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I'm sure that Boonen will have his defenders, just like Tyler Hamilton and all the other dopers. But unlike almost everybody else who races, Tomke is a rock star. So the cover story will have to reflect that. I'm expecting somebody like Gert Steegmans to step up and say something like:
Yeah, so Tomke had no idea that the pile of white powder was blow when he snorted it off that hooker's ass. He probably thought it was confectioner's sugar for the waffles we were about to eat (we're Belgians, we eat waffles you know, we're famous for it). Or maybe he thought it was salt off the 5 gallon bucket of rocks margaritas he was going to funnel with Stijn Devolder, two guys from Bayern-Muenchen, and this chap we met partying in Amsterdam. Coulda happened to anybody, really. *Totally* innocent mistake, right?
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It was so hot out today, this is what I looked like at the end of my commute.
It's better than how I normally look so I don't know why I'm complaining.
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I've been working on riding in the aerobars a little bit. It's really comfortable. Compared to getting beaten by the Yakuza, I suppose. Not sure how it's going to work out at Church Creek. It's pretty easy to go at a decent pace - about 1:07 hour pace - at tempo (L3) power. The problem is getting above that is pretty hard. I'm going to be doing some L5 intervals tomorrow and working on that. I'll let you know how it goes. If it goes well, maybe there's a hope for a sub-hour 40k. If not... well, the stories about how bad my ass and legs hurt will make an interesting blog entry.
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Heat? WTF is that? 47, rain, and a nasty headwind this morning. Winter kit in June. Where's the global warming?
It mostly only affects Washington, D.C. Boz.
That statement is true in a number of respects.
Jim, how exactly is that different from how you look before your commute?
He has more teeth. And a better atittude. And he smells better.
errr, Jim, Tom has had the sex scandal thing to go with two speeding tickets, DWI, and now the coke thing. Seems he likes 'em young.
I'm still holding out that it was Goody's Headache Powder...
Yeah M.R.? That so? And where exactly would he get that Goody's? Food Lion of Flanders, perhaps?
I wonder if Specialized will continue to run the commercials featuring Boonen.
Jim, I am trying to get acclimated to my aero bars again too. Man they make me go faster!
http://milesandmadness.blogspot.com/2008/06/training-ride-and-run-go-faster.html
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