Hi there,
Well I'm safely back in the United States of America after a month in Belgium. My stay in Belgium was amazing, to say the least, I learnt and experienced a lot thanks greatly to the awesome guys I was staying with. The last half of the stay was much the same as first with plenty of kermesses and plenty of sight seeing.
My room...
The lifestyle in Europe was incredible and I should explain the typical day to give you some idea; wake up at the very casual hour of 10am eat a huge breakfast whilst catching up on all the news of the cycling world, if I didn't have a race that day I would go out and train with the boys for 2-4hours (depending on what time the tour was going to start on TV), if I was racing I would bum around the house eat lunch then ride to the race, race, then ride home. Then dinner time was either a rice or pasta dish (I honed my cooking skills somewhat whilst there) and then sit down for an evening of any english TV show we could find.
Dream day in sunny Belgium.
I think I did about 15-17 races whilst there and a poo load of training so hopefully I have some form for the last road races for the season and also for Collegiate Track Nationals. I already miss Belgium, it's amazing beer and chocolate and also the mates I made there but hopefully will be back there in the next couple of years.
The boys: Owen, Peter-Lee, Cammo and Ruan.
It's been a year since I arrived in the States to start college and the time really has flown. I start college as a sophomore this year and it's weird seeing all the new freshman blindly trying to find their way around campus and it's hard to imagine that was me only a year ago.
Well today the Lindenwood team heads out to Sedalia for a crit tonight and then a road race Sunday and should be a good test to see how the form is before Gateway cup in a weeks time.
I have to go pack my bags now so until next time, take care.
Chev.
