And we rode all the way out to Vadnais, a very honest effort by the Babe on her second ride of the year.
Along the way we were paced for a bit by a deer running alongside. The deer seemed a bit confused to be out in civilization instead of back in the woods. We stopped to make sure the deer did not, in its confusion, decide to run us over. After a couple of false starts the deer seemed to get itself reoriented and it finally got started in the right direction, towards the woods, and we rode on.So that was exciting. And then on the downhill to Snail Lake the Babe attained the highest speed she has ever ridden on a bicycle, 31mph. I asked her how she knew this. She admitted to peeking at the computer on the way down the hill. I counseled that at that speed she probably wants to keep her eyes on the road and check the statistics later.
The Giro has come down to the final stage, an individual time trial into Milano. Race leader Alberto Contador has over the brief time that he has been prominent in the sport excelled at the individual time trial. However, he has only a 4 second lead over Italian Riccardo Riccò of Saunier Duval. Further the time trial is relatively short at 28.5 kilometers meaning that any mechanical problem or a fall could prove decisive. Perhaps justice will yet prevail and an Italian will win the Giro d'Italia. Or perhaps not.
In baseball news, the Twins have obtained a second left handed pitcher for their bullpen staff. That means that one of the right handers had to be sent back to the minor league team in Rochester. The Twins announced after Thursday's game that right-handed reliever Bobby Korecky, Wireless's favorite player, was the player being sent down. Korecky was 1-0 with a 3.48 ERA in nine appearances for the Twins as a pitcher. He also leaves with a career batting average of 1.000. We were there and saw his hit.
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Riding with a deer? Priceless.
31 mph is very fast. Very, very fast for a bicycle.
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