So today was the cycling time trials out at Hampton Court what they call the 'Race of Truth', because there's nowhere to hide…
Okay, sorry. Carrying on… And so Ryan, whose family are in Korea at the moment, agreed that we should go! Be part of things! This was particularly amusing and gratifying because of the ole story from the 1996 Olympics that I've told a million times but I don't think ever blogged… Anyway, on with the asskicking Olympic time trials video! And sod the photos, too I'll just bung the ones I like onto the end of the video (after the music credit)! As you may not know if you've been crushed under a rock, Bradley Wiggins became last month the first Brit EVER to win the Tour de France. And today he became our most prolific Olympic champion on top of it…
Update!: Britain is now FIFTH in the Medal Tables (after being 11th last night) and the U.S. is making up ground on, and breathing down the neck of, China for the top spot!!!

Summer, 1996. Ryan and I worked for a company called SecureWare in Atlanta. We had both just moved (back, in my case) to the ATL. Neither of us really knew anyone else. As it happened, we moved into the same apartment complex, across the street from work where we sat in adjacent cubes. [One female wag, one time, I can't remember who: "That means… you spent more time together than most married couples." Me: "…Yes."] The Olympics were on! We were sitting in Ryan's apartment, drinking beer and eating Taco Bell (as usual) watching the Closing Ceremonies on TV.
Ryan looked from the TV, to me, his expression growing puzzled, and finally said: "Why are we watching this on television? We live in Atlanta." I nodded and took this onboard. "Okay. Let's go." And so we raced downtown to the Olympic Park, and were part of things, and all the excitement, and we watched the Closing Ceremonies on a much bigger screen in public.
That was 16 years ago! And now here we went again! Yip.
