Monday, July 24, 2006

The Pedaling Mennonite! FLOYD RULES! The Inspiration of The Tour!

Okay, that does it.

i am going to have to name my First Born child:
"Landis."

Landis Ilg.

i do not really care if it is a girl or boy.

Landis...in honor of Floyd's friggin' CHI, baby!!!!!!

***

I have a bicycle racing friend and former teammate who, upon hearing the drug-related kickout of Road Cycling's two top stars since Lance's retirement; Jan Ullrich of Germany and Ivan Basso of Spain, simply refused to watch the Tour de France this year.

what a shame.

It was the best Tour i have seen since Lance took on Ullrich and eventually only beat him by slightly over one minute.

i will be drawing CHI from this year's Tour like crazy over the next several years.

my friend will not be able to.

such is the Way of "beliefs" and "judgments."

Yogis accept Everyone and Everything as Teachers and Teachings.

Take what is useful for your Ascent, and throw the clutter away.


* The podium (L to R): Spain's Oscar Pereiro (2nd), San Diego Stud and former mountain biker Floyd Landis (1st) and Andreas Kloden (3rd) of Germany/ Photo:Sirotti


The fact that this year, for the 8th straight year in a row,
an American stands upon the topstep of the Tour de France podium, is to me...
well,
a Miracle.
Floyd expressed a decidedly nonchalant attitude toward keeping the Yellow Jersey after the second week of the race. Perhaps this pacifism was instilled in his cells from his Mennonite upbringing, yet, it seemed to karmically rise up and snakebite him REAL bad when...

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