Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
LOST and CONFUSED
LICHTERVELDE 18X 6.1KM
Saturday greeted myself with another Kermis,JoJo and I travelled 70kms to west flanders or The Land of the Wind.
The race started off in typical Belgian style of really really fast and from the get go I was in lactic hell.
The course contained 2 small climbs with the main climb around 500 metres it was long enough to string out the bunch of 98 riders.
You know you are in a fast race when you think that you are going slow and that the pace has slowed and you look down at your speedo to see that you are doing 52kph on the flat.
I was having no problems on the flat sections until we would hit the main climb and I found myself stretched to the limits of my current form and alas at the 70km mark I pulled the pin after what was one damn hard race and a good training session in speed.
Still I was satisfied with my race and believe my form is coming.
LOUNDSKOUTER-OOSTERZELLE 13X9.1KM
On sunday i lined up for my second race in 2 days and I have to say that the legs were feeling good.
125 riders lined up for this Kermis race in oost vlaanderen and I started to become nervous when I saw several pro team cars rocking up with riders.
Lucklily for myself there was no major climbs and the course was fairly flat.
As soon as the whistle blew the pace was on and it was evident that none of the top riders wanted to hang around in the bunch for long.
The first hour was on a average of over 44 kph and we would reach speeds of over 65kph on some sections as the front runners tried to break away.
On the second lap a big group of around 25 got away and quickly built up a lead of 30 seconds, this made me happy as the pace in the main peleton slowed for a few minutes as they decided what to do.
This gave me some time to move up closer to the front and see what I could do.........Well I couldnt do much! I tried a few attacks with some other guys but as soon as I hit the front I could see that I still lack the race speed to be able to bridge the gaps.
After a few laps my Belgian bro JoJo was able to get into a move and was able to ride in the 2nd peleton and would eventually finish a completely buggered 40th.
I was happy to finish in the bunch and finish my first race of the season in style and kept the Lance fans happy with my black socks( as acording to most Belgians I look like the Boss.....)which had good height.
So 3 races down in 5 days and about 13 to go so I should find some form somewhere......RIGHT?
Tomorrow I will post some photos of the Aalst tour de francr criterium and show you some sexy photos of Ale Jet abd Fabian.
Cams Tip;If you are ever feeling ugly and unwanted,go visit Aalst in Belgium and you are sure to feel alot and I mean alot better about yourself.
Cam
Saturday greeted myself with another Kermis,JoJo and I travelled 70kms to west flanders or The Land of the Wind.
The race started off in typical Belgian style of really really fast and from the get go I was in lactic hell.
The course contained 2 small climbs with the main climb around 500 metres it was long enough to string out the bunch of 98 riders.
You know you are in a fast race when you think that you are going slow and that the pace has slowed and you look down at your speedo to see that you are doing 52kph on the flat.
I was having no problems on the flat sections until we would hit the main climb and I found myself stretched to the limits of my current form and alas at the 70km mark I pulled the pin after what was one damn hard race and a good training session in speed.
Still I was satisfied with my race and believe my form is coming.
LOUNDSKOUTER-OOSTERZELLE 13X9.1KM
On sunday i lined up for my second race in 2 days and I have to say that the legs were feeling good.
125 riders lined up for this Kermis race in oost vlaanderen and I started to become nervous when I saw several pro team cars rocking up with riders.
Lucklily for myself there was no major climbs and the course was fairly flat.
As soon as the whistle blew the pace was on and it was evident that none of the top riders wanted to hang around in the bunch for long.
The first hour was on a average of over 44 kph and we would reach speeds of over 65kph on some sections as the front runners tried to break away.
On the second lap a big group of around 25 got away and quickly built up a lead of 30 seconds, this made me happy as the pace in the main peleton slowed for a few minutes as they decided what to do.
This gave me some time to move up closer to the front and see what I could do.........Well I couldnt do much! I tried a few attacks with some other guys but as soon as I hit the front I could see that I still lack the race speed to be able to bridge the gaps.
After a few laps my Belgian bro JoJo was able to get into a move and was able to ride in the 2nd peleton and would eventually finish a completely buggered 40th.
I was happy to finish in the bunch and finish my first race of the season in style and kept the Lance fans happy with my black socks( as acording to most Belgians I look like the Boss.....)which had good height.
So 3 races down in 5 days and about 13 to go so I should find some form somewhere......RIGHT?
Tomorrow I will post some photos of the Aalst tour de francr criterium and show you some sexy photos of Ale Jet abd Fabian.
Cams Tip;If you are ever feeling ugly and unwanted,go visit Aalst in Belgium and you are sure to feel alot and I mean alot better about yourself.
Cam
Thursday, July 22, 2010
53 minutes of fantastic pain
Well i am finally here! Back in the land of chocolate and Beer,it was a long long 32hour journey to the end of the earth.
After a few days of wandering around with a massive case of jetlag I can now say that i have settled into Belgian life.
My first few days I spent sleeping and getting to know the area where i will be based for the next 6 weeks.
I will be based in Mere which is a tiny town around 25kms away from Brussells, i have to say that the house in which i am staying is a very European house which i think is actually older than Australia
And the house comes equiped with a typical Belgian view of paddicks and Cows.
THE RACE
I was in a bit of a hard place when i lined up for Wednesdays race in Kerksken. Kerksken is my old hometown from back in 2007 when i was quite a shy friendly young lad.
Mainly the reason i was in such a bad place at the start was because of the hammering i got in playing Paintball a few days earlier and i believe it was shoot the Aussie day and I have so many bruises I am beginning to look like my ex wife.
The Kerksken Kermis was 13 hard laps of a 9.1 km circuit which included 2 climbs and some crazy technical roads which would even test the best of the Fat Bastards.
With a few pro riders lining up at the start i begun to think that my first race back in 12 months was not going to be a walk in the park.
Bang as soon as the whistle blew the race was on! and starting on the 2nd climb I felt as though I was already on my limit, as usual a group formed on the first lap which meant that the whole ^peleton went crazy trying to catch up and we began to spend alot of time over the 60kmh mark.
After about 30 minutes i was feeling OK but the race pace was just so so fast i couldnt seem to get into a rythym and begun to hurt like a mother, the only place that i felt comfortable was on the main climb which went for about a 1km and the pace would slow to about 35kmh.
Feeling good did not last that long and soon it was clear that the lack of race days and lack of speed training was not on my side and I pulled the pin at the 53 minute mark and with around 45 kms on the clock.
To say I am pretty happy with my first race this season and believe that I will hit some good form in the next few weeks.
Here is a good photo of my Belgian brother JoJo in the white and myself hurting at the start,JoJo went on to finish in the bunch for another strong performance.
Here you see the bunch as we hit the base of the main climb,i am at the back in my Duro kit
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So my first race is down as is my first week, I plan on racing again on saturday and sunday and will then go and watch the Tour de France criterium in Aalst this Monday which should be good for a perv.
Cam
After a few days of wandering around with a massive case of jetlag I can now say that i have settled into Belgian life.
My first few days I spent sleeping and getting to know the area where i will be based for the next 6 weeks.
I will be based in Mere which is a tiny town around 25kms away from Brussells, i have to say that the house in which i am staying is a very European house which i think is actually older than Australia
And the house comes equiped with a typical Belgian view of paddicks and Cows.
THE RACE
I was in a bit of a hard place when i lined up for Wednesdays race in Kerksken. Kerksken is my old hometown from back in 2007 when i was quite a shy friendly young lad.
Mainly the reason i was in such a bad place at the start was because of the hammering i got in playing Paintball a few days earlier and i believe it was shoot the Aussie day and I have so many bruises I am beginning to look like my ex wife.
The Kerksken Kermis was 13 hard laps of a 9.1 km circuit which included 2 climbs and some crazy technical roads which would even test the best of the Fat Bastards.
With a few pro riders lining up at the start i begun to think that my first race back in 12 months was not going to be a walk in the park.
Bang as soon as the whistle blew the race was on! and starting on the 2nd climb I felt as though I was already on my limit, as usual a group formed on the first lap which meant that the whole ^peleton went crazy trying to catch up and we began to spend alot of time over the 60kmh mark.
After about 30 minutes i was feeling OK but the race pace was just so so fast i couldnt seem to get into a rythym and begun to hurt like a mother, the only place that i felt comfortable was on the main climb which went for about a 1km and the pace would slow to about 35kmh.
Feeling good did not last that long and soon it was clear that the lack of race days and lack of speed training was not on my side and I pulled the pin at the 53 minute mark and with around 45 kms on the clock.
To say I am pretty happy with my first race this season and believe that I will hit some good form in the next few weeks.
Here is a good photo of my Belgian brother JoJo in the white and myself hurting at the start,JoJo went on to finish in the bunch for another strong performance.
Here you see the bunch as we hit the base of the main climb,i am at the back in my Duro kit
.jpg)
So my first race is down as is my first week, I plan on racing again on saturday and sunday and will then go and watch the Tour de France criterium in Aalst this Monday which should be good for a perv.
Cam
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