1) I confess, I watched the live updates of the last 40 minutes of today’s tour stage. Pretty good stuff.

2) Bill’s holding steady at 24 Hour Worlds (live updates here). The real race starts at midnight. It should be said, I find the commentary on the linked site quite annoying, and am more in the camp of Craig Gordon being dumb than of him being a hero. But winning isn’t worth risking being on dialysis for me. (Not that I win things.)

3) The Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic starts tomorrow, and the competition promises to be fierce. No virtual spectating on this one, unless Andy Skurka turns his Spot on for the race. The legendary Roman Dial has a full gear list up here, which is fascinating reading. When Roman’s 1997 Nat Geo Alaska range bike traverse article came out I thought it was the most badass thing ever, and still do to a large extent. The reading coming out of this one is worth waiting for all year.

Feeling more chipper today, perhaps a 12 hour work day was needed. Hopefully tomorrow I can get out for a ramble.

Gear list pasted below, as these things tend to vanish suddenly. The sleeping and food sections are particularly noteworthy, as is the lack of a waterbottle.