its a late night here at work, and im getting delirious. easily a 3x type of evening. lets hope it isnt age, but this whole business of staying up past 10pm just doesnt cut it anymore haha. im kidding. tomorrow is an off day, so no waking up before the rest of the world does. it is, however, the queen stage of the tour in about 2 hours time with a climb up the galibier AND l’alpe d’huez.

imagine that? if i was so ever blessed to ride in the tour, id be thinking to myself, “man, thats bullshit”. it seems as if i whisper those three words everytime i drag myself up a climb that takes longer than 30 minutes. in fact, most times its a little bit louder than a whisper, and i spew a bit of hate on the chooser-of-routes for the day.

so now comes the big question.. sleep? or the queen stage? im thinking if i can get home in the next half hour, i sleep for an hour, watch the tour.. black out a few times.. and wake up just in time to them cresting the climbs.. black out.. then wake up at the finish. usually at that point, im wide awake from all the sleep i got during the black outs, so could probably just head to work from there. love it when a plan comes together.