Well alot has happened since my last post. I have moved into to my new accomodation in Aarschot and share an appartment with Macca's team mate Andy Fenn who is a fast boy! my new place is good and am enjoying the luxury of having a television for the first time since March! also there is an xbox which keeps me entertained on easy days!...Living in Aarschot has alot of benefits such as being close to Eric And Daniella's cafe which is ironically callled the ' Century '..the cafe is filled with cycling photos of the brits(even one of me :) )Matt Bram's irish champs jersey and also macca's Anpost jersey along with other national teams who have visited, Hiding in the corner is a Liverpool Century Jersey which in my eyes is the best of em all!...
Back to racing anyway!.....since i have moved out and made a new start i have also joined a new team. The team is called Van Goethem-Prorace cycling team. the team is a better standard and takes part in bigger races. Also the manager is more committed to the team and is at the majority of racing handing bottles and helping us. I have a new team bike which is pretty cool. a pro race frame :) yes the steerer looks high! but i have a certain geometry now of my bike and i wanted to keep it the same as my old bike!
My first race for the team was a kermesse at Linden near the city of Leuven. It was a hard circuit with a pretty tough climb every lap... It was a war of attrition and every lap riders were getting shelled. I managed to cling on to the the remains of the bunch and there was around 30 riders remaining .. i reckon i was on for about 15th place and had half a lap to go when i took a corner and then my back end slid out and i just managed to get it back upright and i looked down and i had punctured! I was pretty gutted but took the positives out of it that my legs were gettin stronger....other races i have been doing have been all located around the Tienen area and i seem to be coming 30th alot for some reason! i can feel that i am getting stronger and i am alot happier where i am situated!
I hope everything is going ok! wasn't such a long blog but i feel like i crammed alot into it! haha
keep riding!
Mike Gregg
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