Wide World of Sports

Wimbledon, the British Grand Prix and the start of the Tour de France. It's a big weekend in the wide world of sports for the UK and the world. It should also prove to be a good weekend for sport participation as I attempt to redeem myself in Ramsdonk on Sunday after Monday's disastrous racing attempt. I am now 95% over my cold/flu and feeling ready to compete again. After spending the beginning of the week on the spinning bike at the Sportzone and taking in a spin class due to the terrible weather, the last couple of days I have done some very solid training sessions and I am happy to report that I feel alive again. I could also be racing in Ramsdonk again on Monday, but that depends on whether or not we decide to brave the masses and check out the arrival of the Tour in Gent that same day. If I get to see the Tour then that is 2 of 3 Grand Tour views completed, and with the third and final event to see being in Spain it should be fairly easy to find an excuse to be in that part of the world one September in the future.
Tino and Co. are away for the weekend racing mtb's in the Ardennes somewhere. A bunch of the riders on the VWF team got set up with mtb's from Granville and have discovered the wonders of racing in the dirt as of late. There has been a great deal of talk of mtb marathon events which has got me thinking about that potentially being something that I would like to try in the future and with the prospect of relocating to one of the best places in the world for this type of event it could very well be in the cards for the coming years.