With 3 weeks left now of my season most guys are worried about getting to the races healthy, un-injured and in good form. A lot of hurdles jump out sometimes and create something I call “Season Enders” Here are some of the temptations in the kitchen that seem to be adding up and could present a ’season ender.’ I realized this year I’m being good about what I’m eating, maybe its less stress, maybe its more determination, whatever, its something. I took some pictures on my phone of some of the ‘items’ I happened to peruse before I actually settled on a bowl of granola and some eggs. photo_010608_001.jpg photo_010608_002.jpg photo_010608_003.jpg photo_010608_004.jpg Season enders don’t just have to deal with food either, they can be that big night of drinking and doing something dumb that results in time off the bike. It could be your girlfriend breaking your heart, it could be jury duty for weeks, maybe riding with out your helmet (well that could be a “life ender”) Anyways, you get the point. Be careful of these obsticals in the final weeks of your season(s). I came across this interesting article on NYTimes.com. It’s all about how people drink alcohol in the cold. I’ve always wondered if it was effective in keeping you warm because they do this at a lot of big euro cx races. Alcohol at the finish line in some sort of tea w/ honey. Taste great, not going to hear a peep out of me on that. I first got this concoction in Switzerland when I was a junior back in 2001! Look at this article, it smashes that euro logic down, ends up not being not so great after all. Check it out here! Today is the Belgian nationals or the 1st of 2 world championships. The Belgie champs is a mini worlds. I’m going with Sven for the Jersey, but thats obvious. Tim J put his money on another rider, I can’t believe it. We’ll see. Just noticed Radomir Simunek didn’t win his national title. Bummer. I’m gonna try to persuade him to come over and race in the states next yr. He’s a nice guy and always goes out of his way to say hi to me at the races. Maybe he’ll come out for cross’ vegas too. On one last note. I noticed for everyone thats not making the flight over to worlds in Italy. It’s going to be live on WCSN. Heres the link to that I should mention, direct flight from JFK to Venice on Delta is 600 bucks round-trip. Alright, I’m out to train, seeya!