We are going for a walk

Jeremy Ferguson riding up a little berm (Image credit: Cody Kaiser)

Belgium, December 24, 2008

Euro 'Cross Camp is going well. So far we have had one race on Sunday that went well for all of us. In the junior race we all finished in the top 15 and on the U23 side we had three guys in the top 10. Those are definitely some respectable finishes for us getting off a plane less than 24 hours prior. Since then we have had a few days off and some time to explore so that’s what we have been doing.

This morning we got up and went out on a ride with Geoff through this old forest. It ended up being a nice easy ride for about an hour. Jeremy and I, along with Cody Cox, decided to extend our ride and find the rumored skate park in the area. We made a good ride out of it and found what we were looking so it all worked out. This was after a few of the guys and I went for a nice cruiser bike ride into the town square and all around. We just wanted to find where all of the stores were and just explore as much as possible.

For its sixth consecutive year, the Euro 'Cross Camp will travel to Izegem, Belgium for two weeks from December 20, 2008 to January 3, 2009, with some of America's most promising cyclo-cross talent. Euro 'Cross Camp Director and US National Team Coach Geoff Proctor selected 19 male riders to take on some of the toughest courses and strongest riders abroad and to prepare for the World Championships in late January. The camp has helped the careers of racers like current US National Champion Ryan Trebon, Jeremy Powers and Jamey Driscoll. Read these diaries for hints of who may emerge from this year's crop of three elite, eight U23 and eight junior racers as America's future 'cross stars? Coach Proctor and his riders will take turns contributing diary entries.