Wow, with temperatures in the upper 20's anyone could be excused for forgetting it's mid-winter! Perfect weather for the 83rd running of the Comrades Marathon and Russian Leonid Shvetsov took advantage of conditions to not only win the race for the second time, but also to break the 8 year old up-run record. In Pretoria, the Springboks maintained their unbeaten home record against Wales, and at Le Mans in France Audi won the 24 hour race for the 3rd consecutive time. It must have been a tough weekend for the bookies! Actually, the only upset I can find in sporting news was Rafael Nadal winning his first grass court title, but with his current form I certainly wouldn't have bet against him!
Dauphiné LibéréDimitri Fofonov won the final Stage into Grenoble, but the day belonged to overall winner Alejandro Valverde. Cadel Evans sent his team-mate Yaroslav Popovych up the road on the Col du Granier as a test, but Valverde's team countered and the Australian settled for 2nd place. The performance of the top 2 finishers bodes well for the Tour de France, starting in less than 3 weeks time, but for 3rd place finisher, Levi Leipheimer, it'll be back to the States to begin his preparation for the Olympics, as his Astana team are controversially not invited to the Tour.
Thanks for reading.
Bruce,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is about 'your view on the world, based on your experiences'. You recently told me that in your opinion is that my general knowledge is poor, and that I should put more of an effort into keeping up with the current affairs, and that you wish I knew more so that we can talk about things like American Politics. You also said that it would make me more socially interesting.
Besides that fact that I found this very hurtful, and the sting of these comments has put me into a black mood that I am battling to get out of, as hearing that the person you love thinks that you are thick, stupid, doff or however you want to put it, I have a question:
Why have you got none of this in your blog? Why have you not shared your wide variety of knowledge in your blog? I think that your blog is great, but it would be nice of you to broaden your topics, as you have so much more happening in your life. You have an interesting job, you read a lot, and are a parent. Talk about it, or write about.
Lots of love
Your doff, socially boring chick a roo,
Candice.