Game Time
// March 1st, 2008 // Sup
Hanging out in Kortrijk, Belgium. We are about 6 km from Gent, the start and finish of this years edition of Het Volk. The weather outside is freaking crazy. First it rained all night, so the 13 km or so of cobbled sections both uphill and flat are going to be a slippery mess. Secondly, the wind is unreal! It’s seriously constantly windy with high gusts over 35 mph. Lying in my bed I seriously thought the house/hotel we are staying in was going to blow over. I feel like one of the Three Little Pigs, so thank god every structure in Belgium is made of bricks.
For the past two weeks, Magnus the maximus has been my drill Sergeant. I don’t mean just as a training mentor, but rather a physical I’m here to pound you, I eat little boys, I like nails for breakfast, who’s your uncle type drill instructor.
Fortunately for me, I thrive on this type of training! The raw energy and motivation as the rides begin until we begin slaughtering one another finding that each of us is thick headed and equally enjoying the self inflicted pain. Each of us driving one another until the mere language being used is nothing more than variable grunts. Grunts that have different tones, pitches, and volumes to establish how each feels or which way to go, left or right?
The training has been great, and we both successfully accomplished what we wanted to get done. For the sergeant, it was getting back on top of the training for Roubaix and for me the same plus some in order to be a force to reckon with when the time has come.
Even though the training was brutal, we had great dinners using local cuisine to our delights as planned in the mornings over breakfast. This was simply something to keep us looking forward to throughout the day haha. Following dinner, nice after dinner drinks such White Russians or a local herbal liquor, Ratafia Russet and one anothers company (Will, Maggy, and I) to enjoy as the pain subsided into well earned sleep.
Okay, time to get kitted up for todays drama!
BRING IT THE F**K ON!
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Good luck! Will be watching for you on cycling.tv!
y’alls bikes are sick.
good luck, get er’ done!
Congratulations on a very solid race.
To bad you just missed the top 10.
Greetings from a Belgian cycling fan.
Great ride today!
What a great race! I loved watching the updates on cyclingnews.com. Congradulations. Thats MOUSEPOWER!
Great race today, Mike, and congrats! Thanks for blogging. Fun keeping track of your season.
Not bad mate, but room for improvement ! Perhaps you need some more meat in those balls !!! Are meatballs big in Sweden as they are in Denmark ? Maybe Maggie knows a recipe?! Good luck for tomorrow.
MIKE!!!! 12Th at Het Volk…From Northeastern Mortgage to riding shotgun for one of the best classic riders in the world in 3 years or less…that should be on your business card…oh, and world class track racer…Uhmm, I don’t think it would all fit but you get my drift. Say hi to Will for me.Good luck in KBK. Say hi to Joachim for me and don’t drink out of his water bottle…
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Congradulations! Awesome! Way to stick with it. I thought you were a going to get dropped on that last Pave climb. You don’t have meatball, You’ve got BIG BRASS BALLS!!!! Great race today, and good luck in K-B-K.
Mike. good job today, way to get it done, good luck in the coming weeks!
Fantastic ride today! Go Slipstream!
That was a hell of a race. Just shows that your big butt = good classics rider theory works. Just remember to smile for the cameras tomorrow… http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/mar08/hetvolk08/index.php?id=/photos/2008/mar08/hetvolk08/bettiniphoto_0023786_1_full
You need to get a photo of your dad jumping up & down over your fantastic result. That would be a great sight. I am sure Fraysse has a BIG grin too. Great job… keep it up… as I am sure you have more to prove to yourself about just how great you can be with cycling thing…
ey Bilko, I did jump out of my desk chair clapping. And I turned on the Iron Butterfly real loud. Its the greatest feeling every single time to watch Mike score both on the track and road over the yrs. Its even better when I hear and read the accolades from friends and fellow riders. Its the definition of MOUSEPOWER to it fullest. And with a little luck and power from The Man Above, there’ll be more to come.
I got goose bumps hearing of your result.
Way to go! You’ve come far since your embolism.
Onward!
bust a move early, power through the middle, suffer to the end. 12th f…ing place in Het Volk’ The Meatball rocks.
Awesome work. Congrats on a fine ride.
I think you can raise the price now on your “Meatball Deal” after that solid result from yesterday
Great way to start the classics. Looking forward to more great results.
Nice place in K-B-K… the strength is building towards a rainbow step. Keep the momentum rollin.
Great job Friedman. You earned all of this by good old-fashioned ass busting…Keep pedaling hard…
nice,real nice
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