This was a motivational “speech” given to Daniel Greig just prior to his 1000m race at Salt Lake City. It was his last chance to post a qualifying time for the Olympic Games, and I was asked (by him) to give him a “pep-talk” prior to his race. It was delivered to him in...
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I am angry. I’m angry at the world. I’m angry at the direction it is headed, not so much because of the direction itself, but more because it was within the power of a handful of men to choose this direction, and they deliberately chose to betray the trust of future generations for their...
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Late last night, I came across a piece of information which struck me as unusual. While perusing Frank Anderson’s blog on the progress of Australian long track speed skating (c’mon who doesn’t like reading about themselves?) I came across what was claimed to be the selectors’ decisions for race allocation for the upcoming world...
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I will get straight to the point – it is now mathematically impossible for me to make it to the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. I would like to apologize to all those who gave their support and well-wishes, and who had invested their hope in me. I would also like to wish those who...
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They met strangely facing one to another, each from each side up the slope, towards the peak racing neither knowing another, nor trying to hide gripped by dizzying height they spoke: “I was pushed” the left one said “my colleagues and I, under pressure trapped escape was easy, from underground I was led more...
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I am not ordinarily a betting man. But when Swedish speed skater Claudia Wallin suggested we place bets on placings for the Dutch single distance championships, I couldn’t resist. Memories of chocolate bar prizes from high school footy tipping flooded back into my head (yes, everything is about food in my life). For the...
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So I’ve been here for a year. I wanted to write a poem but, to the relief of followers of danielyeow.com, had severe writer’s block. So, instead… I’ve put together the long-awaited second training video (which, btw, uploaded itself at a speed that would have shamed continental drift). Enjoy.
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It is a well-known fact of speed skating that higher altitudes mean faster times. At least that’s what we believed. Strangely, it has surfaced that certain elements within the administration of the Australian governing body for the sport of speed skating seem to have somehow missed this obvious tidbit of information. This combined with...
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it is lonely i stare into the belly of the beast column by column, only ribs, no guts a sliver of silver slips ‘tween platforms thunder shakes, rattles, screeches passes without stopping a light flickers like a candle a warm distant dream in the cold city is it mine? I do not tempt fate...
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