On Jealousy.

To my readers, if you have never read Michael Barry's blog you should have a look sometime, I've got a link to it on the right. Not only is he a Toronto boy and a cycling nut but his name is rather similar to my own. Except he's the lucky guy who gets to ride a bike for a living, and live in Spain during the off season. (Yes I am rather jealous.)

Anyway I just wanted to point out a few specific posts Barry wrote that I found particularly interesting, Getting Back on the Bike seems appropriate this time of year, it is about resuming training after the off season rest. Of course my off season is about three months, Barry's is about three weeks (insert more jealousy).

Another interesting post is about bike mechanics on the pro teams. As Barry points out in Mechanics' Tools, a pro tour mechanic often starts that career in their teens and often find themselves doing the mechanical work for their entire career. Now that would be a really awesome job for me, combining my love for cycling with engineering, except I'm a little past my teens now. I guess when it comes to the pro mechanics all I can do is be more jealous.