Fantasy Cycling Team - I didn't win but...

I played the Tour de France Fantasy Cycling game on the Versus website sponsored by Kenda. I spent a pretty good amount of time selecting the right combination of riders in order to maximize my results while staying within their spending limit. In retrospect, I may have put too much focus on TT riders, but my overall results exceeded my expectations!!

From over 20,000 people who played, I finished 66. I didn't win anything, but I can at least say I beat all the Versus announcer guys. If you played the game, you can view the top 100 finishers of each stage as well as the top 100 for the tournament period (stage 5-21).

If they do it again, I will play again next year, but I think this year's result will be hard to top.

Landis Decision preannouncement

CAS has announced that they will release their decision regarding Floyd Landis on 6/30/2008 at 10am CDT. I am very interested to find out what their decision is and what they have to say about it.

Back on the bike

I rode for the first time in about 2 weeks and it felt great to be back on the bike. The shoulder was sore, but the pain was muted by the joy of riding again. I rode 67 miles in my first ride back. I wouldn't recommend doing this for most the first ride back after an injury, but it worked for me.

Anyway, it is great to be back on the bike. I won't be racing until the end of July due to the injury and family commitments so I have plenty of time to train to be ready for the heart of the season.

Also, you should be seeing a few more blog posts from me from articles I have been reading.

Shoulder update and items for sale

Yes, my shoulder still hurts. I did some research and confirmed what I already knew... I separated my right shoulder. I rode my bike on Tuesday with the family since it was feeling better, but this was a bad idea. I was riding with my daughter and I needed to make her stop for cross traffic. I wasn't thinking about my shoulder and reached out with my left arm which made my right shoulder rotate. OUCH!! It has been quite sore since then. A sling is recommended for this type of injury so I am now using one. I expect to be off the bike until Sunday or Monday and then ride the trainer for at least a week, probably 2. It sucks to be riding the trainer in the summer, but it could have been a lot worse.




Also, with my spare time, I have been cleaning out my inventory of used cycling related items. I am selling them on Ebay. You can see them here:

Obama... c'mon, put the helmet on right!

After being involved in a crash on Saturday where the helmet saved me from serious injury and having a few of my friends being hit by cars recently, I saw this picture in the Chicago Tribune. So... what is wrong with this picture? Yup, Obama didn't strap on his helmet. Doesn't he know that the helmet isn't doing him any good if he doesn't strap it on? If he falls, the helmet most likely will come off before he ever hits the ground.

For a guy that is campaigning to run our country, you would think he would be smart enough to make sure he straps on his helmet. And if he forgets, there should be someone there to make sure he does.