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Posted 9/19/2020 5:06 PM (GMT 0)
There's always so much negative news about 2020 that I decided to post what I think is one of the brightest moments in 2020. I'm talking about the Tour De France! What a great event it has been this year! You have seen the best athletes in the world every race, nationality, different countries come together and give us a performance that will probably never be repeated! I know there are lots of sports guys on here but there is not a football, basketball, baseball athlete etc. that could hold a candle to these 150+ athletes! What they accomplish in 20 days is almost beyond human ability! This year will go down in the history books as being probably if not the hardest race in 100+ years. It was so great to see the respect they had for one another and also the great support from the fans makes you proud of the human race!! If you haven't seen any of the tour at least watch a rerun of the time trial today probably the best time trials ever in the history of the race!! Have a great day guys and gals!

Larry
Posted 9/19/2020 5:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hear, hear!
Posted 9/19/2020 7:59 PM (GMT 0)
The Miami HEAT....so far!
Posted 9/19/2020 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
The heat in Tampa has been pretty high lately also... go Bolts!
Posted 9/19/2020 10:33 PM (GMT 0)
The Tour was one of those bits of normalcy I've been looking for during these anxious times. I watched a big chunk of each stage this year. I actually raced a few times in my early teens. I thought I was Eddy Mercx. Lol. Also did the annual RAGRAI bicycle ride across the length of Iowa three times during the same time period. I repaired bikes in a shop for few years. I think those were my funnest years.

I agree, sport's greatest spectacle.
Posted 9/19/2020 10:38 PM (GMT 0)
PS, As far as I can tell, Covid-19 was managed well for the Tour. The vast majority of spectators appeared to be compliant with face coverings as well.
Posted 9/19/2020 11:12 PM (GMT 0)
True, mattam. But you do see more than a few without masks. Great that as of the second rest day, on the teams only 4 non-riders (plus the big boss) were positive. But with everyone crowding in like that I wonder about the positivity rate across the country over the next couple of weeks.
Posted 9/20/2020 12:21 AM (GMT 0)
Mattam talk about racing reminds me of the first time I did a race in Superior WI. I think it was the summer I ran grandma's marathon so was in pretty good shape, I get to the starting line and I see this guy about 40 that had way too tight of bibs on he was pretty big! We took off and I never seen him again figured he was way behind me well when we have the awards ceremony they called 3rd place and guess who shows up none other then him. Afterwards found out he was a local favorite and a darn good bike rider.. Taught me a lesson that even tho he had a couple of extra lbs he was for sure a hell of a lot better biker than me I have never forgot that.

Larry
Posted 9/21/2020 4:03 PM (GMT 0)
There's something about those Slovenians!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/eicn6dlwsaeko0u?format=jpg&name=small

And yes, a change in the next to last stage of the Tour is highly unusual
Posted 9/21/2020 6:26 PM (GMT 0)
One of the best things about 2020 for me is that there's only three months left to it, bumpy though they may be.
Posted 9/21/2020 8:21 PM (GMT 0)

mattam said...
The Tour was one of those bits of normalcy I've been looking for during these anxious times. I watched a big chunk of each stage this year. I actually raced a few times in my early teens. I thought I was Eddy Mercx. Lol. Also did the annual RAGRAI bicycle ride across the length of Iowa three times during the same time period. I repaired bikes in a shop for few years. I think those were my funnest years.

I agree, sport's greatest spectacle.

my last road bike was an eddy Merckx ex pro titanium which I had painted Ferrari red by joe bell smile
Posted 9/21/2020 9:40 PM (GMT 0)
2020 has been a wild year. I am glad it will soon be over, and hope 2021 brings us a vaccine, and treatments, so we can get back to normal - whatever that is.
Posted 9/21/2020 10:02 PM (GMT 0)

Buddy Blank said...
2020 has been a wild year. I am glad it will soon be over, and hope 2021 brings us a vaccine, and treatments, so we can get back to normal - whatever that is.

a recession without massive white collar layoffs, foreclosures, evictions and cratered stock market? I think the real recession will begin next year and it could be a depression. but I get that hope springs eternal smile
Posted 9/21/2020 10:12 PM (GMT 0)
Let's not panic, I'm sure the guy who's spent decades in government will fix it, if elected.
Posted 9/21/2020 10:13 PM (GMT 0)
Bill Gates said today that .the pandemic will not end until 2022. So while I’m happy that 2020 is coming to an end, I fear what 2021 may bring. I hope Gates proves that he is actually NOT one of the smartest guys on the planet
Posted 9/21/2020 10:40 PM (GMT 0)

Buddy Blank said...
Let's not panic, I'm sure the guy who's spent decades in government will fix it, if elected.

how? there are only two "tools" left in the monetary arsenal: negative interest rates and print more.

oh you're being facetious
Posted 9/21/2020 10:42 PM (GMT 0)

Pratoman said...
Bill Gates said today that .the pandemic will not end until 2022. So while I’m happy that 2020 is coming to an end, I fear what 2021 may bring. I hope Gates proves that he is actually NOT one of the smartest guys on the planet

gates also believes the the virus can be "controlled". and let's face it: so far we've done a pisspoor job
Posted 9/21/2020 10:47 PM (GMT 0)

F8 said...
how? there are only two "tools" left in the monetary arsenal: negative interest rates and print more.

oh you're being facetious

No, there are more than two tools: there are the economic policies of Hamilton, which both Lincoln and FDR followed. It has been a long time, and granted most of our people aren't aware of what those policies are, but we have to remain optimistic. That said, I know that one fellow will not return us to those successful policies, while the other might, give he has spoken of them.
Posted 9/21/2020 11:16 PM (GMT 0)

F8 said...

Pratoman said...
Bill Gates said today that .the pandemic will not end until 2022. So while I’m happy that 2020 is coming to an end, I fear what 2021 may bring. I hope Gates proves that he is actually NOT one of the smartest guys on the planet

gates also believes the the virus can be "controlled". and let's face it: so far we've done a pisspoor job

Agree we've done a pisspoor job. But that doesnt mean it cant be controlled. It can. It hasn't been, but it can. Two different things.
Posted 9/21/2020 11:33 PM (GMT 0)
I'd been planning for a bad fall/winter--unfortunately, worse than what we saw this spring. (Well, unless maybe you lived in NYC.) But then I was thinking things would start to look up in spring. I'm still hoping that's the case, but I know Fauci said things won't be normal until "well into 2021." If you throw in the chaos that I think is a likely offshoot of the election, I think we're in for a *very* crazy period in our lives.
Posted 9/21/2020 11:38 PM (GMT 0)

Pratoman said...

F8 said...

Pratoman said...
Bill Gates said today that .the pandemic will not end until 2022. So while I’m happy that 2020 is coming to an end, I fear what 2021 may bring. I hope Gates proves that he is actually NOT one of the smartest guys on the planet

gates also believes the the virus can be "controlled". and let's face it: so far we've done a pisspoor job

Agree we've done a pisspoor job. But that doesnt mean it cant be controlled. It can. It hasn't been, but it can. Two different things.


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nearly half the country won't social distance or wear masks so good luck with that
Posted 9/22/2020 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
Back to the the title of the thread, the best thing about 202 is that I had another birthday, much better than the alternative.

Skypilot, I did Grandma’s marathon a dozen years ago or so. A great event. Of course training here in Montana where “high humidity” means anything over 20% meant there was some discomfort related to that which started taking it’s toll about mile 18.
Posted 9/22/2020 1:37 AM (GMT 0)

VinceInMT said...
Back to the the title of the thread, the best thing about 202 is that I had another birthday, much better than the alternative.

Skypilot, I did Grandma’s marathon a dozen years ago or so. A great event. Of course training here in Montana where “high humidity” means anything over 20% meant there was some discomfort related to that which started taking it’s toll about mile 18.

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vince i'll be flying into Bozeman on the 27th. is that Yellowstone fire under control yet?
Posted 9/29/2020 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
Another great thing about the Tour De France is the racers don't have to have special roads built for them, they ride on everyday roads that you and I would ride. They endure every kind of weather only stopping early one day last year because the mud covered the road. More people watch the TDF than any other sport in the world yet they don't have to have the latest comfort indoor stadiums! It's amazing to watch how in other countries they go to great lengths to save buildings that are 100's of years old but here in America we have to destroy anything that's a 100 yrs old. Look at how many schools that are built almost bomb proof and would last another 500 years but we have to knock down and put up something that will be lucky to make it 50 yrs because supposedly we can't make it modern enough for today's technology! really sad!

Larry

P.S. Vince I did the full marathon back in 86 and the half in 2016 and said that's enough of that craziness!! LOL Like to do the fitgers 5k but didn't want to take the chance this year because of the wife having hip surgery and I just have a hard time paying to do a virtual race as I mostly walk now after back surgery.
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