Giro Flipped Upside Down

Was able to slide out early Tuesday afternoon and get in some intervals on the road; 5 x 3min, 5 x 1min, and 1 x 10min. I was dragging on the cruise home. Nice to do a ride in the SUN (and not in rain) as it's been on vacation as of late.


After work we loaded up the ball gear and headed to SGF for Ian's double-header. The first game was a 'kid pitch' and the later was a 'coach pitch'; both are in the top competitive league. First and second game chalked up a 'W' and now the boys are 10-0 in 2010. Ian played a solid fielding game, but grounded out three times (and was walked once) to go 0 for 3 (he was bummed and I had to remind him even A. Pujols has a slump from time to time). Braums ice cream made the frustration disappear... amazing. Got unpacked and Ian in bed a little after 10pm (kept trying to slow his approach to bed to watch the Magic .vs. Celtics game); not a big deal as tomorrow is his (and Jake's) last day of school.

Can someone explain to me what happened at Wednesday's Giro?!?!?! How do you give a 'break' (of 50+ riders to include Sastre) a gap of 17minutes and expect to close it down. Astana, BMC, and Liquigas = fail!!!!!! I still think Cadel and Vino will battle to the end for the overall GC, but that's too much to give up(can you say Oscar Pereiro TdF). Liguigas pointing at Astana and Astana saying it wasn't up to them to defend when Basso and Nibali are the 'main contenders' for the GC (cop out for saying your team isn't strong enough to control it).
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Yesterday it rained pretty much non-stop from 8am on. I had low-to-no motivation to ride on the trainer so I kept the bike on the hook in the shop. Thursday is supposed to be clear (still cloudy, but light rain) so I plan to get in 3hrs after work.
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The boys both came home Wednesday with a sense of relief knowing Summer Vacation had began. We celebrated a solid year of good grades with a call to the Wong number (Master Wong's that is - best cashew chicken in SWMO). Ian was stoked as he got to stay up for the entire beating the Suns took (Lakers up 2-0) while Jake, his buddy Stephen, Deb, and I played a couple games of Settlers.
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This morning (Thursday) Deb and I were not surprised to see Ian up early and catching Sports Center; it's hard to turn off your body's clock when summer sleep-in time hits. He'll get the hang of it soon enough.