Minus the Bugs

Here is a video composite of my last few days. On Thursday night I flew to San Francisco (via the very cool Virgin America), drove to San Jose (did you know that you can't buy beer at 7-11 after Midnight now?), rose at 5 (inhaled a French Slam at Denny's) then motored down 101 to King City in my free upgrade Town & Country Chrysler Mini, to be at the top of the infamous Nasty Grade at 9am. The fog lifted on schedule and I (re) shot the last 15 miles of the Wildflower bike course. This to be inserted into the 56 miles we shot on race day last May. Here is your sample, along with the musical accompaniment from Brian Wilson multi-tracking Pet Sounds. After the shoot I got in a killer trail run in the deserted park, took a nap in the sun (thinking I might even get a tan), drove back to SFO, flew home, caught the 12:15 boat to the island, spun at 7am with very sore quads from the run, downloaded the video and promptly hit the wall and went upstairs for a nap.



It is Sunday morning, snowing again and I am working the Ironman Wisconsin RCV as well as assembling the aforementioned Wildflower course. Some random thoughts from the last three days, however, before I build another pot of coffee get back to work:

AIG arguing for their slime is almost as low as you can get. Almost.
WMG has now muted almost half of my videos. It is now officially a boycott.
Sir Richard Branson understands how big the little stuff really is.
There are more baby strollers in Salinas than bikes.
It's colitas, not carnitas, silly.
I had my camera tested for explosive residue in SF. I know it's a Canon, but......
Appaloosa by Ed Harris, is very flawed, and very good.
Mamma Mia is very flawed and horrible.
The Deal (WH Macy and Meg Ryan) is about flaws, and mirrors us being us. (hairs in the gate).
There is no need to be rude, assbite.
Congrats to Husky Men for winning PAC10 hoops. Can football be next?
I have a lot of work to do, so
Via con Dios amigos.