The Last Week/End of Euro 'Cross Camp

This past week and a half has flown by and another edition of Euro 'Cross Camp is over for me and I am heading back home tomorrow.
But to go back to the World Cup in Zolder last Saturday, the race was an ok race. I had had a chest cold the few days prior but I tried not to let it get me down. The course there started on a Formula 1 racing track and featured some very steep drops, ride ups, and runups. I ended up getting a pretty good start and survived the first lap nuisances and came through around the top 30. I kept pushing pretty hard but started to feel pretty blocked up in my lungs from being sick so I feel back a little bit and finished around 40th. Not feeling the best after the race and later that night, I decided to skip the race the next day.
I rested up the next few days and got ready for what was my favorite in Europe last year, the Azencross in Loenhout, Belgium. The course is very fun to ride with multiple flyovers and a section of motocross like "whoops". There was also a considerable amount of thick, peanut butter mud sections and that added to the already difficult course. I had a very good call up and started and was feeling alot better than the World Cup. I settled in a group about mid way into the race and fought it out with the other riders until the end and I beleive ended up somewhere midpack.
Here is a link to the highlights from this years pro mens race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RP-tsEW_g.
It was also great to meet the director of the Navigators Insurance office in Antwerp, Jan Dela Ruelle. I then took the train to Antwerp the next day to meet up with Jan and have lunch. He first showed me around the office there and I met the employees and talked cyclocross for about 30 minutes. Next we headed to the city center and Jan treated me to an exceptional lunch at an Italian restaurant.
We next walked around the city and Jan kept showering me with gifts of chocolate and Speculoos. I shortly headed back to Izegem but it was a great afternoon.
I will be home for about 10 days then head back to Europe for 2 World Cups and finally the World Championships the last weekend of January.
I am having some trouble finding some pictures from the camp but will post them as soon as I do.