to see a bunch sprint. For that, I guess I'll have to wait until Sunday's finish on the Champs Élysées. It's all but impossible to predict a winner for tomorrow's stage, but I'll go ahead and pick Philippe Gilbert. He's been aggressive, he's good at the breakaway, and he's far enough down that he's no threat to the overall. |
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