Lights, Camera, Not so Much Action

Boulder Center for Sports Medicine - Human Performance Lab, June 26, 2008
Taylor being interviewed and filmed by a local TV staion...with another journalist filming the interview....all while a documentary producer caught all of it on film (and I snapped this shot everyone).

Taylor Phinney press day was yesterday. From 2-6pm, there were photojournalists, writers, photographers all lined up to get a piece of young Mr. Phinney. Some of the interviews were simple, standard Q & A - while others were a big more interesting. Nicole Mudloff of PepperCom press agency out of New York and the capable staff at BCSM's front desk including clinic manager Mel Johnson kept everyone in line and pretty much on time. Mom and pop also got called into action for a few words on film (hey, they're both Olympic medalists) and I was even asked a few questions on camera. Read it now...you'll see it later - "like tissues in a furnace", which will make sense if you see the interview that I gave.

As usual, Taylor was himself - pretty much as cool as a cucumber. One of the funniest moments came when Taylor announced on camera that "he was going to become a man tomorrow"...which got the photojournalist smirking a little bit. What he was trying to say, is that today is Taylor's 18th birthday....and yes, now he is a man. I guess that means that him being a junior is still just a technicality. Unfortunately, he didn't become a man early enough to be able to compete in the Tour of PA Under 25 race that is going on right now...but next year we've got a good target set on that race!

My departure date has been pushed back a couple of days....which is nice. Originally, Taylor and I were going to leave Boulder on July 4...but instead, Taylor is going to Italy with his parents to meet Kelsay (Taylor's younger sister) to celebrate a family friend's graduation from college. I'm going to leave Boulder on Monday July 7, and meet Taylor in Frankfurt, Germany and then we'll fly to Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday July 8 arriving early on the morning of the 9th. Taylor will be racing the 3K individual pursuit on July 12 and then racing to defend his world championship in the individual time trial on July 18. Taylor's training has gone very well the past week, and it's almost go time!