Centripedal - A Weblog About Life and Multisports

The following are the most recent posts in the weblog:

Drug Testing: Corruption in the System

I'm about through writing about the high drama of the Floyd Landis positive, time to get onto some training and racing writing, but first, I thought I would publish a letter here that I sent to Cyclingnews for publishing in their Letters section (just in case they don't publish it!).

A Quick Note on Floyd and a Short Rant on Dick Pound

Just a quick note on the current Floyd Landis abnormal test result and a little rant about Dick Pound.

Phonak!! Landis!!

Was that Floyd Landis or Eddy Merckx out there on Stage 17 of the TdF today?

Cracking at the Tour

Well, yesterdays stage was EPIC. It sure has made for an entertaining Tour, and I feel like ranting about a couple of points after reading around the web a bit.

L’Alpe d’Huez

Todays stage in the 2006 Tour de France will be an epic one, and I'm looking forward to riding watching the sufferfest.

Tour de France Stage 11 - The First Selections!

Well, it's been a fine colorful Tour de France to date, with a few surprises in the time trial, but finally we are in the mountains, and the first selections have started to happen.

The Feeling of a Winner

Sometimes you need a little something to help you to dig a little deeper. Well, the sports world at the moment is not only offering the Tour de France, but the World Cup, and Fabian Grosso of Italy provides a moment of inspiration as he scores against Germany.

Operation Puerto: Yet Another Doping Scandal

For those who aren't in the know, there has been on ongoing investigation into a massive doping scandal in the world of cycling called Operacion Puerto.

Notes on Sleeping Redux: Build Your Own Sleeping Plan

The idea behind the literature search on sleeping was to try and understand more about the topic so that I could come up with a sleeping strategy, one that included a knowledge of how to 'hack my sleep' in order to get more bang for my buck.