Stage Three Right

The fact is that 24 should be enough hours in every day to get the necessary things done. We are currently conducting yet another scientific inquiry as to why it most always seems that they are not. In the think tank this morning we came up with some options:

1) File for a daily expansion to 26.5 hours.

2) Up the CPU on all machines.

3) Hire additional staff to do the menial chores.

4) Talk faster.

5) Quit eating and sleeping.

6) Quit riding and running.

7) Quit reading, writing and art of any kind.

8) Decipher the special relativity theory and apply.

9) Work harder and longer.

10) Prioritize and work smarter.

Once the think tank, also known as the writers, finished their session with the next episode's outline established (there will be no blood, no chase scene, no gratuitous sex, no-one on the gay-dar, no fights and no heist), option ten was hailed as the winner. Dull, boring, conservative, button-down, wing-tip, white picket fence, buckle-down, fare piu e spendi meno, Giacomo. Italian for, make more and spend less, Jimmy-Boy. And with this I have no problem, because i will tackle it in my own fast and furious, take no prisoners, put all ya got into it, work like the Devil and hymn with the Angels, they'll never take me alive kind of inspired way. The lamp burns. You may want to stand back a few paces, because it is going to get HOT in here. SMOKIN' hot.

That all starts today. We're off. No more mister nice guy. Somebody pissed me off and the fuse has been lit. This is personal AND business. For the sake of clarification, the purp I am quite sure, has never been to the RCVman blog, so you are all safe. For now. The details of the next episode may very well find this as a prefect forum. Won't THAT be fun!!!

But we have other ears to husk. Most timely is the start of our CompuTrainer Multi-Rider @ BAC Indoor Cycling Tournament. Kicks off Wednesday at 0700. I think it will be more fun than a barrel of primates. Secondly is the fun stuff down the line as we scheme and plan our spring and summer events. Like this little gem-stone:

Tour of California Ride:

We plan on driving (even at $4/gal) from Seattle to San Jose on Sunday and Monday, May 13 & 14. And then following the ToC and riding parts of the stages either before or after the peloton. Schedules look like this:

Stage 3, May 15, San Jose to Livermore, 115 miles,

Stage 4, May 16, Sonora to Clovis, 130 miles

Stage 5, May 17, Bakersfield TT, 18.5 miles

Here are some other pertinent mileage distances:

Seattle to San Jose, 841miles

Livermore to Sonora, 72 miles

Bakersfield to Santa Barbara, 147 miles

Santa Barbara to Sacramento, 378 miles

Sacramento to Seattle, 752 miles

We'll camp in (near) San Jose

Sonoma (Gate to Yosemite)

Bakersfield

Ojai

I am going regardless. If Eight Track drives Big Red we have room for two more. Bikes included. Splitting gas, food, camping, etc. means we can get this week-long camping, cycling, media gathering vacation-adventure done seriously on the cheap. Which is the way that I need to do it because of the pompous, arrogant and insensitive way that my (former) bank treated me last week. Opps, that cat just escaped its bag. It exits Stage Right at a high rate of speed with our intrepid protagonist in hot pursuit, not the speed of light mind you, but fast enough.

I trust.

Pix: Garry and Yasuyo, training like fine wine this morning. There will be a few bottles of vino as tournament prizes. Not these ones, however.