Well now that I have jumped on the blog bandwagon I thought I better keep the updates coming. That and the fact I now have internet which not having for 2 months has really sucked.

Today was an epic day. Monday always seems to be the most painful. It started as usual with a recovery ride of an hour after yesterdays race. We just had a nice ride to Spa and back. It was a balmy 18 degrees which is almost the warmest day we've had and I was able to ride in only a shirt and shorts which is a nice change from the winter jacket we normally have to wear. On the way home the Euskatel Pro tour team rode past in the opposite direction training for Leige. It was funny to see all those wee spanish climbers wrapped up it in there full winter kit and we received a few funny looks from them at the lack of clothing we were wearing. I guess going from the spanish winter of 25-30 degrees to our 0-20 degrees was abit of a shock to them.

Now I said today was the most painful day and this is due to it being marche day. Or supermarket shopping if you will. It is a 2k walk with 600m up a seriously steep hill. We each had 3 8kg bags to carry home. It was probably the deepest in the box I have been in during this entire trip, my arms were never designed to carry weight long distances. It required many stops on the way but im hoping by the time I come back to NZ I will be able to go no stops but will just have to wait and see. Im glad to be home though the grocerys are still sitting in there sacs waiting to be put away but that can wait. Ive got 2 months of internet to catch up on.

We'll thats my day not really that epic but im bored, and after watching the mighty ducks trilogy about 5 times already theres not alot to do. Anyway hope everybodys well, Trainings going well and hopefully with a few more big weeks my form will be on up.

Chur