5000m world cup erfurt

hi,
this morning i did 5000m in erfurt during world cup, i was coach by colin an australian guy...really good job he do to me. my time was 6m47 so little better , still not like great but way better than begining of the year. here is my lap time during the race...still some problem to find right rythm in straight line so i don t glide really good...but corner get better...

Roland CIESLA Pascal BRIAND
20.4 20.46 200m. 19.09 19.0
31.9 52.45 600m. 49.81 30.7
32.3 1:24.76 1000m. 1:21.67 31.8
33.1 1:57.86 1400m. 1:53.31 31.6
33.8 2:31.67 1800m. 2:25.23 31.9
34.3 3:06.01 2200m. 2:57.48 32.2
34.9 3:40.95 2600m. 3:30.03 32.5
35.9 4:16.90 3000m. 4:02.65 32.6
36.3 4:53.21 3400m. 4:35.11 32.4
36.1 5:29.33 3800m. 5:07.90 32.7
36.6 6:05.93 4200m. 5:41.32 33.4
36.1 6:42.10 4600m. 6:14.36 33.0
35.6 7:17.73 5000m. 6:47.05 32.6

test erfurt bis...3000m

3000m is getting better 3m53.55 that is my best time in europe ever...that is good sign 5 days before the 5000m world cup...

test in erfurt

after few week without news here i m back...i was just training in secret ^^ in thialf since begining december....pretty much happen...i did some inline, and some marathon...i won one in the 1st divisie ...so things are working little better.

today i did test in erfurt...
500m 37.72
1500m 1m51.6 ....

world cup heerenveen...

2nd world cup event of the year was still not so good for me...1500m was 4sec slower than last year and my 5000m was 6m58 so my slowest time of the year....something is going wrong and i have to find the solution quickly...

so on saturday evening i got new blade to try... and on sunday i was already better with 1m12.69 in the 1000m...finally i got more speed back as i could do a lap of 26.7 , my fastest for this year...in the afternoon i did team puirsuit and france finished 11th...

next week end i go to moscou...for 1500m and 10000m...
(thanks to desg.foto for the picture...)

berlin world cup 08

first week end in berlin was not so good...i was kind of slow in the 5km with a 6m53...
on saturday i didn t recovery good from this long 5km so i got a 1m51 in 1500m....still not good enougth...compare to last year and compare to my training times....
next week end in heerenveen....

video salt lake city training camps

back in holland

i m finally back in holland inn hotel in wolvega after 6 weeks in salt lake city. i was a pleasure to skate in thialf again....it s nice to feel the atmosphere here with so many skater 1 week before their national championship...
i spend lot of time before and after training to do resistance stretching with roger. it give me good feelings.

test in salt lake...

so after few test in salt lake here are my time for now...
6m57 in 5km
3m56 in 3km
1m52.6 in 1500m
1m11.7 in 1000m
37.5 in 500m

tuesday i m going back in europe...

traveling pictures...

1000m test race.....1m11.71

yesterday i race a 1000m in 1m11.71 , that s my second best time ever...so i m pretty happy about it. on 3km i race 3m58 so there is still lot of work there to do....