So today was the big day in Mont Saint Anne. I couldn’t sleep very well because of all my bruises  I have.( I counted them -12) so I woke up early. My training run went okay. The track dried out so much that everybody was running just michelin comp16 or similar tires but I got really hard to ride on so many break bumps and wholes. I really felt good on the track and I liked it, althought I got so many bruises and scratches this weekend from crashing, sliding around. The weather was fine and so I felt this gonna be my day. And it would have been if I wouldn’t have technical problems. My qualification run went well. I finish 14th with 2 mistakes and I knew I can do better. The track was very long about 5-6 minutes and I normally like long tracks because of the pedalling and I see my advantage in long durations. Anyway on the first straight my dereilleur must have been hit by something because my hanger got so bended and I couldn’t pedal or change my pedal position the whole way down. Until I realized that I was already on the ground. sliding on my right side of my body on gravel and big stones…. AHhhhhh. that hurt so much my hand was shaking and I could feel the pain spreeding out through my body. I was so gutted about the fact that I went down that I wasn’t sure if it makes any sense to keep on fighting… I decided to keep on giving my best but I couldn’t pedal…. for few seconds and then it stopped again… I finished 17th which is actually very disappointing for me. I tried not to think about it too much but I am tired of that. I could have done top 10 I was so sure. Who knows..who knows. NEXT time, next weekend, next race and next chance… see you your LENE

I am in Canada right now in my hotel room, my bike has arrived a day later than me, I stay in great appartment, got finally my new fork from Manitou (Travis), I am not too much jetlaged and it’s the first training day. It rained the whole night and yesterday night too. At least it doesn’t rain now. So jep it will be very slippery in some sections. I already have put my mud tires on my rims when I left europe and hoped I wouldn’t need them straight away. They journey was okay. The only enoying thing was stopover in Heathrow (6,5 hours) the first two hours I slept and after fluffing around I got toxicated by trying too much different parfumes and finally you could call me a makeup expert…knowing all new makeup trends… and I got oversugared by the choclate samples in the duty free areas… The flight to Montreal was good. The airplane wasn’t so featured and the food wasn’t that good but I had a nice company and so I didn’t get bored. I arrived in Montreal but my bike didn’t after filling out all the forms I got by bus to Quebec. The bus was so comfi and so I slept the whole drive. After an unintended sight seeing tour through Quebec city at 2 o’clock Harriet and I found the driveway to Mont Saint Anne. Yes and now I am here and I have to get ready.. The training starts soon.. bye bye LENE

Last weekend I raced in Italy- the european champs. It was an amazing track. I liked it a lot. I just didn’t like the weather so much. It rained cats and dogs the whole weekend and the track got deaper and deaper. The race was nearly canceled because of the apocalypse conditions and the fact that the chair lift was strucked by lighting all the time and didn’t work. So the final run was started just from the half of the track because the jeeps couldn’t go up to the top of the hill- (to steep). It wasn’t that big problem because the track was long anyway. In the qualification I ended up on the 7 position. But i heard the timing didn’t work so I don’t know about this placement. The final day was allright it still rained heavy but I had fun the ONE training run was good. (we were not allowed to do more than one run… many riders didn’t more which was not very fair in my opinion…) I had a half good an half horrible final run. I just slipped away with my back wheel on the first off camber bit and lost so much seconds…at the next bits I felt really really fast but I didn’t keep on for long because I managed to get stucked in whole of mud and after the whole was a drop.. I had no other choice to drop my bike and jump from the drop… I was so angry about me in the finish…and sad too. Because I trained well and felt good too. Next time…  I ended up on the 11th place, which is not very good concerning the starter field about 15 th or 16th woman…

No i am at home and preparing everything for the next trip. I got new googles from Spy…and my helmet was restored by chris and Thomas -thanks to Obsn by this way i wish you all the best for the Body Paint Airbrush World champs. and I got new foils for my jerseys /thanks to Zebelon/ and to the copy shop.
This time I am flying to Montreal to race in Mont Sainte Anne and Bromont- then to Vancouver to race and train in Whistler the bike paradise on earth. and then to Canberra to race there the next world cup…

So I have to go and pack my stuff.. see you your LENE 

SO this weekend I raced four cross again. This time we were just 2 girls so we (Anita M and I) raced with the boys. It was good fun. I ended up 7th and Anita 6th. The race track was long and on a BMX track which means a lot of pedalling and flat…

What else did i do: I trained with some friends dirt jumping and downhill training. I jumped my first dirt line and it was great. I went shopping and bought some girls stuff. I fixed my car. I got a new 4 Cross Fork for my hardtail. /THANKS to Sascha from Manitou Germany/.  I had time since months to visit my bike crew from Ciclopia for a chat. /Thanks to Gaffi and Michi for supporting me so much/. I went nearly everyday swimming with a friend. Helped a friend to built up chairs etc. for her flat.. Met a good friend with her 9th month old daughter who i haven’t seen since christmas. Managed the last important things before I am flying away for so long… (21 June - 03 September I will be away) Downloaded new music for me trip… and get prepared for the European Champs this weekend…