9:00am GMT +1 - 7.26.10: France has been full of surprises, I was just here a month ago for the start of the French Open which was amazing. I had always wanted to go to the French since I was a kid watching it on television, actually scratch that I used to have my mother tape the matches on the VHS player because they would be at like 8am EST and I would be in school.

Either way, this trip to cover the Tour de France and host media with our PR team has been full of surprises. To learn more on that note and see more photos like the one i the background of this page visit this link.

As for training, it's been pretty good, but tough with all the changing of towns. Got in some solid runs while we were in Dax, had a top running time when we hit the coastline and then never had time to run in Paris. But at that point my left leg was on fire and I know something is wrong, gotta get it checked out when I get Stateside.

- Matthew