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01-07-2011, 01:47 PM,
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July July Tempranillo Pie
Me siento esta noche extraña en español.
http://www.twitpic.com/5jj62a
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03-07-2011, 11:23 PM,
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
(03-07-2011, 10:53 PM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: Not much of a wine drinker myself, but Tierra de Castilla seems to produce a lot of cheap and nasty wines ...
Gotta love those labels though...
(03-07-2011, 10:53 PM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: Cadel Evans looks like he means business this year....
Yep, could be his last chance to actually win the thing I think. Still going to be a helluva struggle though. Strong field!
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10-07-2011, 02:38 PM,
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Antonio247
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
(03-07-2011, 11:23 PM)Mid Life Crisis Man Wrote: (03-07-2011, 10:53 PM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: Not much of a wine drinker myself, but Tierra de Castilla seems to produce a lot of cheap and nasty wines ...
Gotta love those labels though...
(03-07-2011, 10:53 PM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: Cadel Evans looks like he means business this year....
Yep, could be his last chance to actually win the thing I think. Still going to be a helluva struggle though. Strong field!
Did you enjoy the Spanish wine, MLCM? Did you have some tapas as well?
¡Salud! Cheers!
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18-07-2011, 08:53 AM,
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Sweder
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
(10-07-2011, 10:41 PM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: A dirty dirty filthy magazine
I thought you might be interested...
http://trailrunnermag.wordpress.com/zine/
Nice!
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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18-07-2011, 12:42 PM,
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
Sorry RC-people, on holiday at the moment in a warm, sunny place. Will post again soon. Havin' fun!
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18-07-2011, 12:42 PM,
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
Sorry RC-people, on holiday at the moment in a warm, sunny place. Will post again soon. Havin' fun!
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18-07-2011, 03:08 PM,
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Sweder
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
Is that two holidays in quick succession or ...
Ah, I see. It's what happens to me when I try to post a 'quick reply'. Most odd.
LANDLORD!!??
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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21-07-2011, 10:14 PM,
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
(21-07-2011, 10:13 AM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: Shame you're off the radar for the moment, i was looking for somebody to talk to about this year's tour de france. Cadel Evens has been immense so far. If he performs well on today's crucial stage i reckon he'll win it!
I'm back!
However, so is Andy Schlek. Bugger bugger bugger. I've been impressed with Evans so far, but have to say Schlek A. is looking even better, especially after that last stage. Not long to go now, we will know soon enough.
I had a bit of a break in warm, sunny climes with no running but lots of walking up and down beaches and a few bush walks as well. I also ate and drank too much but managed to contain the weight gain to just half a kilo, so no major damage.
Am back at work today so some sense of normailty returns, and with it I trust a decent dose of running. To be honest, it has been good to ease off for a week or two. Now I'm feeling ready to let rip again.
More soon. 
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21-07-2011, 10:15 PM,
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
(18-07-2011, 03:08 PM)Sweder Wrote: Is that two holidays in quick succession or ...
Ah, I see. It's what happens to me when I try to post a 'quick reply'. Most odd.
LANDLORD!!??
Yep, seems to be a bug whereby a 'quick reply' gets posted twice.
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21-07-2011, 10:20 PM,
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
(10-07-2011, 02:38 PM)anlu247 Wrote: Did you enjoy the Spanish wine, MLCM? Did you have some tapas as well?
¡Salud! Cheers!
Indeed Antonio, I did. Tempranillo is the grape du jour here at the moment - everyone who can grow it is doing so, and of course tapas bars are everywhere. With the keen interest in Spanish wine styles and the strong Aussie dollar at present there are plenty of Spanish wines being imported. And quite apart from our multicultural interest in all things digestible, tapas certainly suits our climate and mode of living, plus tempranillo is a fabulous grape variety anyway so why wouldn't it take off? Good gear!
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21-07-2011, 10:22 PM,
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
(10-07-2011, 10:41 PM)Bierzo Baggie Wrote: A dirty dirty filthy magazine
I thought you might be interested...
http://trailrunnermag.wordpress.com/zine/
Gad! Looks great but I still have a problem running downhill - my knees really won't allow it, hence the interest in hill climbs, but not descents.
Is there a mag for specialist ascenders?
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22-07-2011, 08:19 AM,
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Bierzo Baggie
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
(21-07-2011, 10:14 PM)Mid Life Crisis Man Wrote: However, so is Andy Schlek. Bugger bugger bugger. I've been impressed with Evans so far, but have to say Schlek A. is looking even better, especially after that last stage. Not long to go now, we will know soon enough.
What Cadel Evans did yesterday was amazing.
Andy Schleck seemed to take Cadel by surprise, perhaps he was paying too much attention to Contador? Schleck was nearly 5 minutes up about 8km from the finish and nobody seemed willing to make a move. Grumpy old Evans, not the best climber, seemed to look around the “chasing” bunch as if to say “no bugger gonna help me then?”. He then proceeds to climb the highest mountain finish in the history of the Tour de France, granite-face contorted in pain, while the rest hang on to his back wheel gasping. Frank Schleck couldn’t believe his luck!
So, without any help whatsoever he still managed to close in on Andy Schleck, a sleek thoroughbred and one of the top 3 climbers in the world, and reduce the overall deficit. That my friend was an amazing performance in extreme conditions of adversity.
Cadel’s speciality, the time trial, is still to come. It’s a long one and if he’s not totally done in after today i’d say he could take at least 2 minutes off Schleck. You know what? ...he’s still in with a chance.
I’ll be cheering him on.
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22-07-2011, 09:14 AM,
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RE: July July Tempranillo Pie
Agreed BB. Yesterday's stage was an absolute classic. It was incredible to watch Evans grinding up that mountain and closing the gap.
But the rider I'm really warming to is Thomas Voeckler. Seeing him cross the line knowing he was still in yellow (again!); and then unable to get off his bike whilst he recovered from the effort a was pretty special Tour moment for me.
And whilst there's been plenty of incident on this year's Tour I think people were ready for something abit special amongst the yellow jersey contenders. And we certainly got it.
Having ridden up Galibier a couple of times (here he goes again, yawn) I was interested to know where they were going to fit everything! There's not much room up there. Turns out the 'circus' was 600m below.
Can't wait for today's stage up to alpe d'huez. Pantani used to do it in under 38 minutes.
![[Image: Lacets_AlpedHuez.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Lacets_AlpedHuez.jpg)
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23-07-2011, 09:48 PM,
(This post was last modified: 23-07-2011, 09:49 PM by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man.)
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Thank you Cadel Evans.
I find it impossible to adequately express the horror we must all feel following the awful massacre in Norway this weekend.
Certainly, as we mourn for those directly affected by the insanity of Anders Breivik, the success of Cadel Evans in the TdF has to pale into insignificance. Even so, Cadel sir I salute you for spitting in the face of terrorists everywhere by showing them that no matter what they do, the spirit of human endeavour will continue to always inspire, will always promote the positives of human perserverence and will always triumph over the insanity of anger, prejudice and terror.
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28-07-2011, 09:59 AM,
(This post was last modified: 28-07-2011, 10:02 AM by Bierzo Baggie.)
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Bierzo Baggie
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Cadel Evans I salute you too...
This was the Tour de France I’ve enjoyed most since the days of Marco Pantani but for rather different reasons.
One of the headlines in the Spanish sports press summed it up in four words: “Ganó el más feo,” ..the ugliest won. This was a gutsy, courageous, tenacious, bloody minded a performance as ever I’ve seen. Evans came back from the dead twice in two days, in Galibier and Alpe d’Huez (where he ended up throwing his bike in a ditch). Nobody seemed to help him, nobody waited for him, he just gritted his teeth and plodded on and on...on these tough Alpine slopes Cadel Evans, an enigmatic, unspectacular sort of rider won his first and almost certainly his only Tour de France at the age of 34.
Behind him in the final classification were the Schleck brothers, Basso, Cunego, Samuel Sanchez, all riders tipped as future Tour de France winners on account of pure “talent”. And of course there was Contador, proving that winning two big ones in the same season is almost impossible in modern day cycling. Cadel held these supposedly more talented riders on their terrain, grinding away at the front; it was like Stoke City beating Barcelona.
A runningcommentary.net sort of guy I’d say.
Ok, I’m going a bit overboard, but everybody agreed that nobody deserved this Tour more than Mr Cadel Evens. He now officially joins Kylie and Rolf Harris as my three favourite Aussies.
And is it just me or is Thomas Voeckler the spitting image of Bono?
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July July Tempranillo Pie
