BRIAND Pascal "Skating Skills Intelligence"

french indoor championship

2011-02-08T23:24:00.001+01:00

all the finals of the french indoor championship are available on my youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePascalbriand

trouver les bons mots...find the right word

2011-02-02T14:31:00.004+01:00

back in france

2010-12-03T09:53:00.002+01:00

i m now back in france now for work. it's nice to get back and meet again all skaters, coach and people from here. beside my work i train a bit. tuesday i run my classic 1200 800 400m... wednesday i run block 6min run/ 6min pliometric x 4...thursday i run 45min 3min/3min.

hamar

2010-11-28T13:43:00.002+01:00

tema pursuit in hamar was better but still not great. we made a plan so i dont lead cause of last week end, but i was feeling better and then alexis and benj had to do too much to compete for a better time.
i still need more training so i can understand more about this ice technic that is still not coming in my body. i see what i have to do but i can t make my body do it^^...but still i feel i understand more than the other years^^...

berlin...hamar

2010-11-25T10:04:00.002+01:00

last week end , i raced in berlin. 6m40.1 on 5000m....grrrr 0,1sec from qualification time for the 10km in hamar. anyway i m happy wiht it for now. after 5weeks on the ice 6m40 is my best 5000m race in europe. i have to enjoy this even if there is still a lot to do. this year my mind is more open to learn technic. i start to understand thing on ice i could not even see before. it s interesting.
sara is skating super great so i m really happy for her.

the team pursuit was terrible for me. after 4 laps i died like i never did before, that was really a day "without" for me. now i m in hamar for a 2nd team race...

in Heerenveen

2010-11-08T19:06:00.002+01:00

i m in heerenveen now....nice to meet again some skaters^^ , few friends from new zealand, canada, sweden....nice people. i did 2 training today...off skate this morning and 5x3 laps on the ice this afternoon. air pressure was super low 978 they said... where is the air resistance^^?

i train with sara...was good training. tomorow morning , back on the ice again

going to world cup

2010-11-07T11:07:00.003+01:00

today i m flying to heerenveen. i can t wait to see Sara ...
next week end we both race in the world cup, so nice, i will just race 1000m this week end thinking of getting more ready for berlin and hamar.

6m42 in berlin

2010-11-02T13:37:00.003+01:00

last week end i was in berlin, for little racing with benjamin, mathilde and sara. i skate 6m42 which is almost my best time ever in 5km in europe...so strange with so little ice training...but COOL.
sara also qualified 4m21....juhu...
and benjamin too...
mathilde race good with 4M33 so 2àsec faster than 2weeks ago...

litlle more ice...

2010-10-25T21:42:00.003+02:00

here i m back in holland for my holiday time on ice^^
so to change a bit i can skate hehe cool...so i arrived and just race a marathon in amsterdam 100laps....cool and finished 26th in a messi sprint where i didn t know when was hte sprint due to the breakaway.
then on sunday evening i race a 3km in groningen....4M08 was goodwith benjamin macé 4m11.... little confusing with the laps....butgood race. i feel better this yeareven if i skate much more less.

get the mind : FAST

2010-10-19T15:20:00.004+02:00

sorry video doesn t fit good in it...i don t know how to do better. any tips are welcome. pascalbriand@yahoo.fr
you can click on the video to find it on youtube.

training in france

2010-10-17T12:12:00.003+02:00

one more week before going back to heerenveen for some more training with the "new" french long track team. tristan still as coach will be with a total of 12 skaters next week...cool. it will be ni
now, biking, running and jumping trying to get more condition. good point is that weather in toulouse is still good, no it's nice change compare to holland weather^^.

ce to skate with benjamin again...and soon also with alexis

medical test^^

2010-10-12T13:58:00.004+02:00

this week i did my medical test. it s a serie of test to check the health of athlete that we have to do in france 2 or 3 times a year. sometimes we get interesting information to follow our shape.
good news this year is that i m 5kg lighter than last year at the same period and 3% less fat. it show me i eat better. good food is important for sport and last year i made mistake on this topics.
it s also probably a good reason why i was feeling better on the ice last week.

my heart rate when i rest was 44...which is also good. normally my lowest is 36 and my max is 209...

im still 183cm high^^ small chance that this value except when i will get too old...but not yet as some people try to make me feel^^ (not my friends^^)

blood value, i didn t get them yet...may be in few days.

6m49.13

2010-10-03T22:52:00.003+02:00

and the result is 6m49.13...which is good as i needed to do under 6m50...
i couldn't really do faster after just 5days on the ice but important point is done, i did minimum standard for world cup.

1st test of season 2010 2011

2010-10-03T15:05:00.002+02:00

after a week on the ice, it's time for a 5km test tonight. main goal this season is to have a good team poursuit for france...
tristan loy is now main coach and we have new coming skaters...

more coming soon^^

training

2010-08-08T22:16:00.001+02:00

cool to see how we train every day and think our body is fit...
sometimes i see some video from another kind that make me think...^^
enjoy

video euro italy

2010-08-03T17:31:00.001+02:00

training in Pibrac with Cadet for euro

2010-07-20T15:55:00.001+02:00

soon it is the end of the training for the cadets and co for euro...
preparation was good...and it was nice to skate sometimes with them to learn them some little tricks....let's see if they can use it in a week^^

picture from bike races

2010-07-19T22:51:00.002+02:00

saturday i got 10th in 1st cate ufolep...
i hope i can find more FFC race soon...but here not so many so UFOLEP is good too...

bike race again

2010-07-17T14:26:00.001+02:00

2nd victory in a bike race yesterday evening in 2Nd cate ufolep...cool^^

next race in 1st cate ... cool to be little in shape...

avant gout

2010-07-16T03:45:00.002+02:00

news^^

2010-07-15T10:12:00.002+02:00

ok i m back for some little news...
now i train on my bike and race a little for fun...in ufolep federation...
i race my 1st race last sunday and won in 3rd categorie.....yesterday i raced the 2nd one and finish 2nd in 2nd categorie....

most of the time i m coaching some athlete from Midi Pyrénées in south of france....getting ready for euro in italy...

valence 2001

2010-03-16T21:07:00.002+01:00

merci delphine et rodolphe

itw rollerenligne.com

2010-03-08T08:33:00.001+01:00

ambiance in the street

2010-02-28T23:01:00.002+01:00

few picture of different action...in the street , in the Bon at german house...some friend from CNOSF...

last 2 days in vancouver, plus que 2 jours

2010-02-28T04:00:00.002+01:00

encore une medaille francaise cette apres midi pour feter la fin proche des JO. bravo. demain, on fera la ceremonie de cloture et lundi on reprend deja l avion pour rentrer a la maison. avec tristan on savoure encore quelques instants ici, avec d autres athletes et notamment les patineurs de short track.

one more medal for france today to celebrate the coming end of those games. congratulation. tomorow it is gonna be the closing ceremony and then we fly back home. with tristan we enjoy last moment here with other athletes and specially with short track friends.

quiet time...un peu de calme

2010-02-24T21:52:00.004+01:00

i m just going easy with my blog in those days but soon i will keep more update with technical tips and so on... i just enjoy the games not and rest^^

pour le moment c est un peu calme..mais bientot je remettrai plus de news avec des conseils techniques et plus.... maintenant j apprecie juste les JO et du repos^^

few pictures

2010-02-24T21:36:00.001+01:00

tv show^^

2010-02-23T18:22:00.001+01:00

http://jt.france3.fr/regions/popup.php?id=c44a_part1&video_number=2

just rest

2010-02-23T02:05:00.001+01:00

amazing how my body already react and just wanted to rest^^....2 days i almost did nothing except enjoy the olympic show...
tomorow 10km for alexis....i help to coach for the board.

thanks for all ur facebook comments^^

2010-02-21T20:34:00.002+01:00

Severine Chauveau, Franck Pindeler, Sara Bouvet et 28 autres personnes aiment ça.
Jérôme Candelibes Bravo à Alexis et à toi sans oublier Tristan.
Rendez vous dans 4 ans......
Il y a 12 heures · Renan Le Houerff Bravo champion, 33e mais quel parcour avant de te trouver au départ de ce 1500 m.! Encore bravo pour ta carrirere! Congrats.
Il y a 11 heures · Jacques Craipeau Bravo et merci pour tout ce que tu fait pour le patinage et pour ta carriere merci pour ta contribution au devellopement de ce sport formidable.En esperant que ton travail va encore créer des vocations sur la glace,comme tu la fait pour nous.33 eme tu etais au JO et merci à COUBERTIN .
Profite à bloc avec L'equipe de France et raconte nous a ton retour ^^.

Il y a 10 heures · Fabien Rabeau je crois que la boucle est bouclee (-: felicitation pour tout ton parcours Pascal.
Il y a 10 heures · Fabien Dubost Salut Pascal, bravo pur ta prestation, comme il disait : le principal c'est de participer! L' Expérience doit être formidable, profite de tout ces moments !
Amicalement Fabien
Il y a 10 heures · Hélène Rault-Pasco Les jo tout ce qu il te manquait tu peux être fier de toi !!! Bravo . Bisous
Il y a 10 heures · Cyrille Cormier bravo! tu as fait un travail gigantesque!
Il y a 10 heures · Hermen van der Wal He pascal. GOED gedaan!
Il y a 10 heures · Alain Metreau Toutes nos félicitations à toi et nous sommes très heureux de suivre ton parcours et celui d'Alexis aux J.O. !! Le S.C.D. Roller
Il y a 9 heures · François Guillouët bravo pascal on etait trop derriere ca t'as ralenti
Il y a 9 heures · Sabrina Baron bravo Pascal c'était super de te voir patiner, profite en bien
Il y a 9 heures · Christine Bergès ttes nos felicitations! deja enormmme d'avoir vecu ces JO!! tous les patineurs du vrs etaient derrière vous et sont fiers de vous....
Il y a 9 heures · Gilbert Baron bravo pascal

Il y a 9 heures · Thomas Guillouet bravo et peut etre à dans 2 ans à londres si le roller est aux jo, on ne sait jamais ! bonne retraite dans le pays du muscadet ! yes
Il y a 9 heures · Virginie Peiroux bravo bravo bravo
Il y a 9 heures · Eric Didelot BRAVO !
Il y a 8 heures · Julie Ouvrard Bravo pour ce parcours Pascal ! ça nous fait rêver de vous voir à un aussi haut niveau c'est magnifique, ça nous donne de l'espoir ; ) ! Tout le monde du roller est fier de vous ! Encore bravo ...
Il y a 8 heures · Raynald Quetier Juste merci MR depuis toutes ces annee on a tous ete admiratif de ton travail et de ta vie devouée a notre sport tu avais notre reve a tous tu le realise ce doit etre enorme de vivre les JO tu as merite le repos du guerrier et une nouvelle vie commence felicitation a toi
Il y a 8 heures · JeanMi Mick Nos Félicitations et quelle carrière. Encore bravo !
Il y a 8 heures · Mikael Chausson Je me joins donc a tous pour te dire un grand merci pour ta carriere. Profites de cette derniere semaine, et postes nous quelques photos sympas a ton retour. Bon vent pour la suite !

Il y a 8 heures · Sebastien Babault Felictiation pour ton parcours sportif....... Respect! Un grand Mr dans sport que tu es. Bonne continuation.
Il y a 7 heures · Isabelle Arabi Chapeau bas et félicitation pour être arrivé à ce niveau !
Belle continuation dans tes projets .
Il y a 6 heures · Anthony Goulette bravo mr briand c est un beau parcours
la medaille sera pour la prochaine fois
peut etre les mondiaux
Il y a 6 heures · Juan Carlos Betancur Felicitation pour cette course Pascal et pour toutte ton parcours come patineur. C'est un honeur de finir ta carriere en competition avec une course aux J.O.. Maintenant il faut que tu passes par NY pour feter la fin.
Il y a 5 heures · Sara Bouvet Félicitation pour ta participation au JO!!! Et bon courage pour la suite!....
Il y a 5 heures · Sébastien Brochard FÉLICITATIONS à toi pour ton parcours. L'aboutissement d'une carrière comme la tienne tous sportifs en rêve... Bravo Patrouille tu laisses un grand nom dans le milieu du Roller Skating et du Patinage de vitesse sur glace. Félicitations également à Alexis et à Tristan ;-)
Il y a 4 heures · Jean-marc Djian bravo pascal! super aboutissement d'une carriere exceptionnelle; a tres bientot...avant annecy 2018!
Il y a 4 heures · Vincent Morvan Chapeau l'artiste
Il y a 2 heures · Gaelle Supiot Merci de mavoir fait vibrer...merci pour tout
Il y a 2 heures · Franck Pindeler Bravo Pascal !
Il y a 54 minutes · Aurélie Bouvet Congrats Pascal, t'as un paquet de souvenirs, d'anecdotes, de victoires, de moments inoubliables sans oublier les JO... Un sacré beau chemin sportif, un sacré cran! Bravo et pas trop de folies pour ces derniers jours aux jeux.... ;-)))
Il y a 46 minutes ·

33th...1M50.7

2010-02-21T06:44:00.003+01:00

je termine 33eme....c est ma place...sachant que ma meilleure perf cette année en coupe du monde etait 31eme...donc pas de surprise j ai fais ce que j avais a faire avec mes moyens....
quel plaisir de ce retrouver sur une ligne de depart au JO...pas de medaille, mais j ai donné le meilleur de moi meme donc aucun regret

i finish 33th..that s my ranking, so no surprise of course , i did what i could with what i have...
i m really happy from this experience , ....ok no medals...but i give my best so ...no regrets..

i m ready.. je suis pret

2010-02-20T03:36:00.002+01:00

everything is ready for this last race, against a man from Korea . i start inner lane pair number 4...

tout est pret pour cette course, contre un koreen. je pars a l interieur pair numero 4....donc vers 16h30 environ....1h30...^^

soon my last race

2010-02-19T03:25:00.002+01:00

i m so happy to be here in vancouver for olympic as my last race. it is incredible feeling to be able to achieve my carrier with this race. for me it is a way to show how competitive inline skaters are. i hope it is gonna give idea to younger skater to train to become world champion inline skating and olympic champion.
dream big

2 days to go... 2 jours

2010-02-19T03:18:00.002+01:00

today was great again on the ice...i checked my speed for 1St 400m and then some starts...all in place for me. i did the best i could and i m ready . tomorow blodd test and drawing...

aujourdhui tout etait nickel sur la glace. j ai fais un tour lancé pour verifier ma vitesse max..puis quelques departs. tout est en ordre. j ai fais le max de ce que je pouvais faire et je suis pret. demain, test sanguin et tirage des paires...

4 days to go...4 jours...

2010-02-18T06:50:00.002+01:00

today was a great day again in vancouver. i improved again my max speed and my 800m average during the morning session. in the afternoon physio and bike was at the program between short track and curling on tv...go france go...
men short track team is in relay final.

aujourdhui etait une bonne journée encore vancouver. j ai améliorer ma vitesse max au 400m et ma moyenne au 800m pendant l entrainement du matin. l apres midi, j etais encore au kine avec Guy^^ et au velo...le reste du temps j ai regardé le curling et le short track. allé la france ....bien joué l equipe homme de short track...vous etes en final...on est en final...

canadian^^ Art...istic.....l'art...istic canadien^^

2010-02-16T23:25:00.003+01:00

here is few picture of a report on tv about how canadian prepare the program for artistic skating....i find it cool and nice with the drawing on the wall

voici quelques images d un reportage tv sur la preparation d'un canadien en artistic... je trouve ca enorme les dessins sur le mur pour la visualisation

the presents...les cadeaux

2010-02-16T20:33:00.003+01:00

here is what we get from the dentist....^^ so i smile^^

voici mes cadeaux du dentist...d ou mon sourire^^

5 days to go....5 jours avant le départ

2010-02-16T20:27:00.002+01:00

today is a easy day. i dont go on the ice today; so i bike 40min this morning and then i did few other things to change my mind: i clean my clothe, i went to the dentist to get some gift, i did WADA quizz to get some gift ^^... was like little christmas this morning...

aujourd hui cest plutot cool. je ne monte pas sur la glace, mais j ai fais 40min de velo ce matin et ensuite je fais quelques trucs pour me changer les idées un peu: j ai nettoyer mes fringues, je suis allé chez le dentist pour recuperer des cadeaux et au bureau wada faire le quizz encore pour recuperer des cadeaux..^^ pendant une heure c'etait un peu noel^^

6day to go...6 jours du départ

2010-02-16T03:45:00.002+01:00

still 6 dyas to wait before my last race. i just enjoy all , enjoy the feeling to compete an olympic game for the last race of my life at high level. i just feel so happy to realize all i accomplish so far...and so motivate for what i still have to do

encore 6 jours a attendre avant ma derniere course. j apprecie simplement chaque instant, j apprecie les sentiments que je ressens et le plaisir de courir ma derniere course de haut niveau au JO. je suis tellement heureux en realisant ce que j ai deja fais dans ma carriere ...et deja motive par ce que j ai encore a faire dans la vie...

3600

2010-02-15T04:24:00.002+01:00

number of the month...
3600 people following my blog per month

3600 genies^^ suivent mon blog chaque mois^

from 43 countries
de 43 pays

today training/ l entrainement d aujourdhui

2010-02-15T04:17:00.002+01:00

6h45 i wake up this morning to go to the 1st training session at 9am. i did 3X3lap with lap time 29 28 28 ...ice was good. Guy came as medical support... and when we came back we got lucky to take picture with a classic object from this olympic^^

6h45 et la journee commence pour etre au 1er entrainement a 9h. j ai fais 3X3t avec des temps de 29 28 28 ..la glace etait bonne. guy m accompagnait et representait le medical...ensuite on a pu faire des photos avec la torche du relai...^^

5Km stat

2010-02-14T21:10:00.001+01:00

1st day race: alexis 6th

2010-02-14T05:59:00.002+01:00

alexis termine 6eme au 5000m...belle performance. tristan etait le coach et j assistais en m occupant des temps au tour...
grosse ambiance..a seulement 1,5sec de la medaille...chapeau...
ensuite je me suis entrainé, 2x400m et des departs...je progresse bien, tout les jours j ameliore mon tour lancé.

aleixs finished 6th at the 5000M, cool performance. tristan was coaching and i was lap time assistant.
only 1,5se cfrom 3rd place...good job.
then i trained 2X400m and few starts...getting bette, every day i make progress in my flying lap.

opening ceremony (francais /english)

2010-02-13T18:18:00.002+01:00

et me voici a ma 1ere ceremonie d ouverture...j ai hate de voir la flamme arrivé comme un symbole. tout est magnifique et demesuré ici...la mediatisation est enorme et l'organisation du cnosf et du staff france est impeccable. un travail indispensable car la logistique est enorme ici.
voici quelques photos de la ceremonie...

here i m in the opening ceremony...i cna t wait to see the flame coming. all is the beautifull here and so big. media part is huge and the noc is doing great job. huge amount of work to keep logistique on track.
here is few pictures...

en francais aussi...

2010-02-13T07:26:00.002+01:00

maintenant je vais ecrire aussi certains message en francais...pour mes collegues de la DR de Nantes...
pour commencer voici 1 article paru dans le journal...

http://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/une_autressports_detail_-Vancouver-Pascal-Briand-au-bout-de-son-reve_44199-1262357_actu.Htm

all OG information

2010-02-12T02:31:00.000+01:00

http://www.vancouver2010.com/

inline skating at olympics^^

2010-02-11T22:39:00.003+01:00

inline skater is on the way to olympics...just look at numbers...
usa...has 1 coach 1 man ahtlete 2girl athlete....long track
1 athlete at short track......
total 5

danemark....1 athlete...long track.
total 6

swiss....1 athlete...long track
total 7

france....2 athlete , 1 coach....long track
total 10

australia...1 coach ...1 athlete...long track
total 12

new zealand....1 coach ...1 athlete...long track
total 14...

i probably forget few....so i will update soon....

remember all those people has to switch the own sport to qualified....so many nice stories are create here

little more tv^^

2010-02-11T22:32:00.002+01:00

http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-13h/vancouver-ceremonie-d-accueil-pour-les-francais-5685099.html

visit the bar of the olympic village

2010-02-11T02:41:00.002+01:00

in this place, we can relax a bit...there is a wall where all athlete can sign...there are many games...and a bar to drink a coffee or a coca cola^^

article in "le telegramme"

2010-02-11T01:37:00.001+01:00

http://www.letelegramme.com/ig/dossiers/bretons_vancouver/pascal-briand-le-briochin-se-prend-aux-jeux-09-02-2010-776640.php

la Marseillaise

2010-02-10T07:00:00.001+01:00

welcoming ceremony

2010-02-10T06:54:00.003+01:00

this evening was the welcoming party for the french delegation...was nice ...specially when we hear the "marseillaise"....after was TV interview...

more pictures...^^

2010-02-10T00:12:00.001+01:00

visit of the village...

2010-02-10T00:03:00.002+01:00

so let s continu the visit of the olympic village...if you walk in the street you can meet a white cow and 2 nice mascott of the game.... the building is where all the french athlete live....CNOSF put some french flag ..."alle la france"

training day 2

2010-02-09T23:59:00.003+01:00

and here is few picture of the oval in richmond, vancouver...
so beautifull roof...nice light...wonderfull colors green and blue....go green
...
this morning i first biked a little...and then on the ice.... 10laps 200 300 400 300 200 6laps, 3flying start and 5Laps...

training day 1

2010-02-09T06:23:00.000+01:00

so today i run 30min ...and i skate at the olympic oval...2x10laps...3x8laps with few acceleration in between.

visit of the olympic restaurant

2010-02-09T01:01:00.001+01:00

few information (in french)

2010-02-09T00:58:00.001+01:00

- 5500 athlètes olympiques et représentants officiels
- 1350 athlètes paralympiques et représentants officiels
- Plus de 80 pays participants
- 24 athlètes de la FFSG
- 100 athlètes Equipe de France Olympique
- 10 000 représentants des Médias
- 25000 bénévoles
- 3,5 milliards de téléspectateurs
- 1,8 million de billets disponibles pour assister aux événements

Samedi 13 février
21h00 - 5 000 m hommes alexis
Samedi 20 février
01h15 - 1 500 m hommes alexis pascal
Mardi 23 février
20h00 - 10 000 m hommes alexis

by day

2010-02-09T00:55:00.001+01:00

olympic village...by night

2010-02-08T15:09:00.000+01:00

i m arrived

2010-02-08T06:50:00.002+01:00

and here i m in vancouver...
i left nantes at 7am this morning...fly 1st to paris... then toronto...and special thanks to air canada for upgrading me in business as olympic athlete...then toronto vancouver....
organizing comitee and volunteers all over the place...i pick up my bag and tristan is here waiting for me....we drive to the olympic village...by night...city look so nice...olympic atmosphere all the way long.
1st i did my accreditation so i m able to walk around a bit...getting tired but, 1st i need to eat...big choice of good food at the village...then long talk with all short track french national team......
then shower and now it is time to sleep...tomorow morning on the ice

On the way...

2010-02-07T08:38:00.003+01:00

Now I m in Paris , 1st connecting fly to Vancouver ... I will then fl to Toronto the Vancouver.
Tristan and Alexis are already there. I got few news from Tristan, and I can have a test race next wednesday :1500m.

Yesterday I went to bouguenais to see French indoor inline championship.... Really good indoor place. Nice show.

report in Cholet

2010-02-03T23:21:00.002+01:00

http://www.canalcholet.com/201001271380/Articles/Sport/Jeux-Olympiques.html

you can also look the video journal...

http://www.canalcholet.com/

bike and indoor

2010-02-02T22:51:00.002+01:00

this morning 2H on the bike...better and better.

this afternoon indoor training, sprint and acceleration...

in the evening i went so see the training of inline club in st sebastien...sara was skating...anthony was coaching....so so so good training. perfect session, all u need to learn for inline was there...good job.
before i could also see the kids...so nice...also very good session...good job to this club...

tomorow morning i go short track in cholet...with thierry and mathilde...7am...early but good^^

last few days

2010-02-01T15:17:00.004+01:00

sunday i took a rest day...really needed cause 2 x training in the rain on inline is not so easy , specially saturday afternoon i did my favorite condition training...
20min 70% , 10min 30sec 90%/30sec 30%, 10min 70%, 10min30sec 90%/30sec 30%, 10min 60%... it is 1h pretty intense...i love it. good for the cardio part of training.

this morning i run 30min and this evening i go short track 6x 9laps...

little interview ...

http://www.ville-cholet.fr/dossiers/dossier_1106_un+choletais+aux+jeux+olympiques+vancouver.html

M'y training

2010-01-29T18:01:00.002+01:00

Yesterday i did indoor ...40min pliometrics then 10min laps and 10x1lap full,
including 1 crash... Hehe nô pain .
In thé mornig I was short tracking 6x5laps...

Today 1h inline in the rain ... Getting in the tempo.
Thanks again to all nice message I receive.

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2010-01-27T13:44:00.002+01:00

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thanks to all your nice message on facebook

2010-01-27T13:20:00.000+01:00

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Je te souhaite que du bonheur.^^
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Profite en bien en tous cas ! Le rêve d'une vie de sportif, enfin !!
Hier, à 20:13 · Cathrine Grage WOOOHOOOOO - Congrats PAscal. Cøest super. Tu le m´hérite...A bientôt alors....... Quand est-ce que tu y arrives?
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Hier, à 21:08 · Steven Gallais la classe!! meme si le roller n'est pas encore a la hauteur des j-o ses meilleur athlètes en sont digne et tu peut etre fier dans faire parti, un grand bravo
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Hier, à 21:20 · Diederik Hol all the best in Vancouver Pascal!
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Hier, à 22:00 · Asier Peña Enhorabuena!!
Hier, à 22:46 · Pascal Briand Thanks everybody u all make me so happy. I wanna share this happiness with u all...
Hier, à 22:49 · Xenia Trier Super Pascal! Bienfait et felicitations!!!! Tu le merite... Et á beinvenu lá - je suis en preparation pour y aller pour vous toutes voir patiner!! Bonne, bonne chance...
Hier, à 22:59 · Loïc Jan let' s jo !

Hier, à 23:09 · Hugo Dallmann Very nice and we know that my friend! All the best for u!
Il y a 12 heures · Jacques Craipeau enorme GG Pascal
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Il y a 2 heures · Marion Aufils Bravo.... Bonne chance, on te suit de près!
bisous
il y a environ une heure ·

i will be in vancouver ...feel so good

2010-01-27T13:15:00.002+01:00

and yesterday i finally learn i will be in vancoucer...it is such a great news for me , i m so thankfull to everybody that helped me so far...i will make message for all soon but now i m still under the CHOCK news...i enjoy it full...i enjoy every second of my training full...

5 years i m training for this...going is a dream and a step...now all my focus will go on doing my best there...that is why now i m training so hard on inline and short track...using the training tools that make me as strong as possible

1 day to wait

2010-01-25T11:54:00.002+01:00

so tomorow zill be THE answer....after 5 years of work in personal investment for it...i just need 24h to know the answer now....best way is too still focus on training.
yesterday i bike 2h30 and i did 6x5lap in short track.
saturday 1H inline in the rain with tomy , gary and sara...was really good. focus on sitting super low, put pressure and long push.

training, waiting

2010-01-21T21:50:00.001+01:00

few more days to wait...today bike in the morning inline in the afternoon....was great
yesterday i did slide board 3x10min and 30min running...and went also short track...

9 days to wait...and even more to prepare i hope

2010-01-17T12:46:00.001+01:00

in 9 days i know if i go to the games....
but now, i keep my focus on training, next week in france for lot of inline and biking. short track will be my technical part...

japan day 2

2010-01-17T08:50:00.002+01:00

today i skated only 500m....cause 1000m was for top 24 and i was not there...so...
just 500m...i did ok 37.3 so 0.3 faster than yesterday... i m satified with it...opening still slow 10.5 sec it is my weak point but lap is better 26.7...

anyway best point is that i think i solve my problem for the knee...i stay on my marchese but normally between the blade and the shoes i put small block of 3mm to higher the shoes so it dont touch the ice in the corner...
but last night i was thinking that if i take out 2mm from the front block my heel would be highe rand it should help to flex my legs and put less tension on my knee. normally when we squat in weight lifting training we put block at the back of the shoes to get more flexion. so i just did same concept.... so in training dammm such a big difference....i couldn t imagine that i would feel so much more comfortable on my skate....and bonus no knee pain ...it is amazing.
i don t really got time to adjust to the change yet but i know it is positive...and thansk my knee feel better...

japan world sprint day 1

2010-01-16T11:38:00.002+01:00

so...this morning i wake up early because of jet lag...about 5am i was up and really wanted some food...so at 7am i was the first at breakfast. then i took some rest inmy room and 9am i was in the bus to go to the track.
a little training with david the australian guy...few laps few acceleration...

then 500m race...juhuuu but not really 10.5sec opening for a total 37,5 hum...ok straight line was terrible ^^...
1000m was better except the opening 17sec70 come on...what is this??? but then 26,8 and 28,0 i get up few place in the ranking....

since i m here i m back on my marchese cause my knee was better and i like the push in this shoes...but after 2days i m already ahving so much pain in my knee ... i know it is coming from this shoes but i don t know how it is possible. it would be so great if it work without knee pain...
but ok i deal with it it is not the worth day of my life...tomorow i have a 500m...against david from australia...i start inner lane...

japan earthquake and world sprint

2010-01-15T22:40:00.004+01:00

since thursday i m in japon...1st time ever for me...nice trip almsot empty plane so i could sleep good and watch 2x mickael jackson movie , this is it...i just love the way he was...so nice so respectfull of the planet and see people....so much talent in one person.

i never felt an earthquake, except when i met sara ^^ , but when i was in plane i was thinking would be strange to feel one....and bingo..1st night in obihiro...earthquake 5.0.....juhuuuu.
anyway, i was lucky that japan had technology in the building for this. i send good luck to people from haiti that got one too but with much more dramatic consequence. i wish them to get full help from the world.

then yesterday i train in hte new track from obihiro...prety good, ice is good. in the afternoon i went to my own drawing...this week end i athlete coach and team leader....full time job for me...colin we all (me and ur skating friends) miss u here

today 500m again jorg dallmann and 1000m against usa skater....cool

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2010-01-13T00:01:00.001+01:00

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18th...enought or not enougth

2010-01-10T21:15:00.002+01:00

so i finished 18th in the 1500m...so i also finish 18th in the ranking...
not super but may be enought...for OG even if i m not satisfied with it of course

anyway 26th january i will know if i go to the game...

1st day..

2010-01-09T21:41:00.001+01:00

hum so 500m was nto my best race today....37.68sec damm....what happen? slow start slow lap...
then 5km ....6m50...look pretty bad at begining even if i could keep a flat race between 32.4 and 33 but...then when i see other times....it was not so so bad...
anyway full focus on tomorow 1500m...that is the race i need....

drawing 1st day

2010-01-08T19:52:00.001+01:00

so now i know my opponent....in the
500m i race against mr bokko....the norge....i start outterlane

5km i race against mr calflish ...the swiss....i start also outline

european championship start tomorow

2010-01-08T11:58:00.002+01:00

last day of training before the european championship all round that start tomorow. all round mean it is the total of 4 distances: 500 5000 1500 100000....
time become point...for exemple 500m 36.6 is 36.6 points... so then the 5000m of 6m30 is 6x60sec+30sec 390sec...then they bring it to a 500m reference...so divide by 10x50....so 39points...
after a 500m 36.6 and a 5000m 6m30...points are 36.6+39.0 points....
1500m time is bring in second too and divide by 3
10000m time.....is divide by 20...

after 3 distance 500 5000 1500...there is a ranking...and top 12 can race the 10km... little more rules but i don t go now in all details.

top 15 will be qualified for world championship all round end of march in heerenveen.

there are 32 skaters men at this EK european Kampionshap...^^
last year i finished 19th at the world all round.

french team: alexis an i.....coach tristan

web site of my club

2010-01-05T22:27:00.003+01:00

in the link part you can find url of my club webpage

in few day

2010-01-05T18:59:00.002+01:00

training again this morning on the ice, 8laps, 2x200m, 2x6laps, 1x6laps and 2 x300m...a part of the training with harrald the short tracker from latvia which is doing super good on long track too. he is the 1st skater to qualified at olympics for long track and short track.

hamar....still^^

2010-01-04T15:54:00.002+01:00

still all fine in hamar....alexis is arrived here too so we skate together this morning at 11h.
8min, 2 acceleration 200m, 2x 500m, 8 min....
thinking a lot of my technic...trying to keep pressure longer in the straight...

then i eat at the hotel with catherine grage and some other skaters...and i slept for 1h
it is still super cold here -14c and snow all over the place so it is pretty nice...

in hamar

2010-01-02T18:57:00.002+01:00

now i m in hamar. top weather cold and sunny...
ice is very good and i cold enjoy it longer than normal cause my knee feel better. all last week yves worked on this knee and it is serious progress. i can flex my rigth leg much more now. almost normal.
as usual i stay in scandic hotel...this week end is the norvegian championship sprint...

indoor inline

2009-12-27T21:25:00.003+01:00

today i did inline indoor with mark and co...was so cool...some interval with a realy , some start and pack agility things...i love it... i was also trying my new shoes custom for the 1st time...they fit perfect...

1st divisie marathon: 4th place

2009-12-27T10:34:00.004+01:00

yesterday i was then in groningenland...the place where i 1st train in ice in 2005 with egbert post... i raced the 100laps of the marathon in 1st divisie. it is good for me to prepare the 5km in EK cause most of the time i train alone so i miss to get speed from other skaters.
so 100 laps in the middle of a group is perfect for me, it give me good feeling cause it remember me inline.

so what about the race...i start easy, just enjoying to be in the middle of the pack, trying to relax my technic in the straight line and pushing my corner. somethimes i look a bit in front to see what happen so i m sure not to miss the right breakaway.
laps after laps i get more feeling in the corner, i can feel i need to put more body weight on my left leg...and push longer...
in the middle of the race...a group seems to go away so i make more speed and come back...we are about 15 skaters and it was a good move cause we lapped the pack...so i can relax again in the middle ^^ and think about technic.
after 60laps i start to get tired...not feeling so good bpm goes to 190...are stay there^^...i m alive ^^ ...but then i took more time to skate and rythm get down to 170 again which is easy for me.
10 laps to go...it is the sprint for the pack so i get ni position 10 about so i don t get suprise by some guys...and bingo...direct after this sprint 2 guys try to go away but i m just behind so ..... i want to keep the thinks compact a sprint is better for me...
few guys try again but ice is fast so not so easy to go away...
3laps to go ...i g onear place 5 ....1 lap to go i go in 2nd place...let one guy 3m in front so he don t block me but still get some draft...
300m ...it is time for me to pass ans take the lead, i try to keep the guy close so i pass him just before the corner to block the other...but he died so timing went wrong...anyway i m first in last corner...and....stupid me i go to much inside too close from the protection...and i m too carefull on this bad ice to built speed....so not enougth speed out of the corner and i can see 3 guys passing me like rockets^^....hehe damm i m 4th....

good evening anyway...perfect training and correct result.

training training

2009-12-26T11:52:00.003+01:00

so now big focus on european ... i will need to improve my 5km for sure cause i didn t work this so far now...only raced few 3km at begining of the season. my knee is so so but better than few weeks ago anyway. so i will need more laps in my training so i decide to start on marathon race 1st divisie tonight in groningen ... 100 laps at good speed in the middle of a pack of 100 skaters is perfect for me... then tomorow i will go indoor for a inline training so i can do some real short interval session till legs burn full with a high pulses frequency...that is what my body need to react.
on the 30 i will race the mass start in heerenveen...a 40lap race with 20 best top divisie marathon and 10 long track skater.... perfect to get good race speed...

thanks Arno for the picture

the answer is...

2009-12-22T22:05:00.002+01:00

...is MAY BE....it s gonna depend from my result in january competition so ...EK european championship in hamar 9 and 10 january and may be world championship sprint in japan... so i can keep training hard and see what happen.

anyway today was good day for my knee...i try my old shoes and i had no pain in it...then i put back my new marcheses and the pain came back...so i put agian my viking and the pain was gone suddently...strange...i can t understand why but the fact is that at least i can skate with no pain with my viking shoes....so i go for this now...

today is the day???

2009-12-22T09:33:00.002+01:00

today 22 is the day. i should now in the evening if i m at the oG or not. the french olympic comitee and co will decide today which athlete go to the games...

so far since last week being back from salt lake,i..... rest and sleep a lot, i was so so tired from jet lag and all the races my body needed to rest. it was also good for my knee. i just did some easy aerobic training and little weight training. just easy things.

now i m back in holland to prepare european championship in hamar.

1000m ...finally

2009-12-14T01:08:00.001+01:00

today i finally beat the french record 1000m from cedric kuentz.....i did 1m10.41 with an almost crash in my first lap again...but i got lucky to stay on my skate....split time are 17.2 26.2 26.9.....so pretty ....why couldn t i do this in my 1500m 2 days ago??? i don t know ...

anyway i m happy with this time even if it could be better....i was out of the french talbet for record last week when alexis beat by far my 1500m record...but i m back in the business with this 1000m...

1500m and 500m

2009-12-12T22:12:00.003+01:00

yesterday 1500m was terrible, my body still dont like altitude at all....ice is faster but i m going slower than at sea level cause i can t breath and my pulses are just super high all the times....so 1500m was painfull 1m49.03...i m going slower when most of the skater go like 3 sec faster.... anyway i think i save my spot in the top 40 for olympic....so now i will just wait the decision of cnosf to send me or not...i hope they will understand that my body will work better in vancouver at sea level than here in salt lake. also then i hope i will fix my knee problem.

and then i got picked in the doping control of course...so i give a little more blood and pie stop^^. good to have control, but come on...why controling a guy who finish 23rd in B group....random technic....ok but i think they should always control people on the podium as we do on inline....

anyway today was 500m...so normally short enought so i dont die from altitude effect even if my power is affected too....so 500m was ok new personal record with 36.51.....i opened 10.4 then 26,09 in the lap wich is good...that is what i m supposed to open in a 1500m but....ok next time.

blood test

2009-12-11T02:23:00.002+01:00

today we had blood test. then we train after. this training i focus on looking for best option for my knee. i decide to change my setting to try to make it easier for my knee. on the right skate i moved the front little more to the center and the back more to the right. it seems my knee got less pain like this.
so i warmed up, skate 8laps then did all this setting things....then 200 300 400m...then 400m again but not full trying to focus more on technic, building more pressure. then few more easy laps and 15min bike.

the strange thing for me in salt lake is how my body react. when i could down my heart rate was still 170bpm. not normal at all, way to high even if it is easy skating. my body don t adapt so much to this place. i don t know why,but i always get this super high pulses here....may be the mix of altitude and dry air....so i drink lot of water.

tonight will be drawing for 1500m...cause tomorrow is my last chance to get a performance in this event in world cup.

in salt lake city

2009-12-08T23:50:00.003+01:00

i m now in salt lake city...last chance to qualify for OG...i m ranked 37 for 1500m and there are 40 spot...my knee seems better after 2 days rest...so tomorow i will restart to skate. the ice looks wonderfull and fast...

3rd day hummm same

2009-12-08T02:38:00.002+01:00

Yesterday I raced 1000m and same story continu. My knee was about 5% better
so I could sit little more. In the start I felt my groin muscle in my right leg, c
but opening was correct 17.3 then In my first inner corner I slipped and stop to skate for
a while. Lap time was still ok 26.3 but I lost too much speed so then I arrive at the crossing at same moment
as the other skater and had to slow down to let him go... Worst scenario possible. Final time 1.11.6 ...

In the afternoon i went again too Aaron nardella to fix m'y knee. This guy is really great. It nice to meet people like this
in life. I hope I will be able to help other people as much as he do.

Now I m in airport in Denver... It is pit stop on the way to salt lake... Last chance to qualify for olympic.
One race one opportunity.

today 500M bis

2009-12-06T01:21:00.003+01:00

i wake up this morning, still pain in my knee...i really don t know why , i don t know what i come from....i train since 20 years now with almost no knee problem and now...during one of the most important week end on my road to vancouver...this right knee give me trouble...
it could be....i nerve in my back that don t like to be between my 2 spines bones...
it oculd be.... an over load in the training
it could be.... my right lateral armsring that is too small, and limitating the rotation from the hip, so the it occur in the knee...that don t like to do it^^
it could be.... the setting of my skate....

so anyway i go warm up, for 500m ...4lap, 1 accel, 4lap i leave the ice cause too much pain i can t warm up on ice. i keep warm up by running and i force my knee to get warm to work ok for 36sec about...

the race...i start 10,4 ...i do 36,83...slower than in training last week on faster ice...was ok technicaly again, but no power...i finish race without behind really tired which is not normal. but it show i can t use my power. same as the 1500m where i should be full of lactact after...here nothing...so i don t develop power, so i can t really get tired.

after this 500m of course, knee is not more happy...so i call again Aaron nardella a chiropracter form calgary that help me. we fix appointement at3pm...and workon all option for 2h....tense, ultrasound, massage, smashing...all we what we can to fix it ok for the 1000m tomorow.

after this 1000m i will have to stop few days and hope it is fixed for the 1500m in salt lake on friday...last chance to qualify...

1st unlucky day

2009-12-06T01:10:00.003+01:00

friday was one of the most unlucky day i could. first i did 500M...felling goodbefore the start, just my right knee is still painfull so i cant really flexand push full but not really enougt to stop me. 10,3 opening then lap was good....till my opponent from australia slip in the inner last corner, run to my line and almost take me out in the middle of the corner, i had to stop skating totally from 350m till finish line....and i did 38,04sec...grrr i could get a restart but i didn t really wanted to do 2x 500m before the 1500m from the evening

i check my skate then and i can see the edge of my right blade is broken inside...grrr no way to skate like this, i spend 2h to fix the problem... then i went back to the track...

later my knee start to give me more pain. at the warm up 1500m i feel something is wrong , now i almost can t flex my leg at all, and if i do...i can t push at ...so not really the best for a skater, specially a ice one. in the race, technicaly i m good , but i can t push on the right leg, i can t sit either...so i can t really get the speed i need...26,7 first lap...almost 1sec from what i should do...my opening was also 0,5sec too slow with 24,3...then my laps are ok , like i lost only 1,6 second between the 2 laps...but not enought speed at the start. i finish with 1m47,5....and i just can see guys i beat since 3 weeks doing 1M45 or 1M46...
after the race i m really in pain with my knee...

i can t really rest or give up...i have to race cause OG qualification will be in this race or salt lake city...so i have to skate whatever happen this week end.

my favorite picture

2009-12-03T01:14:00.002+01:00

this is my favorite picture of me skating. it has been made yesterday by Arno, one of the canadian coach from calgary. he is coaching lot of skaters from differente country and specially danemark. yesterday he was there, and the good light in the oval too. he took this super cool picture. thanks Arno.
what i also like in this picture is the lines...the blue line of the track...the red line in the back. i love the reflect of the blue of the skinsuit on my right blade...and how the red viking bridge shine.
if you look my face you have to know what i was thinking at this exact moment. i was doing 4laps in 30sec average. i was tired, my legs was burning and i was not feeling super good. i was thinking of this pain, and i was thinking that i have to keep doing long push, using lot of ice. when i see this picture i m happy , i can see that i m using correctly my left leg, with a good extention. this picture change my day, i felt really happy when Arno came and give me this surprised.

visit oval bis

2009-12-03T01:11:00.002+01:00

visit calgary olympic oval

2009-12-03T01:05:00.002+01:00

come with me and visit the olympic oval in calgary...discover a little part of canadian speed skating history...

picture from skating bar in hamar

2009-12-02T17:20:00.003+01:00

the skating bar changed location in hamar...they copy and move their famous wall with signature from skaters from all around the world....