Hello World!!!
A few days ago I experienced a jaw-dropping indication of the Internet’s worldwide reach. There is a Norwegian speedskater training in Utah right now, she said to Eva that the word among Norwegian speedskaters is that my coach Boris’s pylometric/off ice training program causes tremendous pain! They have read about it in this Blog!! They probably read my hot oil anaerobic wok or the tinman posts, describing moments where my first jump workouts brought me to tears-collapse-vomit-emotionally fried status (these workouts are still really hard, but I can finish them strongly now).
Dear international readers, your presence humbles me! The very idea that someone, multiple thousands of miles away is reading these words is astonishing. The speedskating community is VERY small. May we all meet someday, and share dinner & stories & commonalities of this crazy sport we do. If you ever come to Utah to skate the fastest 400m oval in the world, give me a holler! (of course, I am assuming you readers are mostly skaters, I could be really wrong!)
So when I say “international” what do I mean? The graphic to the right here is the different countries that have visited this blog so far just in the first 13 days of july (you should see the list from June!).
Filed under: from home
Greetings Andrew!! John Dimon pointed us to your blog and we regularly log on to see what you’re doing, where you are, etc… We are both rooting for you!! Kevin is on his way down to Pensacola for Indoor Inline Speedskating Nationals. He has a great shot to win Veteran. He’s been flying doing 9.40 second laps. We’ll let you know how he does. Again, we’re sorry you missed our wedding and that we didn’t have a chance to have dinner together before you left the East. All the best!! Julie & Kevin
hi, andrew,
I’m Greg, an ‘olde’ speedskater, jamie Mcowen turned me on to his friend Eva’s blog,[i raced with her at the draper race, she is FAST!] and of course she raved about you, so i had to check ya out. You’re awesome! keep up the hard, ’smart’ work, that’s the key to being exceptional at whatever one chooses to do, as you well know.