has been going on. I skipped the cross race on Sunday to train. That is very unStevelike. But, it is for the best. It isn’t in my best interest right now to race cross.

I’ve been writing a post on doping, but it doesn’t say what I want it to. After I finish, I’d like to drop the whole subject.

We went on a semi epic ride yesterday. Rode over to Lawrence on gravel and then on rocky single track until we couldn’t hold onto the bars anymore. We limped into Lawrence just in time to miss a isolated thunderstorm. Pretty lucky timing.

The kittens have been just laying in a lump most of the time, so I decided that they needed a climbing tower. Those things are stupid expensive for what you get. So, I decided to just build one myself. I’ve got about $30 into it so far, but a lot of time. It is still in the process stage. I’m building it at the building and bringing it home every night so the cats can use it at night. They seem to like it.

That’s about it. I’m doing Berryman Epic in two weekends. I’m going to try to ride my MTB a couple more times before then. We’ll see.

Lump of cats.

Real cat tower.

My supplies, plus a little OSB.

It took forever to wrap that one post with rope. I used hot glue.

The box on top is okay for kittens, but it is going to be too small for cats.

Made a bigger opening in the box and added another platform today.

Kind of the finished product. It needs a few hanging things, ect. to jazz it up a bit.

This white and gray kitten finally purred this morning, hiding under my jacket. It is a real scardy cat.

I was pretty glad to see Thor Hushovd win the World Championships. But, now, after this statement, I’m less enthused. Condensed, the statement says that he has never seen drugs in the sport of cycling and that they wouldn’t help him anyway.

That is the statement of a very, very naive person. Or a very stupid person. Or a flat out liar. One of those three explain it. I have a hard time believing it could be one of the first two. A guy that gets the results that he does can’t be dumb or naive. I don’t know him, but I’ve heard he is a likable guy, so it is hard for me to call him a liar. I hate problems with answers that can’t be reasoned.

I’m not sure why the current World Road Race Champion would give an interview and say what he did. It is impossible to be at his level in the sport and not understand the situation with drugs. And to say that it wouldn’t help him since he is a “sprinter”. That is just idiotic. The only thing I can think is that it was taken out of context and that the writer screwed it up somehow. Maybe that kind of explains it.

Below is an interview I did with Mountain Bike Action (MBA) back in 1998. That was 12 years ago. This was before the Festina doping scandal. It was so obvious then, without the all the media attention.

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