Well we all survived the heat and rain storms that go with visiting Columbia.

The racing days are long with the last session finishing around midnight then back for some food and bed and getting ready for next day’s racing. Session’s on the track start about 10am which means at the venue 3 hours before to sort out gears check out bikes from the night before and give then a clean down to get rid of all the dust that collects on them and then move them from our cabin to track centre ready for the riders doing there warm up prior to completion.

The Canadian team had lots of good rides with them coming away from Columbia with  gold medals for the women team pursuit and also two silver medals and  3 fourth places which is rather good when they all have to travel to LA for track training which they fund themselves and also funding there flight’s to Columbia.

 There was one spectacular crash in the men’s Keirin were the Italian rider flew over the barrier and fell 3 metres to the ground and got away with only a few cuts and bruises ( they are hard men these trackies )

Our next venture is a training camp in LA early January 2010 then straight to Bejing for the next Track World Cup.

Myself I am home for Xmas and move into a new house 1 week before it so going to be busy again.  No Cyclo Cross in Belgium for me this winter as I really need to get all things tidied up.

Have a Merry Xmas and as they say in Scotland a Guid New Year