Found a New Weight Loss Program....

Instead of watching your diet, or buying weight lose pills, just come over to Europe and you are guranteed to lose weight. I have been over here for four days and I have lost five pounds, getting down to the race weight. The food here has been great. I usually make scrambled eggs in the morning, sandwiches at lunch, and then a feast (provided by Ells- like tonight's dinner was: spagetti, ham, tuna, salad, tomatoes, and stir fry) at dinner. There is always something to eat.... keeping me very happy. Today was an easy day, I rode with the team for about an hour and a half, and then I took off and rode by myself for another hour. I went and checked the town and the surounding towns. I would tell you the names, but i can't pronounce the names let alone spell them. The small narrow streets are cool to ride through, and the scenery is pretty sweet, a bit of a relief from the oil fields and smog encompassed mountains (although you can't complain too much about Bako, the Sierras aren't bad). The weather has been great, knock on wood, and I hope it stays that way. Unfortunately, rain is expected in the czech in the first couple days of the race, so that should make things interesting.

So this next week: We drive to the czech tomorrow, which is an all day trip. On Tuesday we spin out our legs and get ready for our first taste of European stage racing. The race starts Wed. and goes through Sun. There is a TT and road race on Thur. so there is six stages total. No big climbs in this race, there are a couple 3k and 5k climbs that should reak havok on the pelaton. We are bringing six members to this race, and I think fewer teams can enter as opposed to the race on Saturday, so perhaps there will be a smaller and more managable field. Noel (the director) srongly suggested that we leave our computers at the house since we are going to an "eastern" country. Apparently theft is a big problem, so I opted to leave my computer in Belgium to be on the safe side. So there probably won't be any news on the race until sunday, unless I can get my hands on a computer.

Thanks for reading, and I will try and get updates to you asap.