Meanwhile back at camp Hamilton....

My last postings have all been based around Gregg's racing in Belgium, as there hasn't been much news coming out of camp Hamilton. Finally there is a bit of news, unfortunately no I haven't won the lottery. I have just booked my flight to Amsterdam, I will be leaving Hamilton on the 24th of April arriving the 25th. Life in Hamilton has been carrying on as usual; work, packing, dealing with the sale of the apartment, and knotting up loose ends. The apartment is looking strange with most things in boxes already, I only have just enough stuff unpacked so that I can stay here until mid April and live somewhat normally. Much to the fear of Bram after closing on the apartment I will be staying with my parents for about a week or so before heading overseas.

Over in Belgium Gregg is just starting to get over that cold that I left you with last time. He hasn't raced since his unfortunate mechanical, but will be getting back out there soon. I have a few photos of him from his first race Brussels - Zepperen, taken by team assistant Romina Teirlinck.




Tot Ziens
Holly

Rrrroll OFF the rim to win?

Perhaps Gregg had spent too much time living in the founding city of Tim Hortons? It is possible that Gregg heard the famous phrase "Rrroll up the rim to win" and confused it with "Rrroll off the rim to win". This may have seemed odd for him at first, but he must have decided to try his luck because that is just what he attempted... unfortunately his rim said "Please Play Again".

On Wednesday at his race in Wanzele Gregg's rear tire rolled off the rim while taking a corner 40km into the race, naturally causing him to crash. Fortunately he can play again, as the crash left him with only some mild road rash. He has been quite sore for the last few days, and with that came a bit of a flu. He should be fine by Sunday, but regardless opted not to race that day thinking that it is too early in the season to be pushing yourself while still recovering. His next race will now be Nokere-Koerse on Wednesday. Lets hope that he has figured out that you cannot win by rrrolling off the rim!

By the way I already know that I am a bit odd and that was my weird sense of humour at its finest. I even hope to bring you some more odd ball stories in the not so far off future!

Tot ziens
Holly & Sore and Sick Gregg

Reunited With The Peloton

Gregg took to the line of his first race of the year today for the 147km race Brussel-Zepperen. With the weather a beautiful 13 degrees and sunny, he said that he could not have asked for better!
I wish that I could go into full details on his account of the race, but unfortunately I had spoken with him around 11:00pm his time. With him having an early start to the day, I figured sleep was better than finding out all of the juicy details of the race. Juicy details meaning tough sections of the course and attacking, not peloton gossip.
From Greggs personal account of the race he said there was a group of five riders that finished off the front, with one of his team mates finishing in 2nd position. About a minute back was the peloton, with Gregg finishing amongst it. He was part of the peloton sprint, but did mention that it was a bit of a ridiculous sprint with all sorts of crashes. With this being a smaller race, he does not know yet where he finished in the scheme of things, but figures he placed somewhere in the 30's-40's. All in all, not bad for his first race of the year with a start list of 160 riders.

Gregg was very pleased with his race today, saying that he did not really get to any points where he felt like he needed to dig down and push himself. So his form is coming along very nicely, so after a few more weeks of training and racing we could see him tap into some really good form. His next race is on Wednesday, followed by another on Sunday. I hope to get a few pictures to share with everyone in the near future.

As for me in Hamilton. Well we have accepted an offer on the apartment, and hopefully will be signing the paper work early this week. Once the official closing date is set I will have a better idea as to when I will be venturing over. Oh and I saw the movie Music and Lyrics this past weekend, I did not know what to expect from it as the trailers didn't show much to be desired. However my friend and I ended up seeing it for the sole reason that it stars Hugh Grant, and I will say that I really enjoyed it....a very good chick flick!!!

Hope everyone enjoyed the extra hour of light as much as I did!
Take care

Holly