I know, there's been a while since I did my last blog post, but so many things have happened during the last 1½ month. First and most important the cyclo cross season has begone :-) and it was with some butterflies flying around in my stomach that I started the my season in Baden. Now all that training had come to the first test. I could feel already when I did the warmup that it would be a hard race because I still had 3 weeks trainingcamp in my legs, and besides that the course was super hard and great. Despite that I ended in the top 10 with a solid 9th. so it was a good start at the season.
This season I have told my self that I what to ride to my max everytime, just keep on pushing my self. I just want to ride free and enjoy it. Last year still stands as a very clear example of how I do NOT want this season to be like. So this year it's all about the fun of cycling! With this in mind I pack our car for 5 months of living and cycling in Belgium and rode after only 4 days home to Belgium. 2 days later I stood once again on Belgium ground waiting for the whistle to blow.
It was 30 degrees, full sun, no wind - perfect for a training day on the road - NOT for racing cycle cross. I have done these kind of super summer hot cyclo cross races before, and it's tough, really hard work. There is good reason why cross riders in december is riding in skinsuit, and shorts... The weather for next race on sunday looks more like a decent cross weather.
After the race in Kalmthout my boyfriend went back home to DK, so now I'm all alone a big house. Luckily some funny Danish guys have invented something call skype! We like, indeed we like, it saves me for a huge phone bill. :-) When the budget is low, you can do the math. It's nice.
As the intelligent reader you are, you have properly noticed that I don't have the fancy pink clothing any more. 2 month before the season took off I was told that the team couldn't provide me with new and smaller bikes, because that didn't know whether they were gonna close or what would happen. So all of a suddenly I had to start from zero and rebuilt my entire cyclo cross season. I got new cyclo cross frames from a german manufactore http://www.brothers-bikes.de/. The bikes works great, really good handling and I like the aggressive geometry.
This year I'll be riding for my Danish club http://www.bovcc.dk/index.asp?DocumentID=738 - therefor the new blue and white color combination. So new season, new bikes, new clothing - it's gonna be fun ride - looking forward to it.
But stay tuned, now the action start -cyclo cross is here!!
