Beep – the alarm goes off, it is 6am. It is dark. A small group of skaters drag themselves out of bed, throw some warm clothes on and grab their skating bags. We walk outside and fumble around in the darkness trying to activate the lights on our bicycles. 40 minutes later we are...
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The readers of my website who have been following for a long time will know that I have written the occasional film review. In truth, I review a shockingly small percentage of the films...
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These olympics continue to surprise and inspire. Most unusual of the aftermath of the preliminaries is the absence of team Canada in the ladies’ final. The team that lost narrowly to the USA (by...
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The ladies’ 5000m was without incident nor any significant surprises (which itself is a bit of a surprise at...
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Just when I thought this Olympics couldn’t get more unpredictable, the men’s 10,000m threw me another curve ball. Heavily...
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The ladies’ 1500m result was, characteristically for the games, a surprise. Inspired by countryman Mark Tuitert’s spectacular win in...
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I’m beginning to think that I may be better off simply putting the names off the start list in...
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Canada finally brought home the gold with Christine Nesbitt’s gutsy win the 1000m. The slow ice causing problems for...
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Sophie Muir recently made history by not only becoming the first Australian long track skater in 16 years, but...
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