It has been a while, but there was not much to write about over the last several weeks. But today, I just felt like writing so here we are.

It is contract time around the world of cycling and that leads to nervous soles. I will say that this is one area that I am not going to miss. It is always hard when you are searching out that next contract. You make a million calls, send a million emails and wait, and wait and wait. It is all a domino set up. You can’t get a deal until the 18 other scenarios take place. You also spend endless hours talking to all kinds of guys from all kinds of teams to see what team is doing what and who needs what. It makes for a lot of energy use, and it makes for desperate riders which may make some of the races either more dangerous or faster and harder or both. Like I said, I will not miss this time of the season after I am gone.

So, all of you know, it is Olympics time. Now that is a good time to be a sports fan which my wife and I are. We love the Olympics, and I stay up way to late watching the games go on and it goes by way to fast. My wife is a huge fan of swimming, and I have really enjoyed watching Phelps become the most dominate athlete in history. I mean this guy has more than shown up and has more than performed under the highest level of pressure. I have to say he may be the most clutch athlete of all time. I say that even up against guys like Jordan and Farve. This guy only races a couple of time a year and he spends so much time preparing to race. I can’t imagine all that training and it coming down to just a few goes, but that is why he is a 12 time gold medalist, at this moment, and I am an average pro bike rider with no national or international titles. He is good. Very, very good.

The Chinese have very strange tastes in food.

France…..stop talking.  No, just stop and stick to quiting which you are gold medalists in.  Tell me how Phelps *** tastes.

Someone may want to tell Canada the Olympics started. Canada, as of today, you have no medals of any color, and we have a guy who has 5, at this moment, all accompanied by world records. Canada, you do know that that huge party you participated in last Friday was the opening ceremonies and not the closing ceremonies. Hello….time to stop hitting the snooze button and get a medal. I hear the IOC might instigate a 4th place medal of wood so Canada has something to go home with. I mean it is winter in Canada for like 10 months a year and that wood could come in handy. Come on Canada. I love you guys. I thought you guys had the best looking kits in the road races. You hate us so show up and try to dominate us.

I have to pat myself on the back for 2 of my pre-Olympic picks. I did pick a Spanish guy to win the road race. Now I did pick Valverde, but I picked him mainly because he is Spanish and those guys can’t lose right now. I also picked Svein Tuft to go top 5 in the TT. Every time I said it, most people thought that was a little ambitious, but I believed and 7th is damn close so I give myself the win on that one too. So, essentially, I know what I am talking about when it comes to cycling.

China brought in 100,000 condoms for the Olympic village…..aaaaaaa…….that is sweet. I hope there are some videos from there.

So the end is near for me. I am almost down to single digit races left in the season and the career. I have had a ton of mixed feelings, but that is for later. Next on the countdown is Downers Grove.

Talk to you soon,

Havoc

This weeks post brought to you by people with disabled license plates that continue to buzz me on the road. Hello???!!!!!!! Don’t bring us all down.