Not That-THIS!

An all new, comprehensive, thought-provoking, socially productive and useful way to eek even more value out of your ride today. Here at RCVman HQ we are calling this exciting and novel training adjunct:

DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT-THINK ABOUT THIS.

The protocols: Instead of spending frustrating and distracting time trying to figure out how to properly and justly punish British Petroleum for gross and felonious atrocities against the environment (and please remember in your non-thinking that we asked for, no, demanded the very product that is now killing birds, fish, flora and every other living thing in the Gulf) or how to justify the purchase of a new set of racing wheels, instead think about this:

The courage of one man to speak his mind.

In this excellent interview and article, Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks with Dr. Jack Kevorkian. You may select which of the three main topics most impacts and/or stimulates your personal power to absorb and process stimuli, but be forewarned there is enough in this exchange to last a hundred miles.

I have purpose in my life and three missions. --Dr. Jack Kevorkian I did ask Kevorkian about his reflections on his own mortality. "I am not ready to die," he answered. "I have purpose in my life and three missions," he added. He wants to tell mankind about "impending doom." He worries that our culture of overabundance will soon lead to the extinction of the human race. "I am not going to be too popular for that one." His second mission is to educate people about patholysis. "They just don't get it in Oregon, " he said. "Or in Washington state or Montana, the other states," where assisted suicide has been legalized. In those states, a person has to be considered terminal in order to qualify for assisted suicide. "What difference does it make if someone is terminal?" he said. "We are all terminal." His third mission is to convince the American public that their rights are infringed upon each and every day -- and that the Ninth Amendment is not being upheld. Everything from banning smoking in public places, to assisted suicide, euthanasia and patholysis.

Think about THAT! Please.

Photo from Saturday's Boise 70.3 (used by permission of Roo-Cam). As I was getting passed yet again by another super-fast young triathlete, I thought about the relationship of speed to age. And the reverse.