Back in the saddle. A most successful trip now in the books. The only thing we missed was the UTT shoot and that was optional. Render is about half way complete and looks decent so far. The only soft area is in the fog along the Clara Barton Parkway. The Canon is very susceptible to low light when set to auto aperture. I remember the old days when I used to try to shoot full manual, adjusting both focus, depth of field and the iris settings on the fly. Talk about a challenge. Look Ma, no hands! Now we let the camera do the lighting work automatically and all I have to do is hold on and keep the camera steady. Some of the sequences from the Nation's will get you to asking, "how the heck do they get those shots?" Which, of course, makes me smile broadly. And smiling broadly is what we are doing today after the seriously rocking 60 minute "Can I give more?" session in the HoM.
Which brings us to the joke portion of today's post (just in case you need a toothy grin and a chuckle:))
What is the favorite time of day for a Chinese dentist?
Tooth hurty.
Between spin sessions today is the Nation's video work and design of the BAC Multi-Rider brochures. Tomorrow night is photo shoot for the media as well as some initial time trial testing. And not to worry folks, I haven't forgot about the pizza oven. I will try to throw a couple more rows this afternoon before the evening spin.
As always, being out of town for a weekend was illuminating. Culturally, you would be hard pressed to find a greater concentration of knowledge, art, science and diversity. I am very fortunate to be able to do this. One of my many take-aways was in seeing and talking with some of the exhibitors at the expo. As a result here are a few of the tweaks we will make to the fall training program:
Add: Barefoot running in the park once a week.
Add: Hip, abductor, aductor strengthening exercises.
Add: Swim analysis.
Delete: Empty calories after sunset.
Delete: Guilt (more on this later).
Delete: Non productive web time.
Video tomorrow by tooth hurty. Have a great day.
Pix: TCD and another arty shot from National Airport.
4 comments:
does this mean you'll quit replying to comments on your blog
No, I'll still reply, just with fewer syllables.
Looking forward to seeing the video you shot from my bike! It was a really beautiful morning.
I was wondering how your camera's lens held up to the fog when my glasses were fogging up?
Hey buddy, I am doing the final encode as we speak and hope to have a five minute sample up later today. The only issue was the fog, causing some lens blur, other than that it is pretty decent. Thanks again for all your help and expert pilot skills, it got a little tight out there in spots!!
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