I don't know how they do it

A smack in the face

I was at the gym yesterday. I usually lift weights then go outside to run but the temp was around 98 and the humidity was somewhere in the neighborhood of 3000% so I decided to run on the treadmill instead.

Anyway, the Tour de France was on the TV. They were showing two guys running neck and neck. The amazing part to me was the crowd. There were 1000s of people in the road. Not on the side, behind a nice fence but in the middle of the road. They were't just standing quietly, they were jumping around and waving flags in the riders faces. They would part as the riders got close but they were so close to these guys, it's absolutely amazing to me that this kind of stuff doesn't happen more often. The pace cars and media vehicles were also very close, right on their asses. I would hate to think what would happen if one of them went down, as close as those cars were, there is no way they could stop in time without killing someone.

Even more amazing, it didn't seem to bother the riders. They were focused and just doing their thing.