I ended up taking the entire weekend (Fri-Sun) off the bike, although not entirely by choice, which has left me fairly well rested. Amy was busy with work all day Saturday and it was raining off and on all day so I never really had the chance to get out for a ride. Sunday was of course Mother's Day so my riding was not a priority. We did go to the quarry in Shell Rock to pick up some landscaping bricks to clean up the nastiness in the front of our house. 52 bricks that had to be transported across my neighbor's yard to my house since our road is still torn up gave me plenty of opportunity to tork my back just a wee-bit. Now I need to get it stretched back out sometime today.
The 2008 Giro 'd-Italia is currently in session in Italy. The Giro is my personal favorite of the Grand Tours so I follow it pretty close each day. It's a little disappointing that they can't have daily coverage on Versus since they do a great job with their once-a-week coverage and have the best English-speaking commentators. Too much bull-riding coverage for me.
Liquigas rider
Marco Pellizotti rode a very cool race and followed Ricco, Di Luca, and Rebellin to the finish line for a fourth place finish on the day and took the maglia rosa by one second. Way too early to be wearing it permanently but, it's good to see the Liquigas team up front early and ready to pounce.
Read the complete post at http://carlosdajackal.blogspot.com/2008/05/rested.html