Counting Down to Denmark

Having promised to fire the blog up again in preparation for the Para World Road Titles in Denmark, I thought it high time I actually did so.

The Canberra crew leaves next week to arrive in Denmark with enough time to scope the course and see if that 40m elevation on the course - yep, from lowest to highest point on the 15km lap the difference in altitude is just 40m - is going to hurt too much.  Should suit the sprinters - as long as there isn't too much wind to wear them out along the way!

In case anyone isn't across it, the "Canberra crew" comprises Kerry and Brandie on the tandem, Brandie being the visually impaired (VI) stoker (the person on the back, obviously!), and Sue, our current C4 track World Champion and Jing, a newcomer to World Championships and competing in the C2 category.

Brandie, Kerry and Sue are competing for Australia, while Jing will fly the flag for Chinese Taipei. This is the first time that Chinese Taipei has been represented in para cycling, so I'm sure Jing's performances will be closely watched by many in that area of the world.

Now in case anyone is wondering, I've done a bit of research and apart from long summer days and extremely short winter ones, Denmark is mainly famous for Georg Jensen jewellery and Carlsberb beer.  I'm not sure that any of us will able to afford any Georg Jensen and I doubt there'll be too much Carlsberg consumed before the Championships, bit it will something to keep an eye out for in the one day of R&R before everyone flies back to Australia.

If you want to know more about the Championships, go to http://www.paracycling2011.dk/FrontPage/?id=875.  There you'll find information on the course and the area that is hosting the Championships.

Entry lists and other more official information can be found at http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI5/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU3NDI&LangId=1

I probably won't post too much before I get to Denmark, but stay posted and I'll do my best to keep everyone as up to date as possible.

Bye for now...