Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for July 25, 2022

GOSH! Me too! 8^ )

Janis did not say anything hoping Arlo would forget.

I missed it accidently on purpose too.

Well, there’s a race worth crying about. Kinda like watching Frisbee Golf. I’ll never participate.

Best thing about the Tour de France coverage is usually the helicopter shots of the French countryside.

“…yet somehow, life goes on.”

Gimme a break. There’s going to be a lot more things you’ll miss. I suppose you’re going to get out there on your Western Flyer and show us how it’s done?

After 33 years the Tour de France Femmes is back, Arlo. It began yesterday.

The last day of the Tour is always the saddest day of summer for me.

Won by Jonas Vingegaard. Two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar finished second. Household names, both.

Don’t worry, Arlo. You’ll be in even better shape next year.

There was a time when Arlo would use events as this as a catalyst for a bonus bout of bouncing on the beds. Arlo is slipping.

The Tour de France isn’t heavily promoted in the US because the cable networks can’t ultra-monetize it.

Just a reminder of how rarely we see a bicycle or even a motor vehicle on A & J.

The Tour of Somerville went by right in front of my boyhood home . .

I guess he didn’t read my sign…

It is well worth missing.

I didn’t miss it or watch it.

At least it’s getting a little attention.

Watching it on TV or actually being a contestant in it? I missed it too.

That’s the 30th year in a row! Oh, well, maybe next year.

The only time the Tour de France was on my radar is when friends invited us over to watch the leg to Carcassonne while playing Carcassonne.

About the only time there is significant interest in the U.S. is when a rider from there wins. And then there’s Lance Armstrong ….

Your loss, Arlo.

Of course, I wouldn’t watch it on the US coverage either. Try to get a raw feed on ’tinternet if you can: Watching the French countryside and the small town as they travel through is wonderful and relaxing.

That happened to me with the All Star Game.

I do notice the local biker groups are out and about during TDF season. Some of them believe the roads are only for bikes too.

Joining it or watching it?

I watched it every day. It was a lot of fun.

I hold the same opinion of the Tour that I do of soccer: meh.

Can’t wait to miss it again next year.

The Tour is not a great spectator sport because it takes so long… which is what makes it great. It is not so much a contest of strength but of stamina, hardly fit to video. The Race Across America (RAAM) is even less covered. While the Tour is a stage race – each stage a few hours long in a circuit around the border of France – RAAM is a marathon of staggering proportions. Contestants begin at the west coast of the USA (historically the pier at Santa Monica, but more recently Oceanside) and compete to be the first to arrive at the destination (recently Annapolis, Maryland) on the east coast. Sleep is very expensive. The time to beat is 8 days, 1 hour, 23 minutes for 3070 miles.

Now, for runners there is the Peaks 500 mile ultramarathon….

I always miss The Kentucky Derby.

I think I’ll just wait for the reruns later this summer.

Well the wife and i do not bike but we love the tour. We get to view beautiful villages and countrysides.

Shucks

Oh darn……

Tell me that the TDF is not fixed? Seems like every year the guy that wins it is wearing a yellow shirt. /s

(sigh) My favorite sports aren’t very welcome in my household, either (sailing, cycling, and soccer).

I hate it when that happens!

Does Arlo even ride a bike?

Don’t tell Jef Mallett.

And who cares?

Oh, no! Anyway…

I didn’t see it, but I certainly didn’t miss it.

Best you can say for the Tour is that they recycle.

Too bad—-it was a really good race this year.

Phil, Bob and company are welcome to spend every July with me .

|Even after the saga of he-who-must -not be named, I’m still a fan of cycling and the race. I taped (DVRed) every stage and watched later that night. I did get to zoom through some of it each night too…

If you were that interested in it I am sure you would have Googled it to find out when it started and checked on it daily.

I e missed it for 68 years, well the first few I wasn’t allowed near the tv.