My trip to the Canary Islands for the 1st team camp of 2010 turned into a travel nightmare thanks to nasty winter weather. I got stuck at Heathrow, and then got a “bonus” overnight in Madrid. Living the dream? If nothing else, it gives me the time to report that thanks to last week’s contest I got a great new name for my blog. After 5 years of ‘Journey of a Professional Cyclist’ the blog is now (maybe more appropriately titled?) “File Under Pain.”

Thanks to the incredible number of folks who submitted possible names. There were a lot of good ones there, and it’s heartening to see so many people are following the blog. Maybe I’ll actually make it to camp before it ends and I’ll send some updates from there.

Time for some blog housekeeping here. As some of you know I’ve been keeping my blog on & off for like 5 years. The reason I gave it such a big facelift is because in 2010 I plan on being more reliable than ever before in terms of writing about the season and snapping some good photos.

With my new commitment to blogging, I want to find a new name for it. “Journey of a Pro” has been the subtitle here for all 5 years, and I’m looking for something snappier, though for the life of me I’m stumped to come up with the new name.

So it’s time for a contest: Can you help come up with a great blog name? Submit your entry to namecraigsblog@gmail.com with your name and mailing address. My one request is that the name has no more than 16 characters (including spaces!)

The winner will get a few cool tokens of appreciation: I’ll send a signed ‘09 Team Columbia-HTC jersey, my race numbers from the ‘09 World Championships RR in Mendrisio, and the official race book from what’s maybe the prettiest race of the year: Giro del Piemonte. Also, my friends at Competitive Cyclist are donating a $100 gift card too. So it’s a pretty good stash of goodies.

The contest ends on Friday, December 4th at Noon EST so please get those entries coming!!