A week from El Scorcho

We're less than a week out from El Scorcho.  I feel pretty good about the race, but I have no idea how I'm going to do.  I've been training in much hotter temps than we'll be seeing in the middle of the night, and the terrain I've been running on is much more difficult.  I'm hoping that translates into a good race.  We'll find out next weekend.

In Other News

One good thing about being unemployed is that I've been able to watch the Tour every day.  It hasn't been overly exciting so far, but there have been a ridiculous amount of crashes.  And none more ridiculous than the media car taking out Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha.  I'm sure most of you have seen it, but if not, here's the video:




And here's a photo of the aftermath:

And in the world of triathlon, Chrissie Wellington set yet another WR at the Ironman Distance, although not at an m-dot event.  It's almost a "ho hum" thing these days when she breaks her own record.  However, Andreas Raelert set the new men's record today too.  Both times us mere mortals (and even some pros) can only dream about: 8:18:13 and 7:41:33 respectively.  Read more here.