".....in certain countries".
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> A few poorly shot street photos are "unbearably depressing"? And there's even a detailed explanation breaking it down into points, each one feeling more alien than the last. They're just pictures from the street! Just how? How does a person come up with a whole emotional essay for this?
> I am failing to understand the author to the degree I feel like there's something wrong with this person's psyche or something is wrong with mine. Am I having a stroke and words are no longer making sense? Am I too young, or am I too old at 26 to "get it"? Is it because I live in a third world country and lack perspective or have "too much" of it? Is this homework for an English class and it's just trying to talk about literally anything for a given arbitrary word count? I almost feel like I'm dissociating from reality by an article talking about a freaking captcha.
Double +1. And, thank you - you said it so much better than i ever could.
https://www.transcontinental.cc/ The Transcontinental Race is the definitive self-supported bicycle race across Europe. At the sharp end it is a beautifully hard bicycle race, simple in design but complex in execution. Factors of self reliance, logistics, navigation and judgement burden racers’ minds as well as their physiques. The strongest excel and redefine what we think possible, while many experienced riders target only a finish.
The Transcontinental is a single stage race in which the clock never stops. Riders plan, research and navigate their own course and choose when and where to rest. They will take only what they can carry and consume only what they can find. Four mandatory control points guide their route and ensure a healthy amount of climbing to reach some of cycling’s most beautiful and historic monuments. Each year our riders cover around 4000km to reach the finish line.
There's also the Indian Pacific Wheel Race - https://www.indianpacificwheelrace.com
There are many, many smaller ones in many, many countries.
The tactics can be amazing, though this year, the freak performance of one rider will raise the issue of chemicals - but this has been already been addressed by several commentators - see Dan Lloyd on gcn racing on YouTube. What is going on behind podacar- multiple, multiple, overlapping stories: still news to me after several years are the tacit deals done between teams.
As for looking sickly: riding 21 days at 5000+ calories intake per day at often over 50kmh doesn't strike me as sickly.
How do you look racing, on a bike? It's tough!!
Sitting at my desk for half my day job seems worse.
And, as for it being 'such an event'....? It took me a while to geddit, but the lantern rouge channel explains many tactics.
discussing Natural or Not Natural (Tour de France, but he'll call out anybody).