Some one asked in the comments on My thought of the Day, “So if your english speaking and the person you want to interview is not how do you have a conversation?”
Simple, a translator. I doubt its that hard to find someone who speaks both English and Spanish to do the translating.
I did a little 3hr ride around Boulder this morning to rest the legs from Evans but the heat is just taking it right out of me. I’ve got the AC cranked all the way down, but I think it might be a pool day.
Phil made an interesting comment this morning on Contador after his stage win (hope you all knew the ending today, if not oops). He said “He (Contador) is really a nice guy to talk to, and once he learns to speak English fluently we will have a great conversation with him.” Uh, yeah. English isn’t the only language spoke in the Tour, some don’t know English and one of them is Contador; so what. That doesn’t mean you can’t interview him and talk to him. He won the freakin stage today and moved into second overall. How bad has it gotten if we won’t even talk to someone who has done something unbelievable unless they speak English.
You know when you are driving around and you check your gas level and its at 1/4 tank so you keep on trucking, then all of the sudden the car stops just a short while later and you are stranded in the middle of no where. Well that was kind of what it was like today.
The Mt. Evans hill climb is 28 miles of climbing 7,oooft ending at 14,500 at the top of Mt. Evans (The highest paved road in America). Why do they do this race? In my opinion after today, its to see who can race the hardest climbing in a no oxygen environment.
It started out with the line up and five minutes to the start and the one and only Tom Danielson rolls to the front of the pack, yeah. Oh $%&#* ran through my mind too. The gun went off and the pack was drilled already shattering riders before we reached the 2 mile mark. I lost contact with Tarkington and a few others and set a good tempo and it split some more. All this while Tommy D. and Moninger are going off the front. I was moving pretty good till the tank all of the sudden went empty with 10k to go. Lets say I lost some time in the last 10k. I went from the big chain ring in a tail wind section to the small chain ring to the granny gear (23 cassette, not so granny). At about 12 – 13,000ft I began to feel light headed with a screaming headache. I finished it as strong as I could, 10-20th place, not sure exactly. After that, the descent was not short enough and I drove home and fell on the floor where I stayed for a while. I still have a huge headache, and feel a little disappointed. I mean, I am a climber but not today so much.
Near the top.
Summit Lake still about 10miles from the top.
Well, I feel like an old man tonight. Yeah its only 7:30pm but I’m tired, and I’m still not recovered even from Cascade yet.
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