Home #3 - Prague, CZ

It is true - Prague is my third home. I have been here so many times that it would be unjust to call it anything else. The sights, the sounds, the people, the smell, the course and the fact that any frugal athlete can live like a king here makes this the best place to train.

I arrived here in Prague this morning. I was fortunate to get a ride with some German team friends, Jens Ewald and Sebastian Schubert, to the Munich Airport yesterday after the second race in Tacen, Slovenia. There, I rented a car and began the four-hour drive up to Prague. Since it was 11pm when I left Munich, I only lasted an hour before being forced to pull over and rest. Fortunately, I was prepared. With my trusty sleeping bag, I crawled into the back seat of my Opel Astra Wagon and passed out...I awoke at 6:30 to pleasant sounds of traffic from the nearby Autobahn.

I decided to alter my original plan, which included racing in Merano, Italy, to come to Prague. I realized this past weekend that I was utterly exhausted from all of the racing. Although there was some fluctuations in my results, many great lessons have been learned and I feel that an additional race was unnecessary for me. What I need to do now is rest up and relax so I am nice and fresh for the upcoming World Cup Tour which starts three weeks from now.

Look forward to more consistent updates. Being the only Canadian here in Prague at the moment, I am certain my computer will become a close and dear friend.