Thankfully, no.

Interesting (really). But, you do know I meant the "carrying high vs carrying low" sort of thing, right?

There was actually a tri I was at (I forget which) where the men's trophies were handed out by a fairly attractive young woman who worked for the race company, and some spectator made a comment when that woman was handing the female winner's trophy out and they wrangled a shirtless, tri-shorted young and very fit man to hand out the women's trophies. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of it.

If I went through all the effort to win a medal, and there was no podium girl, I would be disappointed.

That's really not on your mind after winning a medal.

You've got to factor in the extent of my attractive female interactions these days. ;)

Over/Under we hear from [MENTION=259065]Dan333SP[/MENTION] today?

Breaking news! I am getting a smart phone (iPhone) from my employer. Who'd a thunk it? Maybe I will be able to post a few photos during my tour next month.

Yep.

You don't presently own one?

I do not, and I never have.

Speaking of fun facts, I've got one for you. Did you ever wonder why a gyro sandwich is called that?

I was watching a guy teetering across the street this morning and mentioned to my wife that it looked like a spinning top meandering on a table. The top idea made me think of gyroscopes in general, and then being hungry, I moved on to thoughts of gyros, the food. Suddenly I realized why they are called gyros. It occurred to me that gyro in gyroscope must mean "spinning". Actually it means more like "turning". And gyros are made of meat off a rotisserie, i.e. turning on a spit. Voila.

Now that is a fun fact. Are you ready for more of the same. It turns out that all the different names for the same dish across the eastern Mediterranean and mid-East like shawarma and doner also mean or are derived from the local language words for turn or spin.

You're welcome.

I thought I was the last human to not have one, until October.

I knew that when I was like 12 or something.

I know a couple of people who are still using flip phones.

They didn't have gyros when I was 12. And I'm pretty sure po-boy does not have anything to do with spinning. Maybe frying, but not spinning.

cactuses

Since someone told me you are fond of Wiki entries:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%27_boy

It's fake exercise.

There is this really cool app called Strava... :innocent:

Is it as good as Zwift?

Ten for me.

I registered for the State TT yesterday.


When you do that, you can see who else is registered.


So far, two other women besides me. Registrations close Wed at midnight.


I don't know either of the other two women, but of course I look them up on USAC. One of them beat me by two minutes last Nov at Santiago Cyn, the race I just did this past Sat. Yikes.


Of course I Strava stalk her and she lets anyone follow her. Now I can see her data. Timing error last Nov! She really only beat me by one minute. Cool, cause I since shaved one minute off my time on that TT.


Next up, I look at her bike and data. No power meter. Does not ride with HR. And she has one bike, does crits and road races, so we know its a road bike with clip-on aerobars. Equipment advantage: Heathpack.


Looking up her race results, she has most success in climbing races. Ha, the State TT is totally flat. I look at her data for last Nov's Santiago Cyn TT and compare it to mine from Sat. She beat me by one minute up the climbing part. I beat her by one min on the flat/descending part. Physiology: its a draw.


She's done a lot of races, she's experienced. Mostly crits and road races, so she's probably a better bike handler than me. Not that many TTs that I can find. No 40K TTs. The State TT is 40K. Experience: she has more overall, I have more TT experience.


So at first glance I thought: "No way am I beating someone who had two minutes on me in an 11 mi TT last Nov." Now I am not so sure...


:)

I heard all the cool kids use Zwift, so probably not. But I don't use Zwift. I will confess to using Strava on the iPhone though.

Interviewed at the 3M headquarters complex today. Many large buildings amidst a sea of full parking lots.