Snow is what’s happening here in Belgium right now.  It’s not supposed to snow in Belgium, and it doesn’t very often.  For all you Western Washingtoners, it snows considerably less in Belgium than on the West side of our state.  So there aren’t many snow plows, roads are bad, the airport has closed a few times… you get the picture.

First off you should check out my entry for the EuroCrossCamp cyclingnews diary that I wrote yesterday.  That should bring you up to speed on the yesterday’s “race”.  Now for today’s race.  We had to get up super early to start our drive to Kalmthout because of the poor road conditions.  I was not digging on more snow after yesterday’s experience, but once I got out on the course it was quite fun and I was pumped I had a decent race on the technical course with quite a few fast and short stair runs.  I finished in 34th place on the lead lap and I’m pretty happy with that.

The roads had improved quite a bit so we made it back to the house in time to watch the elite men’s race on tv and it was spectacular.  Especially the last lap, so when crosstube.net gets the video up you should definitely check it out.  Please ponder this:  Is Sven Nys the Real Slim Shady?

“That last lap crash didn’t bother me. Nobody could pass me, even if it meant that I would have to go through the last corner at 60 km/h. These are extreme conditions and that’s when the real Sven Nys stands up, even though it was really cold.”

I’m planning on trying to give updates here every other day, or maybe everyday that I race.  I promise that there will be interesting pictures too.  Cause I’ll be real, those are much cooler than many of my words.  Last but certainly not least thank you to all of those who have made this trip possible for me!

-Steve