A quick update on the progress for the World Championships. We re on track to kick things off great. Our team's training has been great and the coaching staff with Jorge Botero and Pipe Botero has been very helpful. I am starting to feel pretty comfortable on the fast track and am now tackling the road course. It's definitely challenging! The last corner is a pretty tight one...normally not my favorite but I am adjusting and figuring things out for the 200m to take it with as much speed as I possibly can. The 500m is going to be an exiting race and possibly a pretty dirty one!
The traditional timing game has started now that most of the teams are here and are starting to lay down some fast laps. The truth is that this a psychological game where skaters pass times amongst each other to scare one another. The funny thing is that in the number of world championships I have been the guy with the fastest lap time rarely wins a race...so even a fast lap time doesn't guarantee anything! It's the guy that puts everything together that wins the races. Ofcourse the times taken are an indication of you being on or off pace but it shouldn't be nothing more.
On another note the Las Lomas Hotel is beyond expectations! I was a little afraid after hearing about Guarne being a little mountain town with nothing really here, but this hotel really proves that even in the middle of nowhere you can find great Colombian hospitality! I just wish they could control the weather as well! Temperatures are swinging between 40 and 95 day and night! Very easy to get sick ofcourse while skating so precautions are better taken!
Please check out some pics of us skating on the Guarne track and a pic of the Boteritos school in Medellin!
1 comments:
You look like you're in incredible shape. I wish you the best. The kids here in Northern COlorado consider you one of our own! We'll be rooting for you!
Chris
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