thanks Gross Gerau

i had really cool week end in gross gerau. powerslide phuzion team was looking for a good result after the "not so good" race in Zug. so now it s cool , i think we did really nice team race and bring Kwinten Tas on the 3rd place of the Gross Gerau criterium.

really nice for our team... you can get more information on powerslide web site:

http://www.powerslide-racing.com/

powerslide phuzion international team in ZUG

hi dear all , here is a picture of my new team for this season 08.

we all meet for 1st time in Zug... result are not here yet but it s gonna come soon...

3 pistes

after a 3 weeks break and few weeks of resistance stretching, i restart training one week before 3 pistes. anyway i race there to get some felling for racing and too meet my new team mate in powerslide germany team.

now, they also come to nantes to train with me, thomas boucher and benjamin douchin . we are not so lucky with the weather for now....but we have lot of fun ^^

thanks TEW and Bob Cooley

thanks to my partner TEW to make possible this 2 weeks of training with Bob about resistance stretching

resistance stretching with Bob Cooley

after a 3 weeks break, i restart my training by working with Bob Cooley. he is the master for resistance  stretching. we are working on biomechanical level with stretching technics using resistance. 

soon a special report about this is coming...

before that you can get information in his book available at this website:

http://www.meridianflexibility.com/

world cup sprint in inzel

last week end was my 1st time in inzell...really nice place close to the mountain...it s really good to be there. i raced 500m and 1000m... 500M is still a problem and i can t really start fast , my opening is like 10,7sec so i need to work much more on this.
2Nd day 1000m get better with a time of 1M13sec9 ...but still this opening problem...
now season is over for me...it s time to make a break...

world cup in hamar

hi,
hamar was really not good for me....just 1m51.05 in 1500m and a terrible 14m27 in 10km....
baselga next week end can only be better ^^

world championship sprint

last week end i race my 1st world sprint championship in heerenveen. WSC is made of 2x500m and 2X1000m. sprint is good for me to train the opening of my 1500m as, starting is still my weak point on ice.
1st day i did a pb on 500m: 37.00sec (37.55sec before)
1000m: 1M13.4

2nd day:
500m:37.4sec
1000m:1m13.04

next week end is the world cup in hamar: i race 1500m and 10km

european championship

in kolomna, i finished 24th from the EC. 500m was really not good as i hurt my groin muscle the week before, so i couldn t really make correct start....opening was then 11,3 in 500m with a lap of 27,4.
5000m :6m47
1500m: 1m50.85

final ranking:24th

finally got my visa....

today i finally got my visa.... as embassy was close for christmas holiday i was not sure to get it on time to go to kolomna. the organising comitee and some friend (gerrit van keulen) help me greatly to get it. thanks everybody.

now i will fly friday to kolomna from dusseldorf... and i will race saturday and sunday...