If you've got a few minutes, and are looking for inspiration, I highly recommend reading the description of the current leg of the Tour de France.

Go to the link below, click on up the "Newsflashes", scroll down to "14 H 22 - Situation At Base of Col d'Aspin", then read up. It'll probably take you 10 minutes or so to read, but I can't even begin to do it justice on my own.

http://www.letour.fr/2003/us/index.html