Together we accomplish more

Rain combined with a rest week coupled with a long weekend led to a minor case of cabin fever. After bouncing off the walls with unspent energy and replacing the shoe laces in all of my footwear (just kidding?), I pulled out the camera to play with some old videos.

After watching years of Formula One, I figured it might be fun to replicate some of their footage. Another random thought: now that Sky is involved in cycling, how cool would it be if they brought the viewer selectable, multi-feed coverage from European F1 telecasts to cycling?

This video cracks me up for the “equitable” division of labor. In December, I rode with some friends on the newly formed Evergreen Racing Team. I wasn’t supposed to exceed tempo which meant a cycle of droppage on hills and chasing back on. In reality, I was the biggest wheelsuck in Marin, leaching onto anybody willing and able to pull me back to the group.

In this case, it was Henry. I kicked back relaxing in the draft, drowsily sipping mint juleps as he buried himself to bridge to the group. At some point, a tinge of guilt and the holiday spirit entered my mind and I roused from my somnolent state in the draft to share the workload and finish the job.

Dr. Wu puts in a very impressive pull, probably 500+ watts for 70 seconds, (give me a call, we should work together again).

It will be fun to play around with the camera in race season, assuming I hang around long enough to film the interesting bits during events.