The Operation-The Plan and The Come Back

27May09

Sitting and waiting for an operation by yourself is not the best idea for someone with an overly imaginative mind like myself to do. By the time they came to get me I was more worried about missing the last 30km of the Giro d’Italia’s most exciting stage so far than what was about to [...]

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Photos-Tour de Rijk and Back Home

21May09

 
 
 
 
 

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Tour de Rijk-Limping away with Belief

20May09

A big race with big riders. The wind was blowing and it was going to be a typical race in The Netherlands. I was expecting that with the number of good sprinters in attendance that I could find my way into a break and have a good day off the front. I knew from my [...]

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To Train or To Rest?

02Apr09

One of the hardest questions an athlete has to make is when to train and when to rest. This is especially relevant when you are sick. Do you keep racing and training when you are sick or do you let yourself rest and get better quickly. I have been sick for the past week and [...]

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Tags: Brabantse Pijl, Cinelli-DownUnder, Nick Mitchell, Ronde van Drenthe