Ready to Race

One of my goals for 2007 is to enter and compete in a few road races. I'm not looking to get on the podium. I just want to give it a try and do my best. To give myself one less excuse, I just plunked down the $ for a USA Cycling racing license. Last year I did the Mt. Diablo Hill Climb time trial. This year, I'll try a criterium, a road race and a regular time trial. I'll likely do the Diablo event again too. By entering in a few events it gives me something to work towards, a goal if you will. I'm hoping my first event will be the Land Park Criterium here in Sacramento. I just discovered that they have a kids 5 and under category as well, so I'm gonna try and get Lex into that. He wants to race so bad, so I figure a local event like this is ideal. It's a 300 yard race for the wee ones, and he will be sprinting for the line no doubt!

2007 Tour of California - Stage 2 - Sacramento

I took the day off and brought the family down to watch the peloton thunder into downtown Sacramento for Stage #2 of the 2007 Amgen Tour of California. It was a great time. We were able to get right up close to the action and got to watch them make 3 circuits around Capitol Park. It's funny I grew up in the Sacramento area but I've never been down around the Capitol Park area in the daytime. It's really quite beautiful. There are so many different kinds of huge old trees all meticulously maintained and labeled for easy identification. On the walk back to our car I just happened to see a Discovery Team van with none other than the race leader Levi Leipheimer sitting in the front seat. I went up, shook his hand and wished him good luck for the rest of the tour. I'm not a big fan of asking people for their autograph. I'm happy enough to just meet them, shake their hand, and be on my way. After the hoopla was over we stopped the by Capitol Garage Coffee Shop for some hot chocolate & coffee. Click the image below to view more photos.

From 2007 Tour of ...

No more Discovery Channel Cycling Team after 2007

They have pulled the sponsorship plug in a big management shakeup over at Discovery. Hmm, I wonder what company will step up to the plate for 2008? Google perhaps? They have deep pockets, why not!

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycles

Intelligent Energy and Suzuki to Partner on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycles

Read the full article here.

Amgen Tour of California TV Schedule

Posted here: http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/race-live/tv-schedule.html - it's on VERUS, formerly OLN. I plan to attend the Prologue in San Francisco and the finish of Stage #2 in Sacramento. The rest of it will be picked up on my good friend Tivo!