I’ve been working with Joachim Schultz during the (short) preparation for the Swiss nationals and have been very pleased with his functional and stability based training concepts.

We’re planning to work together more intensively in the future. Check out his services here.

I’ll be wearing this soon:

More details to be announced later …

Yesterday, the Neue Luzerner Zeitung published a press report about me in their print edition. I think it’s not a bad read - you can get it here.

Well, I guess I didn’t take things serious enough…

Considering my big gap in the time trial yesterday I should probably have won, but Patrik Merk beat me in the final. In hindsight you are always smarter, but I expected him to go long - he went short instead, running a smaller gear than I did.

However, with the three month training break I had and with my injured shoulder I should probably be happy still - well done Patrik!

Due to a broken collarbone I only had roughly 5 weeks of training before the Swiss Track Champs, but still I managed to post the fastest time in the 200m time trial!!

I’m very happy with the placing - it’s just a bit unfortunate the weather has been so nasty. Cold (14 degrees) and very gusty winds. My winning time was 10.9sec, Patrik Merk and Cedric Stoller followed with high 11.2’s. I estimate you could probably shave off 0.2-0.3 from those times under normal conditions.

The first day tournament went all fine, got through the rounds without hiccups. Gonna meet Patrik Merk in the final - again!

Last Sunday Isaac Galvez, madison World Champion 2006, died in a horrible accident during the Gent Sixdays in Belgium. Condolescene to his family and his lovely wife he married only 3 weeks ago. What a tragedy.

In the wake of this event I questioned safety measures during track events, especially the steel railing around the banking (a design common on most tracks) in a forum thread on fixedgearfever. Erin Hartwell, (former Olympic Silver Medalist) then pointed me to a youtube clip showing the crash which shattered my left shoulder 6 years ago at the World Cup event in Mexico City.
This is the first time I actually see this and brings up a lot of memories.

(I’m the guy in 4th as I just wanted to rev up for my attack when it happened)

It’s on: November 17th i will be racing my first track race since 2000. And it’s not for the faint of heart either: During the Geneva Three Day Races there will be a professional night with a threeway sprints battle between Switzerland, France and Italy. =)

Gotta LOVE Youtube:

Keiring Final 1990 Stephen Pate (I met him 1999 in Melbourne) gets disqualified from 1st:

Classic match race with Michael Hübner’s first professional win at the World Championships. Also some of the best race commentator actually describing the happenings to viewers not familiar with the sport. Funny to see how Golinelli was nervous during that match, failing 2 stand stills in a row…