Right onto stage 2.
Was not really looking foward to today when i woke to rain, and sore legs.
Luckily the legs cleared up after 100km and i was able to get amongst it for the last 100km.
Eventually the rain cleared after a couple of hours!
The first 2hrs were crazy, 48km/h average!
No wonder my legs were bad!
Anyway was going pretty good until 5km to go when the road narrowed for a 1 way tunnel, kinda like the old one at Matata, because i was moving up the outside i kinda ran out of room and hit the side of it. A wee bang to the knee and elbow but nothing to bad. I almost rejoined the peloton, i got there and the last guy in the line just stopped pedaling and i couldn't get around him so ended up losing some more time, 1m 48 to be exact although i was still quite happy as my legs pulled up well after yesterday. I have got some amazingly strong legs at the moment which is nice.
Also found an Aussie in the bunch and was finally able to speak some english and have a good old chat.
The cobbled climbs were a hoot. Wet and slippery, got over them no problem and things progressed.
Tomorrow is 185km down in my area of Belgium, actually the stage goes through my home town after 25km so that will be a highlight! The finale is all up hill too so expect some time gaps, i feel good so will see what i can do.
Anyway now it's time for some dinner and a massage and then put the legs up.
Until then,
Ryan
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tour of Belgium Stage 1
Woke up to an over cast dodgy looking morning which ended up being quite nice for the 1st stage of this years tour. Depart was at 11.10am so leaving the hotel at 9.00am was an early start as it was 50min drive to the start. The first hour was crazy fast and it didn't help getting a puncture 10km in. Yep another puncture to go with last Saturdays. Not to worry though. A nice quick change and on my way again. I got back in to the peloton with relitive ease and then it was onto the cross winds, i sat in the gutter holding a bloody high wattage for 4 or 5 minutes before the road turned to a head wind. Anyway all was going well, went through the feed station, got my musette with lunch in it and carried on my way. With 50km to go i was still strong and riding which was nice to have some sensations back again after a long time without them.
Nothing happened really except for my team mate crashing, he's alright and all was well.
35km to go and i got another puncture, just my luck. They say they come in 3's well theres 3 right there!
Anyway it happened at possibly the worst time it could happnen. Just as the screws were getting tightened ready to bring back the break away of the day. To cut a long story short, i couldn't get towed back to the peloton as there was another group just ahead which i got dropped off too. It contained 5 of my team mates too so together we got into the finish well inside time cut and 10minutes down on the winner.
That doesn't matter as it's all experience but i was good enough today to finish in the peloton today. But i will live to fight another day tomorrow!
The cross winds were the worst i've ever ridden in today. They had the bunch all over the place. One time long long ago, April 2006 during the junior worlds selection race i was in trouble of dropping out of contention on the 1st day. That day i visited a deep, dark place in a world of pain and ever since i have been too scared to hurt myself that badly again. Well today in the cross wind, I was well on the way to visiting that place again and thank god it was over before i had to go that deep!
Tomorrow brings 201km, which includes 3 cobbled climbs reaching 21%, for those whakatane people reading, Melville drive is 16%, so 21% cobbled is really something!
Until then.
Nothing happened really except for my team mate crashing, he's alright and all was well.
35km to go and i got another puncture, just my luck. They say they come in 3's well theres 3 right there!
Anyway it happened at possibly the worst time it could happnen. Just as the screws were getting tightened ready to bring back the break away of the day. To cut a long story short, i couldn't get towed back to the peloton as there was another group just ahead which i got dropped off too. It contained 5 of my team mates too so together we got into the finish well inside time cut and 10minutes down on the winner.
That doesn't matter as it's all experience but i was good enough today to finish in the peloton today. But i will live to fight another day tomorrow!
The cross winds were the worst i've ever ridden in today. They had the bunch all over the place. One time long long ago, April 2006 during the junior worlds selection race i was in trouble of dropping out of contention on the 1st day. That day i visited a deep, dark place in a world of pain and ever since i have been too scared to hurt myself that badly again. Well today in the cross wind, I was well on the way to visiting that place again and thank god it was over before i had to go that deep!
Tomorrow brings 201km, which includes 3 cobbled climbs reaching 21%, for those whakatane people reading, Melville drive is 16%, so 21% cobbled is really something!
Until then.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Well motivation has sky-rocketed to an all time high.
This due to the fact i have been selected to start the Tour of Belgium on wednesday.
So i will line up with some of the sports biggest names and try to make something happen.
I also did a race yesterday. Not worth a big story to bore you all. Simply i got a flat tyre after 50km , chased for 10km back on, a big group of 45 riders had gone away so it was a nice easy ride to the finish for 50th place or something. Good news is for the first time in months i felt i was riding the bike instead of the bike riding me.
So the next few days will be busy organising things before travelling to the start town on tuesday afternoon. The tour is 5 days with a time trial on the Friday where i hope to test out how my time trial is. I havn't done a time trial for like 4 months so it will be interesting but i am excited at this opportunity to line up in the biggest race of my life!
I will try for nightly reports if im not too tired! Not much else has been happening. A lot of down time at the moment.
Hope everyone is well.
Ryan
This due to the fact i have been selected to start the Tour of Belgium on wednesday.
So i will line up with some of the sports biggest names and try to make something happen.
I also did a race yesterday. Not worth a big story to bore you all. Simply i got a flat tyre after 50km , chased for 10km back on, a big group of 45 riders had gone away so it was a nice easy ride to the finish for 50th place or something. Good news is for the first time in months i felt i was riding the bike instead of the bike riding me.
So the next few days will be busy organising things before travelling to the start town on tuesday afternoon. The tour is 5 days with a time trial on the Friday where i hope to test out how my time trial is. I havn't done a time trial for like 4 months so it will be interesting but i am excited at this opportunity to line up in the biggest race of my life!
I will try for nightly reports if im not too tired! Not much else has been happening. A lot of down time at the moment.
Hope everyone is well.
Ryan
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
It has taken me some time to get onto writing this next installment. To be honest i have been thinking about it for a few days now, but it has taken me those few days to get into the right frame of mind where i can just sit down focus on the tv and let my fingers do the talking. So if there is any controversy i would put it down to the fingers doing the talking!
Anyway where do i start. its probly been far too long since i last wrote something and a lot has happened since i last posted so i hope you have a strong cup of coffee and a lot of time for this one.
Last time i wrote something i was just heading off for a few days to Roeselare to stay at Logans and do some racing. Well i ended up staying a week partly due to easier travel arrangements and partly due to the thought of coming home to an empty house as Josh was in Germany. Roeselare is very nice city of around 22,000 situated in West Vlaanderen with lots and lots of little dirty farm roads to get lost on! Great and with the biggest hill 300m long it made for a change in scenary. Was also cool just hanging out and drinking coffee. As cyclists do.
I did 2 races while i was up there. The first was 118km in a town called Helchteren from memory and it was like 20min drive from Roeselare so made for a long sleep in and a late lunch just in time for a 3pm start. The race included 110 or something starters and was going well until the 3rd lap of 13 or something when i officially became the most hated rider in the race! It was rather funny, i pulled 300m on the front of the race and pulled out to the left of the road once we rounded a left hand corner so it provided a bit of shelter from the cross winds for the guys rolling over me. I encouraged this fella to come through and he had no interest so i swung back into the right hand gutter where he would not have any shelter at all and looked him in the eyes and gave him a wee smile before lifting the pace and pulling 2km on the front with him yelling 'a gosh' which is left. He had no interest in rolling through before so i would make him pay for that. I then pulled left again and he grabbed my seat and swung himself off me, which got me pretty fired up. At this stage there was 5 of us up front with everyone else in 1's and 2's trying to catch back up. A few words were shared and i rolled back past him on my way through again stopping next to him and grabbing his collar, taking him to the gutter and told him (politely of course! :]) he'd be in the paddock if he ever touched me again. Well its safe to say the rest of the race he never missed a turn and stayed out of my way.
So that was my excitement out of the race but someone had to tell him. I also made a few friends and a few enemies with this act of anger, luckily for me the commaisare or race official was behind the last rider and couldn't see anything of this encounter.
As for the result, the SRM numbers showed it was the hardest race i've done so far and i ended up 17th and a very tired boy at the end of a very hot day!
The next few days were spent cruising around the back roads of vlaanderen while very confused on how we were still going home while taking right turns every 500m, i swear we road round in circles for 3 hrs.
I also did a criterium on the Friday night before coming home. It was 70 laps of a 1km circuit. Starting at 7pm on a rather cold night i lined up with 50 other guys and straight from the gun it was on, luckily i was caffined up and could just go and go and go. Thanks redbull energy! Well to cut a long story short, i tried to get away, i failed, i tried again, i failed, Came down to a sprint. I like to stay out of the sprints and let the fast finishers do their work and save myself from potential crashes. I crossed the line 15th or there abouts and once again it took over as my hardest race to date, eclipsing the previous race from Monday.
During the course of the week i also had my first 2 bbq's of the summer. Belgian style. Charcole bbq. One with Logan and flatmates and the other with the family of Logans director. Also went to the wieler museum or bike museum where it had a lot of history and even the workshop of Belgians first ever bike builder. The week was also filled with a lot of other cool little things.
There was a race in my area where the New Zealand track team and Logan were racing on the weekend so i managed to catch some of that during the course of the weekend and catch up with the boys from NZ which was good. It's always nice to see some familiar faces when your so far away from home. Even if it was only half an hour or so.
As for now i will now try and find some winning form and see what what eventuates through the course of the week.
Will report back in within a few days to make up for the lack of postings lately.
Also some races from the week away.
Thanks for your paitence in reading this. I know its a drag but a lot was had to be said.
Thanks again,
Ryan
Anyway where do i start. its probly been far too long since i last wrote something and a lot has happened since i last posted so i hope you have a strong cup of coffee and a lot of time for this one.
Last time i wrote something i was just heading off for a few days to Roeselare to stay at Logans and do some racing. Well i ended up staying a week partly due to easier travel arrangements and partly due to the thought of coming home to an empty house as Josh was in Germany. Roeselare is very nice city of around 22,000 situated in West Vlaanderen with lots and lots of little dirty farm roads to get lost on! Great and with the biggest hill 300m long it made for a change in scenary. Was also cool just hanging out and drinking coffee. As cyclists do.
I did 2 races while i was up there. The first was 118km in a town called Helchteren from memory and it was like 20min drive from Roeselare so made for a long sleep in and a late lunch just in time for a 3pm start. The race included 110 or something starters and was going well until the 3rd lap of 13 or something when i officially became the most hated rider in the race! It was rather funny, i pulled 300m on the front of the race and pulled out to the left of the road once we rounded a left hand corner so it provided a bit of shelter from the cross winds for the guys rolling over me. I encouraged this fella to come through and he had no interest so i swung back into the right hand gutter where he would not have any shelter at all and looked him in the eyes and gave him a wee smile before lifting the pace and pulling 2km on the front with him yelling 'a gosh' which is left. He had no interest in rolling through before so i would make him pay for that. I then pulled left again and he grabbed my seat and swung himself off me, which got me pretty fired up. At this stage there was 5 of us up front with everyone else in 1's and 2's trying to catch back up. A few words were shared and i rolled back past him on my way through again stopping next to him and grabbing his collar, taking him to the gutter and told him (politely of course! :]) he'd be in the paddock if he ever touched me again. Well its safe to say the rest of the race he never missed a turn and stayed out of my way.
So that was my excitement out of the race but someone had to tell him. I also made a few friends and a few enemies with this act of anger, luckily for me the commaisare or race official was behind the last rider and couldn't see anything of this encounter.
As for the result, the SRM numbers showed it was the hardest race i've done so far and i ended up 17th and a very tired boy at the end of a very hot day!
The next few days were spent cruising around the back roads of vlaanderen while very confused on how we were still going home while taking right turns every 500m, i swear we road round in circles for 3 hrs.
I also did a criterium on the Friday night before coming home. It was 70 laps of a 1km circuit. Starting at 7pm on a rather cold night i lined up with 50 other guys and straight from the gun it was on, luckily i was caffined up and could just go and go and go. Thanks redbull energy! Well to cut a long story short, i tried to get away, i failed, i tried again, i failed, Came down to a sprint. I like to stay out of the sprints and let the fast finishers do their work and save myself from potential crashes. I crossed the line 15th or there abouts and once again it took over as my hardest race to date, eclipsing the previous race from Monday.
During the course of the week i also had my first 2 bbq's of the summer. Belgian style. Charcole bbq. One with Logan and flatmates and the other with the family of Logans director. Also went to the wieler museum or bike museum where it had a lot of history and even the workshop of Belgians first ever bike builder. The week was also filled with a lot of other cool little things.
There was a race in my area where the New Zealand track team and Logan were racing on the weekend so i managed to catch some of that during the course of the weekend and catch up with the boys from NZ which was good. It's always nice to see some familiar faces when your so far away from home. Even if it was only half an hour or so.
As for now i will now try and find some winning form and see what what eventuates through the course of the week.
Will report back in within a few days to make up for the lack of postings lately.
Also some races from the week away.
Thanks for your paitence in reading this. I know its a drag but a lot was had to be said.
Thanks again,
Ryan
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Hello,
Thought i would quickly put up a post before i take off for the week.
Well it's been a slightly busy week with lots of stuff going on but not much to report if that makes any sense at all.
Logan came down on Wednesday arvo and training with him has been somewhat tiring 2x3hours and 2x5hours before lining up for a race yesterday. The race was more of a wee blow out than an actual race for me as i only did 80km, but managed 3 prime wins along the way before shutting it down to rest up for some bigger races on Monday and Tuesday.
We have moved into the new house and all is well with that. Now i am taking off to roesalar with Logan till mid-week while Josh is off to Germany to see a friend over there.
The whether has been rather hot everyday getting up around 25-27 degrees. 10 days straight now! By the looks of things rain doesn't even want to come back to belg for a while! So the sun burn and tanning season has begun which is always nice.
The giro d'italia or tour of italy started yesterday so that will be our afternoon entertainment for the next 3 weeks sorted!
Anyway sorry this is so brief but i guess it's better than nothing. Now i must get moving to make the train.
Some photos while out training the other day with Logs.
Thanks for reading, Ryan.
P.s thanks to the person who left the comment on the last post. Gave me a wee chuckle for the day!
Thought i would quickly put up a post before i take off for the week.
Well it's been a slightly busy week with lots of stuff going on but not much to report if that makes any sense at all.
Logan came down on Wednesday arvo and training with him has been somewhat tiring 2x3hours and 2x5hours before lining up for a race yesterday. The race was more of a wee blow out than an actual race for me as i only did 80km, but managed 3 prime wins along the way before shutting it down to rest up for some bigger races on Monday and Tuesday.
We have moved into the new house and all is well with that. Now i am taking off to roesalar with Logan till mid-week while Josh is off to Germany to see a friend over there.
The whether has been rather hot everyday getting up around 25-27 degrees. 10 days straight now! By the looks of things rain doesn't even want to come back to belg for a while! So the sun burn and tanning season has begun which is always nice.
The giro d'italia or tour of italy started yesterday so that will be our afternoon entertainment for the next 3 weeks sorted!
Anyway sorry this is so brief but i guess it's better than nothing. Now i must get moving to make the train.
Some photos while out training the other day with Logs.
Thanks for reading, Ryan.
P.s thanks to the person who left the comment on the last post. Gave me a wee chuckle for the day!
Monday, May 5, 2008
What a day it was today! Rising from the pit at 12 didn't help my cause of trying to get the house packed. Bad idea taking the laptop into your room on a rest day as you just don't get out of bed and procrastinate all day. Finally got my shit together at 3.3opm and sorted the house, made it spotless did Josh and I! I also learnt 3 valuble lessons. Never trust a belgian with your life (don't take this serious, belgians are great!), Don't take the legs off the couch and don't get on the wrong side of a house owner (particulraly the one at the farm!).
So now i will elaborate on my experience with belgians and my life. We put the first load of gear into Mathieu's BMW X3 and then he says jump on your bikes and follow me. So we end up holding onto the car, Josh on one side me on the other and away we go, shorts, t-shirt and the wind in our face. After a few km of dodging bush's poking out onto the road i look across to Mathieu and he says to me 70kmh. Im like holey crap, next thing i know hes up to 90-100kmh. Now i really needed to change my usndies! Holding onto a car at almost 100kmh on the open road wasn't the most fun i've ever had. I thought about the consequences as we headed down the hill into our new town! Anyway as they say all that starts well ends well.
Onto a completely different subject! About a month ago i lent back over the couch and one of the legs fell off, i could not work out how to get it back on so instead i knocked the other 3 legs off to get it back to even. I stayed at the new house and fluffed around while Josh and Mathieu went back to the farm for the second load. He was met by the farm lady having a big fat cry over the state of our house. First, she nutted about the couch, then about towels missing (honestly it's a towel and why would we steal her towel?!) then about the house not being tidy, Josh went up with her and Mathieu to check it out. It was spotless aparently. I don;t know what went on as i wasn't there but aparently she said the house was messy and we had taken towels, knives and forks and the likes. She litterally counted every plate, knife, fork, spoon, you name it she made sure it was there. In the end Mathieu told her to pull her head in and take a look at her own house that is never tidy. So she was pretty pissed we left but when an offer comes up for more space and living freely it isn't a hard choice.
So now i'm sitting here fizzing to be in the new house or gaf as it is called our days. The lady, Joelle, who lives here also is fizzing on having us. She couldn't believe it when i walked in with the coffee machine in hand (think she must love her coffee, her one broke) and made us feel as welcome as ever. Now she has gone to work at the hospital. She is also a chiropractor/massuse which is mint as my backs been sore lately, might have to start sucking up to her!! She might be able to twist me back into shape! She made a fresh tomato sause for our pasta tonight too. I'll be making sure we get more where that came from. Best sause i've ever had!! Even got our own garage with tiles instead of cobbles on the ground so we can get back into roller sessions.
I will get some pics up soon so you can all share the joy Josh and I have at the moment! Its a 5 bedroom house so with a room each its magic! Nice and quiet too with no animals! And a huge lawn so Mothers if your feeling generous, a footy ball or cricket set might come in handy!!
The town we are now in is much nicer too, this one doesn't have rubbish in the gutters and some nice shops too. Will make for some good times over the next few months. Sitting down tomorrow to sort some races out which i will do with Mathieu (sorry he is team president for those of you who didn't know) so i will have a better idea of what i am to achieve here. He said i have to win a race in the next month so lucky i started training properly last week so i'll have a shot. What i mean by training properly is previous to last week i had spent hours on the bike building endurance and stamina, now im getting back up to race pace so will be able to foot it in races a whole lot easier. Quality not quantity now. Best way to explain it.
Enough about today. Time for me to sleep, still a cyclist after all.
Will catch up with everyone over the next wee while hopefully.
Quote of the week:
"you get what you train for" - John Lee 2008
So now i will elaborate on my experience with belgians and my life. We put the first load of gear into Mathieu's BMW X3 and then he says jump on your bikes and follow me. So we end up holding onto the car, Josh on one side me on the other and away we go, shorts, t-shirt and the wind in our face. After a few km of dodging bush's poking out onto the road i look across to Mathieu and he says to me 70kmh. Im like holey crap, next thing i know hes up to 90-100kmh. Now i really needed to change my usndies! Holding onto a car at almost 100kmh on the open road wasn't the most fun i've ever had. I thought about the consequences as we headed down the hill into our new town! Anyway as they say all that starts well ends well.
Onto a completely different subject! About a month ago i lent back over the couch and one of the legs fell off, i could not work out how to get it back on so instead i knocked the other 3 legs off to get it back to even. I stayed at the new house and fluffed around while Josh and Mathieu went back to the farm for the second load. He was met by the farm lady having a big fat cry over the state of our house. First, she nutted about the couch, then about towels missing (honestly it's a towel and why would we steal her towel?!) then about the house not being tidy, Josh went up with her and Mathieu to check it out. It was spotless aparently. I don;t know what went on as i wasn't there but aparently she said the house was messy and we had taken towels, knives and forks and the likes. She litterally counted every plate, knife, fork, spoon, you name it she made sure it was there. In the end Mathieu told her to pull her head in and take a look at her own house that is never tidy. So she was pretty pissed we left but when an offer comes up for more space and living freely it isn't a hard choice.
So now i'm sitting here fizzing to be in the new house or gaf as it is called our days. The lady, Joelle, who lives here also is fizzing on having us. She couldn't believe it when i walked in with the coffee machine in hand (think she must love her coffee, her one broke) and made us feel as welcome as ever. Now she has gone to work at the hospital. She is also a chiropractor/massuse which is mint as my backs been sore lately, might have to start sucking up to her!! She might be able to twist me back into shape! She made a fresh tomato sause for our pasta tonight too. I'll be making sure we get more where that came from. Best sause i've ever had!! Even got our own garage with tiles instead of cobbles on the ground so we can get back into roller sessions.
I will get some pics up soon so you can all share the joy Josh and I have at the moment! Its a 5 bedroom house so with a room each its magic! Nice and quiet too with no animals! And a huge lawn so Mothers if your feeling generous, a footy ball or cricket set might come in handy!!
The town we are now in is much nicer too, this one doesn't have rubbish in the gutters and some nice shops too. Will make for some good times over the next few months. Sitting down tomorrow to sort some races out which i will do with Mathieu (sorry he is team president for those of you who didn't know) so i will have a better idea of what i am to achieve here. He said i have to win a race in the next month so lucky i started training properly last week so i'll have a shot. What i mean by training properly is previous to last week i had spent hours on the bike building endurance and stamina, now im getting back up to race pace so will be able to foot it in races a whole lot easier. Quality not quantity now. Best way to explain it.
Enough about today. Time for me to sleep, still a cyclist after all.
Will catch up with everyone over the next wee while hopefully.
Quote of the week:
"you get what you train for" - John Lee 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Hope this reaches everyone well.
Well where to start. Been a good week, busy but good.
Training went well. Started using the SRM to full usage.
For those of you new to SRM, its a wee device that goes on the bike and tells you how much power you are putting out, so its basically like taking the lab riding with you. So each day i set out and can ride to the exact number of wattage. Makes training interesting and can ride each day to the T. It's also quite interesting to come home and download the days training and see how much power you were putting out at any given time during the ride. Anyway thats enough of me ranting on about that.
Everydays been standard really, wake up at routine 8am, breakfast and coffee while the important things are checked out on the net then on the bike by 10. Belgium has turned on a nice week whether wise for us. With today topping out at 25 degrees. And with the Tour of Romandie being ridden in Switzerland it was a good chance for us to catch some tv time post ride.
We were spose to move into the new house Friday but due to our new beds being delayed in getting dropped off we will now be moving tomorrow (Monday). So today we tried to pack a few things up and even went out for dinner so we didn't dirty any more dishes.
So trainings been pretty good this week and today topped it off. I sit here writing this while just being able to keep my eyes open. John, you wanted me home tired, well i went one better. I can't wait to goto bed!! Even had to stop for coke. A big block of hard riding was done and in a few weeks i'll be better off for it. Even got my first bit of sunburn today!
This week has also seen me sit down and re-write all my goals for this year. So i will now endevour to get to the level needed to achieve these goals. Will keep you posted.
Unfortunately the week saw no more road trips due to training and Joen racing on Tuesday, but this week will see some fun things encounted. Might even go para gliding with Joen's parents adventure business at some stage, but i will have to get the nerve to jump off a cliff first.
Anyway i only wrote this as procrastination so i didn't have to pack my room, but i will get onto a proper one tomorrow or the next day. May have a race on Tuesday too so there something i can write about. Will post some pic's of non cycling stuff too and give you full commentry on them all but ill leave you guys in suspence for a few days before i get onto that.
Got Logan, who hails from Papamoa but living up northern Beglium coming down for a few days this week too so im sure there will be a few laughs had over a glass or 2 of red wine. Speaking of red wine, theres an un finished bottle that needs to disapear before we leave here tomorrow. Must get onto that.
Will be back with more news soon.
Take care,
Ryan
Well where to start. Been a good week, busy but good.
Training went well. Started using the SRM to full usage.
For those of you new to SRM, its a wee device that goes on the bike and tells you how much power you are putting out, so its basically like taking the lab riding with you. So each day i set out and can ride to the exact number of wattage. Makes training interesting and can ride each day to the T. It's also quite interesting to come home and download the days training and see how much power you were putting out at any given time during the ride. Anyway thats enough of me ranting on about that.
Everydays been standard really, wake up at routine 8am, breakfast and coffee while the important things are checked out on the net then on the bike by 10. Belgium has turned on a nice week whether wise for us. With today topping out at 25 degrees. And with the Tour of Romandie being ridden in Switzerland it was a good chance for us to catch some tv time post ride.
We were spose to move into the new house Friday but due to our new beds being delayed in getting dropped off we will now be moving tomorrow (Monday). So today we tried to pack a few things up and even went out for dinner so we didn't dirty any more dishes.
So trainings been pretty good this week and today topped it off. I sit here writing this while just being able to keep my eyes open. John, you wanted me home tired, well i went one better. I can't wait to goto bed!! Even had to stop for coke. A big block of hard riding was done and in a few weeks i'll be better off for it. Even got my first bit of sunburn today!
This week has also seen me sit down and re-write all my goals for this year. So i will now endevour to get to the level needed to achieve these goals. Will keep you posted.
Unfortunately the week saw no more road trips due to training and Joen racing on Tuesday, but this week will see some fun things encounted. Might even go para gliding with Joen's parents adventure business at some stage, but i will have to get the nerve to jump off a cliff first.
Anyway i only wrote this as procrastination so i didn't have to pack my room, but i will get onto a proper one tomorrow or the next day. May have a race on Tuesday too so there something i can write about. Will post some pic's of non cycling stuff too and give you full commentry on them all but ill leave you guys in suspence for a few days before i get onto that.
Got Logan, who hails from Papamoa but living up northern Beglium coming down for a few days this week too so im sure there will be a few laughs had over a glass or 2 of red wine. Speaking of red wine, theres an un finished bottle that needs to disapear before we leave here tomorrow. Must get onto that.
Will be back with more news soon.
Take care,
Ryan
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