Blogroll > Reid Coolsaet – Eric Gillis > Lance Armstrong > Andrew Russell > Cross-country au Québec

Quelle performance de Reid Coolsaet et Eric Gillis ce week-end au marathon de Toronto. Respectivement 2h10min55 sec et 2h11min27sec. Les deux se qualifient pour les Jeux olympiques. Le standard à atteindre était de 2h11min29sec. Tout juste pour Gillis. Le record canadien de Jerome Drayton survit encore (2h10min09sec). Il date de 1975…

Voici ce que Coolsaet  avait à dire :

« I decided to roll the dice and [run] with the leaders. I wanted in the middle but because of the wind I had to pick [a race position]. It was a lot faster than I had planned going out. I thought I’d take a risk today and it kind of blew up in my face at 36, 37 [kilometres]. I didn’t think I was running fast anymore and was just happy to be in third overall at that point. Then I came around the corner and saw the clock and was pleasantly surprised to have run a PB [personal best]. »

Voici ce que Gillis avait à dire :

«I could’ve just as easily been one second over.  I feel really, really lucky to get that [Canadian Olympic] standard. I couldn’t have done it this time last year, I just wasn’t in the right frame of mind to go after that. Things are working out well now, things are clicking. »

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Lance a confirmé sa présence aux Championnats du Monde de Xterra à Maui. C’est ce que son alter ego Juan Pelota a signifié sur Twitter : « Ok amigos. Un otra triathlon. @xterrraoffroad in #maui next wknd. Caveman, please be kind. You too Hugo ».

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Résumé de la course de Andrew Russell à Huatulco et ce qui s’en vient pour lui.

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Petit update sur la saison de cross-country au Québec par nos amis de Montréal Endurance