Just a quick update on the preps. for worlds with about 22 days to go before the opening. I am getting ready to leave for Colombia soon after preparing at altitude for the last 60 days. It was great training and pretty tough to figure out the effects of altitude on your body but i think i tuned it ready to go!
A lot of teams have already arrived or are about to arrive at their facilities in Guarne or elsewhere in Colombia to prepare for Worlds while the local forces are in full effort of building the road course. The only place skates will not prepare for a while is...yes the track in Guarne. I guess we will have a repeat of the 2007 World Championships in Cali, where they closed the track off to most foreigners until a few days prior to worlds. Too bad for people that have invested to come out early and train at altitude. I believe its about time that along with the bid for World Championships organisers will have to commit to opening the track about one month ahead of time... not just to their own country skaters but to anyone...at a cost or not (China 09...). Maybe something the team managers can bring up at this years meeting prior to worlds along with many other subjects. Small detail = in Cali 07 the senior men's Colombian squad walked away with 0 (=zero) gold medals, even after closing off the track to others!
I do understand that the organisers have to build their facilities and this year they have taken on a very diffucult task! They took over the championships from Venezuela with only a few months remaining...thank you for doing! I know personally that Colombia is probably the best country to organise a world championship with plenty of skating freaks and fans! I am sure despite the little details this championship will be awesome...
Small detail = the forcast for the next few days/weeks: RAIN AND 17C/69F
follow the world championships on:
0 comments:
Post a Comment