A week off the bike and I felt it last night at Spinning. The first half of the class was uncomfortable to say the least. I seemed to gather some form as the class went on and finished was feeling better toward the end. Drop a few pounds and get a couple more good rides and I'll be okay for the weekend races.

News Item of the Day: Leading UCI cyclo-cross racer Sven Nys confirmed to Cyclingnews that the Cross World Cup calendar 2005/2006 will most likely include a round on U.S. grounds. UCI cyclo-cross coordinator Peter Van den Abeele asked top cross riders about their opinion on this at the World Cup race in Koksijde, Belgium, and will travel to Portland for the American Championships next Thursday, according to velomania.net. Where and when this race would take place is not known yet.

Viewpoint: This is very cool. There is two obvious places the race will be held. Either in the Boston/Northeast area or Portland. My hunch would be he New England area. It's considered the leading 'cross area in the country although Portland gets big turnouts as well. The other factor in favor of the east is several hours less travel time from Europe.