Perry Roobay

So, Paris-Roubaix was today and, despite the fact that I stayed away from the computer all day to avoid any spoilers, I was still disappointed.

Oh, not by the results. I was overjoyed that CSC won again and even doubly happy it was Stuart O'Grady who was the man who won in such a wonderfully dominant, gutsy fashion. He's just one of those guys you can't help loving. And, honestly, I just like the team.

No, I was disappointed by the coverage. I could have sworn that Tivo said that it would be two hours of coverage, but it was only an hour. You can't distill a race like this down to an hour. It was disappointing. So little dust, grit and blood. But the result was pleasing. Plus I had a good Belgian beer to set the mood (you'd have to know the race to understand why a Belgian beer was appropriate for a French race).

In the meantime, we redid Gert's room and I cleaned my bike. Of course I took photos! My drive train is wonderfully clean and it won't look like that tomorrow morning after my daily ride.

Take a look at Flickr!

Oh yeah, my birthday is Saturday. So, in celebration I'm taking Friday off and going on my now traditional birthday ride. This year, because I'm in much better shape than last year, the goal is to double my age. But, most likely, I'm going out for 75 miles because that's the distance I'll be building for this week.

I think I'll be meeting my wife at a cafe on my route for lunch (stinky cyclists welcome there) along the way, but if you happen to be around and want to suffer a little for my fourth year past Last Day (sanctuary!), please drop me a line and find out the plan. I'm flexible on routes, just as long as I can hit the cafe. Otherwise I'll just be doing my usual as a circuit.