One thought I have never had is that of becoming a competitive cyclist, or even a serious cyclist. The blood doping and steroids are not good for me! I do ride my bicycle on a fairly regular basis, mostly with friends, sometimes alone. It allows me to cover substantially more ground than walking. Many of the area’s bike trails offer a perspective much different from the “street-side” of the local area.
Many times, when riding a bicycle, the trails go through areas I have visited or driven through literally hundreds of times. But I must quickly reset my internal GPS and figure out exactly where I am. And it is rather easy to get carried away, ending up miles from either my planned destination, or a logical turn around spot. In fact, one day we spotted an otter. I really mean, we saw an otter, he did not want to have spots. Tuesday’s Amgen Tour of California, Stage 3 has no such issues, minor as they might be. The CHP, local police, and volunteers will guide these fine cyclists through our home town with the ease of melted ice cream on a hot summer day. I am just trying to grasp the magnitude of hundreds of cyclists starting in Livermore, looping over and through Mt. Diablo, and ending up in San Jose!!!
The Amgen Tour of California is an eight-day race through roughly 650 to 700 miles of California. This race has been around since 2006. It is sponsored by Amgen, one of the largest and most successful biotech companies in the world. I also think it was one of the first biotech stocks (thank you Procrit) I owned, along with Genentech and Immunex (Enbrel), since purchased by Amgen.
Some famous names have ridden this race, and many have won. Floyd Landis, the disqualified winner of the 2006 Tour de France won here in 2006. Local Bay Area native, Levi Leipheimer has won three times and placed highly numerous times. Chris Horner, another bay area product, won last year’s race.
I may ride my bike over to a decent vantage point on Tuesday, after an early morning round of golf. It seems so silly to sit there for perhaps a half hour or more, just to watch some cyclists race by in a flash. At least on a track, we can watch them go round and round, like the wheels on the bus!
The Landis disqualification, along with many others, have tainted the sport of cycling. Somehow, Lance Armstrong has stayed clear of the fray, though I have serious questions about his chemical dalliances. No matter the sport, baseball, football, and track seem to bring out the best or worst in professional athletes. Why? Because of fame and fortune. Or maybe ego? Perhaps they should earn it the way the rest of us do, by hard work and playing by the rules.
Some famous names have ridden this race, and many have won. Floyd Landis, the disqualified winner of the 2006 Tour de France won here in 2006. Local Bay Area native, Levi Leipheimer has won three times and placed highly numerous times. Chris Horner, another bay area product, won last year’s race.
I may ride my bike over to a decent vantage point on Tuesday, after an early morning round of golf. It seems so silly to sit there for perhaps a half hour or more, just to watch some cyclists race by in a flash. At least on a track, we can watch them go round and round, like the wheels on the bus!
The Landis disqualification, along with many others, have tainted the sport of cycling. Somehow, Lance Armstrong has stayed clear of the fray, though I have serious questions about his chemical dalliances. No matter the sport, baseball, football, and track seem to bring out the best or worst in professional athletes. Why? Because of fame and fortune. Or maybe ego? Perhaps they should earn it the way the rest of us do, by hard work and playing by the rules.
Some famous names have ridden this race, and many have won. Floyd Landis, the disqualified winner of the 2006 Tour de France won here in 2006. Local Bay Area native, Levi Leipheimer has won three times and placed highly numerous times. Chris Horner, another bay area product, won last year’s race.
I may ride my bike over to a decent vantage point on Tuesday, after an early morning round of golf. It seems so silly to sit there for perhaps a half hour or more, just to watch some cyclists race by in a flash. At least on a track, we can watch them go round and round, like the wheels on the bus!
The Landis disqualification, along with many others, have tainted the sport of cycling. Somehow, Lance Armstrong has stayed clear of the fray, though I have serious questions about his chemical dalliances. No matter the sport, baseball, football, and track seem to bring out the best or worst in professional athletes. Why? Because of fame and fortune. Or maybe ego? Perhaps they should earn it the way the rest of us do, by hard work and playing by the rules.
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