DOPO UNA FESTA DI ECCESSI....LA MOTIVAZIONE ME L'HA DATA......

Ieri sera festa spettacolo a tema doping.

A letto in condizioni pietose. 

Stamattina Elvis sveglio alle 7.30 e toccava a me, nonostante ci fossero i mori di venezia che mi battevano nel cervello. 

Pioggia e freddo (percepito 8 gradi). 

Ore 13.15, mi butto a letto con un aulin o esco in bici?

E poi penso a questo signore qui che in due settimane ha vinto due 70.3 (l'ultimo in 3.50.58!!!!) e che un po di anni fa aveva fatto questo annuncio/spot strappalacrime e che ha detto tra le piu' belle frasi di sempre:
"once someone asked me what pleasure i got out of riding my bike for so long. "Pleasure?" I asked. "I don't understand  the question, I didn't do it for pleasure.
I did it for pain"

E non me ne fotte un cazzo se si droga, ognuno ha le sue......

Pubblico anche la cronaca della sua ultima vittoria

Seven-time Tour de France Lance Armstrong, fresh off his first 70.3 win in Florida just two weeks ago, used Ironman 70.3 Hawaii as preparation for his first Ironman in France in just three weeks. But he put in an impressive performance over triathlon veterans Greg Bennett and Chris Lieto to take his second 70.3 win in 3:50:55 and break the course record (previously held by two-time Ironman world champion Chris McCormack, who set the record of 3:57:18 in 2007). Montana-based pro Linsey Corbin, who was the runner-up at the Wildflower Long Course triathlon in April and who’s gearing up for Ironman Austria at the beginning of July, used a solid bike and run to take the win and also set a course record of 4:26:09 (previously set at 4:28:16 by Michellie Jones in 2005). Despite some of the toughest conditions ever seen on this course, the deep pro fields led to some fast racing times.

Men’s Race:

The 1.2-mile swim started from Hapuna Beach State Park on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island. In the men’s race, the lead pack out of the water contained all the pre-race favorites: American Tim Marr was first out of the water in 23:16, closely followed by former Olympian Greg Bennett in second, Lance Armstrong in third, Maik Twelsiek in fourth and Chris Lieto (last year’s runner-up at this race) in sixth, all within 16 seconds of each other.

Bennett used his ITU transition speed to be first onto the 56-mile bike course, which travels sections of the Queen K Highway, infamous for its brutal crosswinds, and today had some of the toughest conditions ever seen. By the first turnaround at the Mauna Lani Resort (less than 5 miles), Armstrong caught up to Bennett and the two were building the lead over Lieto (44 seconds back) and Twelsiek (56 seconds back). Before the race, Armstrong said he wasn’t going to wait to make his move—and he wasn’t kidding. By the turnaround point at Hawi, he had grown his lead to 1:56 over second-place Lieto; Bennett fell to third at 2:36 back; Twelsiek, who finished second at Ironman St. George last month, was 5:07 back. Armstrong finished the bike in 2:01:46, Lieto trailed by 3:39 into T2, and Bennett was almost 7 minutes down onto the run.

Bennett, 40 years old, still has some serious short-course run speed, and he gained 40 seconds on Armstrong in the first mile, passing Lieto, who was obviously not over his Achilles injury, losing about three minutes to Armstrong in the first mile of the run. Early on, it looked like it would shape up to be a close race to the finish as Bennett slowly reeled in Armstrong, but by 5 miles the gap was holding steady. By halfway through the run, Twelsiek pulled into third place. Bennett’s run just wasn’t strong enough today to catch Armstrong, who finished in 3:50:58, a new course record. Bennett finished in 3:53:40 (which also broke the previous course record), and Lieto was able to pull into third to take the final podium spot in 4:05:55.