Setting Forth

I’m nervous, I’m excited. I’m laughing, now I’m peeing…I’m lizzing…I’m LIZZING!!![i]

Well, I’m not really lizzing, I am, however, nervous and excited. This is my first time traveling overseas solo and also my first trip as a “Professional Runner.” It feels a little less professional due to the fact that I am going into debt for this trip, but what the hell, I’m going to go ahead and call myself a professional runner.

So, I’m flying to Belgium, the land of beer, French fries, and waffles. But, since this is a running trip, I will be heeding my Uncle Gerry’s advice and only taking in Belgium’s finest offerings in moderate doses.

The trip is at least two and a half weeks, more if the running goes great. I’ll race 8s and 15s from Liege to Braschaat. I’ll stumble my way through the approximately seven words I know in French and Dutch (the languages of Belgium). And I will make sure to at least get in some touristy action while setting up a base at the University in Ghent.

Check in every other day or two and hopefully I’ll have up a new entry with pictures and the whole shebang describing my trip.
My racing schedule is listed below, and links to Flotrack coverage of the meets can be found in the links (they will definitely be at the Liege meet on the 15th).

Wish me luck, and feel free to post any comments or questions if you want to know anything at all.
Peace.
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[i] “Lizzing” is laughing and peeing, or whizzing, at the same time…see “30 Rock” for more.