What a ride!

Wow this trip to Belgium is already off to a bang. Since I am a wonderful procrastinator I have slept 6 of the last 49 hours, for my normal sleep schedule this would be more like 18 of 48 or more. But since I had a paper due the same day I was flying over here, I decided to pull an all-nighter before catching my flights. So getting that paper done at 7 am and catching a bus to DIA at 7:30, then flying to DC, and then on to Belgium arriving this morning at 8:30am, this has been quite a ride. Luckily all the travels went well. Then after we got here, Bernard from the Cycling Center, where we are staying for the first four days before we go to the race hotel, picked us up from the airport. Then the rest of the day was filled with eating and riding a bit. In summary I have been doing things for the last 49 hours with a two long naps on the planes. I guess this is kind of what it would be like for med students fulfilling their residency. But I have to say; I have not actually felt tired until I sat down a moment ago to watch TV that was it. So thus I am writing this before we sit down to dinner, and then pass out for the best sleep ever! In the morning we are going to train at Blaarmeer, another indoor track in Ghent. Yeah, they have two! It should be good because most of the Six-day riders should start showing up for a little track time. Anyway, since writing sentences while being sleep deprived has turned out difficult, I will check in tomorrow with some words on the CC, maybe some photos of the area, and our first experience on a Belgian track.

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