I'd honestly meant to post more than I have during the Tour, but I managed to come down with a ripper of a nasty summer flu/cold bug.
Spinning, however, is one thing I can manage when I don't feel well -- I envy the knitters who can use the down-time to work on a project, but I just can't knit at all when I'm sick. Spinning, though, has continued.
I wil confess that I had a moment at the end of last week when I wanted to buckle down and Just Finish The Whole Box of Fibre before the end of the Tour -- it was do-able, I just had to spin more than my ten or fifteen minutes in the morning.
I had to force myself to take a step back -- this was not my goal this year. My goal was to be sensible, to set a routine, and just see what could be accomplished one spinning bite at a time.
The surprising thing is that I was weighing out what was left yesterday, and although I might not get the whole box spun, I might actually come close, even just sticking to my sensible goal.
As for the Tour itself, I remain torn -- the whole Rasmussen affair that exploded the end of last week left a bad taste in my mouth, and it's hard to listen to or read veteran cycling journalists say that every time a rider does something to surpass expectations, they wait for the other shoe to drop on yet another doping scandal. One even said, as he watched the French customs officers search the team buses to make sure they were "clean", that he thought this was the end for him -- that he wouldn't likely cover the tour another year.
And yet. And yet. I still want to believe that things will get better -- I still want to feel the amazement I've felt the last week, and not wonder if it's anything other than sheer will, determination, and the fruits of training paying off.
I want to be back for another Tour, both "de France" and "de Fleece".
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