Made it

Alive and in one piece… I think that’s the best title to any story where people are wondering if you are ok…

I arrived in Belgium today and stepped foot in to my apartment at exactly 11:30am.

The last 24hrs has been an amazing adventure. It all started at 9180 Ashburn Rd with my drive to the airport. Fudges battery was dead in her truck so we had to jump it with my Mom’s truck. The drive to the airport was easy and relaxing, it was a non-issue all to the stellar driving of Fudge and my Mom. The airport is another story, my bike bags cost me $250 and everyone wanted to know what was in the bags. Before I continue on with my little story I have to thank Sonja Graham my travel agent for getting me awesome flights over to Belgium. Anyways back to the splash. I had no real problems on my first flight other then I was hungry. The long Haul was a tiny bit different. The crew forgot to fill the plane with water so we left the terminal 1hr 30mins after our original departure time. The weird part of it is that the plane landed 38mins early in Brussels, crazy. I then grabbed my bikes and headed for the train station. (Note to self…caring a bike bag hurts a cyclist body… invest in wheels or sherpa) I landed in Leuven, waited for an hr and then arrived my chariot to take me to the housing.

 

Now I am just trying to get settled in because I race tomorrow…..eeeeeeeeeeee…..

 

Cheers

KD

Tis The Season...

Over the past week I have been trying to get in the last few winter activities I enjoy this time of year. Unfortunately the weather seemed to turn to the worse and it rained all day today. We lost most of our snow... super depressing. 

To rewind a bit last weekend The family and I went out and cut down the family christmas tree... It was a blast... here are few a photos.

After tree hunting we went to the CRCS Xmas skating party...

Getting back on the Horse

Time fly’s by when you are having fun. The last time I posted on my wall was over 4 months… that’s way to long… sorry for that. I would like to say the reason for not posting was the fact that I was loaded with things to do but really it was me being pure lazy. Now that I have shaken that bug I will be posting regularly on here just to keep people updated with my adventures or just to write down my random thoughts…

 

The Update:

I will be leaving for Belgium on Dec 28^th to start my Europe cyclocross campaign. I will be racing 3 UCI cross races, 2 World Cups and last but not least World Championships on January 26^th in Italy. I am super excited about Italy, it has been a life long dream to go to Italy and now I get to go and race there…living the dream!

 

The Prep:

Well right now I am just trying to log as much bike time as the weather permits me to. As most people know Snow+Bike= sickness, depression, trainer time and crashes… With the snow I have been logging many epic snowshoe adventures. My home turf offers many unique landscapes to challenge my efforts.

 

The Life:

This time of year seems to always stress people out because of the added “to do list”… aka Christmas shopping. For me I have completed my shopping and most of my travel plans, my stress level is at an all time low.

 

The End

Cheers

Sicky mCsicky!!! Would you like to biggie size that?

So for the last 3 weeks I have been fighting mono and for the last week I have been getting the shit kicked out of me by strep throat. The 2 things you do not want at the same time!!! What is Mononucleosis?

Mononucleosis (often called "mono") is an infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Signs of mono include fever, sore throat, headaches, white patches on the back of your throat, swollen glands in your neck, feeling tired and not feeling hungry.

So with that out fo the way, I have positive news and that is I have lost 6lbs!!! Who needs diets when... just get mono!!!

Also with my time spent sitting in my family room I have kept myself busy with Youtube... here are 2 of my new favs... goodbless the OC and SNL

cheers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEji6K-375I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3umNk9nVxbQ&mode=related&search=