Written by Stephen Hall with Brett Schnitzerling and Glenn Harris
After yesterday's events we were hoping to find a replacement kermesse for today but all the races were located on the other side of Belgium near Brussels. We decided to wake up early and get back to training regardless and shift our focus to the weekend ahead. Suddenly the rain started to come down outside and we found ourselves sitting in front of the TV for a few hours instead. Cycling on the TV has been hard to avoid since we arrived and today it was more than welcome when the heavens opened up outside. Eventually it cleared and we got on our bikes to ride the usual loop. We stopped in Geel for our beloved Cecemel Hot Chocolate before continuing, trying to dodge the rain.
A few hours later we walked in the door and got started on dinner. We managed to get a hold of our good friend Adam Semple (fresh off his stage win at the Giro Del Friuli) on Skype. Adam has been away for several months racing with an Italian team and enjoying some recent success (www.adamsemple.com.au). We had a brief chat about bike riding and the coming home party we are all looking forward to in October. After dinner we had a quick visit from a friend of Glenn's while we got ready for our trip to Diest to visit Michael Simms. Its about 40km away and we were already running late so we were out the door and in the car pretty quickly. Michael lives in a beautiful house in Diest with his wife Annalise and they dogs, rabbits and chinese chickens. We drove to a couple local bars and had a few drinks while exchanging old cycling war stories. An early night turned into a late one but we eventually got home and were asleep soon after. Tomorrow we plan to head out for a solid 3-4 hours in the saddle before launching into a heavy weekend of racing.
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