For three weeks out of the summer I get up early and watch the Tour de France when it is broadcast live. Forget early morning runs or anything of that sort, it's just watching the tour. This year the annual race consisting of 21 stages finished at dusk on the Champs-Elysees which is the first time that has ever happened in the tour's 100 year history. I watched in awe of the whole event. Possibly my favorite sport, in beautiful afternoon light, and on the world stage. Doesn't get much cooler than that!
Also finishing that day was the Cascade Cycling Classic-a week long stage race that takes place around Central Oregon every summer. It's easy to see that the CCC doesn't even come close to the Tour De France but I still went out and shot it for fun putting in as much effort as I would if on assignment. Here I think I realized that even though I'm not shooting on the world stage or anything close to it there is something special about cycling that makes it my favorite sport to shoot.
Went to my first horse race last weekend. Really interesting sport that I think would be fun to shoot professionally but for now I'm just a spectator. Which is also really frustrating when you see a ton of potentially cool photos but can't get to the locations you want. 
