Nerd Alert!

I actually quite enjoy avoiding writing about dorky numbers and the like when it comes to iamtedking blogging. However yesterday was one of those days that is either worth forgetting completely, or reliving vicariously through cycling-applicable digits. Today I choose the latter.Yesterday's stage 2 of Volta Algarve sinuously wound up over hill and dale in southern Portugal. "Hill and dale" is something of an understatement because it felt much more like mountains than hills, and who the heck knows what a "dale" is? (I'm sure some of you do; I don't.) Vertically, we covered just shy of 3,500m... or more precisely, "that's a friggin' lot."I thought we had 4 or 5km of neutral to start the stage so that I would have reset the computer immediately at the drop of the green flag. That would eliminate some of the trivial buzzing around the bus, sign-in, and exchanging soggy salutations with some of my colleagues before the start. But upon rolling out of the parking lot I soon noticed we were pushing 50+kph. "This is not neutral pace, guys" crossed my mind, intermingled with some other more colorful language.Aaaanyway, that's a long winded way of saying the distance and time are within about 3-4km and 5-10minutes of being race accurate. In any event my very awesome CycleOps Joule cycling computer conveniently summarizes the following:Time - 6:11:12KM - 214.67KJ - 5736Ave watts - 257Temp - 9cNorm power - 332 (that's like racing a 6 hour crit)Vert. meters gained - 3498I finished front group which was satisfying after such a slog fest. But immediately after crossing the finish line, my only thoughts were of a warm shower, hot tea, and perhaps a nap.That's about as close to a race report you'll get from THIS guy, so embrace it.PEACE.Oh how convenient! We're just now pulling into stage 3 pre-race parking. Sun's out with gray clouds in the distance. Come on sun! I'm rooting for you!The proceeding was typed entirely by thumbs on my Blackberry. Word.