Ranch weekend Madone.

Felice Gimondi 2012

Grandfondo Sportiful: Feltre, Italia 2012

ITU San Diego Triathlon

Results posted for the 2012 ITU San Diego Triathlon, World Championship Series. Riderturbo wins 12th place out of 63 men age 40-44 category over the 750m swim / 25km bike / 5km run.   Swim time 12:21, bike time 51:45, run time 26:38 in a blow up of epic proportions after overamping on the hilly non-drafting bike leg.  Lovely wife and beautiful kids in the cheering section helped, followed by a pleasant afternoon at the San Diego Zoo and following morning at Sea World watching Shamu.  All told, not a bad result in the timeless war of attrition: either get faster the old-fashioned way boosting wattage, dropping weight and training VO2, or simply hold your pace year after year while the competition gets older, fatter, slower and drops out, one at a time.  Either way, hold on long enough and you'll eventually find yourself at the top. Go Ranch!    

ITU Triathlon - World Champ Series - May 2012

Time to drop weight, cut fat and get fit for summer. Ranch West Coast with a big opener in May. Saddled up with elites in one of the last qualifiers for London Olympics 2012. Videos below. Race report to follow. Viva la Ranch!

Backyard Riding - Point Mugu State Park

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. - Salvador Dali

From the streets of London, Regents Park, Richmond Park and Turville, to our present-day backyard playground -- the Santa Monica Mountains -- a little photo of RiderMama and RiderTurbo in pre-season training in Point Mugu State Park, California.

Eat that, Ranch London!
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And a little joke for the technical cognisceti among us...

Understanding Engineers
Two engineering students were walking across a university campus when one said, 'Where did you get such a great bike?' The second engineer replied, 'Well, I was walking along yesterday, minding my own business, when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike, threw it to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, 'Take what you want.' The second engineer nodded approvingly and said, 'Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fitted you anyway.'

Machine Upgrade

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