Well done you.
Glad you could show them some TdF footage to give an idea of the following, the passion... and as I write this, I realise that its passion that is missing from these Olympics...
Fantastic organisation... but too crisp and not enough messiness - like bystanders yelling and shouting and crying and cheering...
Lifesgreat... good observation... I hadn't registered that missing element...
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08-14-2008, 11:12 AM #1
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08-14-2008, 06:34 PM #2
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Stuart O'Grady has described the race as "silent murder".
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/olympics/...aspx?id=611959The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
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08-15-2008, 07:14 AM #3
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Wow.
Originally Posted by Trekhawk
I found that article strangely moving... and really saddening.
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08-16-2008, 01:27 AM #4
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Ah... he makes such a good point. I feel so sad that no one was there to cheer them on.
When I do a time trial, and someone calls out my name (usually a marshall or someone of a lower grade as I pass them, occasionally someone of a higher grade as they pass me)... when someone calls my name it makes me dig a bit deeper.
I understand his point... at that level, and with the precedent of having come from le Tour, it must have been really tough.
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10-06-2008, 01:00 PM #5
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