The school track was unusually busy this evening. Rather than running around walkers and dogs and kids on bikes I decided not to run my 3/4 mile. I did jog back home to get a little work in. Maybe I will try again tomorrow.
News Item of the Day The World Road Championships continued on Tuesday in Bardolino, Italy, with the Junior Men's and Elite Women's time trials being run over a 24 km parcours. The Germans scored well today, with Patrick Gretsch and Stefan Schäfer winning gold and bronze in the junior event, and Judith Arndt taking silver in the women's race. The Junior Men's silver was won by Czech Roman Kreuziger, who also placed second in the junior category at this year's Cyclo-cross World Championships in France. The Elite Women's race was won with a powerful ride from Swiss multisport specialist Karin Thürig, who clocked a time just 24 seconds slower than Patrick Gretsch to beat Arndt and Russian Zoulfia Zabirova.
The podium of the junior men's TT
It was Thürig's first cycling World Championship, after several podiums in the past few years. Thürig described her ride, saying, "I started very explosively as was my intention. After five or six kilometres I thought that perhaps I had gone out a bit fast as my legs were starting to get quite heavy. But at the halfway point I heard I was 16 seconds up and then saw Dede Demet-Barry ahead and could catch her. I knew the second half of the course would be better again for me and so I just went as hard as was possible from there to the finish.
"I can't really take this in yet - no time to think about it! I am sure I won't be able to sleep tonight, though, as I will be too excited when it starts to sink in. It will be like in Athens, where I took bronze - I was unable to sleep properly then. It is hard to decide which medal I value more...the gold today or the bronze in Athens. Athens will always be special as it was the Olympics, but to win here is very nice."
Not one to rest on her laurels, Thürig is now planning on doing an Ironman triathlon in October. "I have no idea if it is a good idea to go there, but I will tell you afterwards!" she said. "If I get in the top ten this time I get a slot for the Ironman next year, which is my big goal for 2005."
Second placed Judith Arndt was not too unhappy with he second silver medal in just over a month, after she placed second in the women's road race in Athens. "I am not really disappointed with second - Karin was 52 seconds faster than me so I don't know what I could have done differently," said Arndt. "Second is also good, but I would have liked to have heard the German national anthem!"
News Item of the Day The World Road Championships continued on Tuesday in Bardolino, Italy, with the Junior Men's and Elite Women's time trials being run over a 24 km parcours. The Germans scored well today, with Patrick Gretsch and Stefan Schäfer winning gold and bronze in the junior event, and Judith Arndt taking silver in the women's race. The Junior Men's silver was won by Czech Roman Kreuziger, who also placed second in the junior category at this year's Cyclo-cross World Championships in France. The Elite Women's race was won with a powerful ride from Swiss multisport specialist Karin Thürig, who clocked a time just 24 seconds slower than Patrick Gretsch to beat Arndt and Russian Zoulfia Zabirova.
The podium of the junior men's TT
It was Thürig's first cycling World Championship, after several podiums in the past few years. Thürig described her ride, saying, "I started very explosively as was my intention. After five or six kilometres I thought that perhaps I had gone out a bit fast as my legs were starting to get quite heavy. But at the halfway point I heard I was 16 seconds up and then saw Dede Demet-Barry ahead and could catch her. I knew the second half of the course would be better again for me and so I just went as hard as was possible from there to the finish.
"I can't really take this in yet - no time to think about it! I am sure I won't be able to sleep tonight, though, as I will be too excited when it starts to sink in. It will be like in Athens, where I took bronze - I was unable to sleep properly then. It is hard to decide which medal I value more...the gold today or the bronze in Athens. Athens will always be special as it was the Olympics, but to win here is very nice."
Not one to rest on her laurels, Thürig is now planning on doing an Ironman triathlon in October. "I have no idea if it is a good idea to go there, but I will tell you afterwards!" she said. "If I get in the top ten this time I get a slot for the Ironman next year, which is my big goal for 2005."
Second placed Judith Arndt was not too unhappy with he second silver medal in just over a month, after she placed second in the women's road race in Athens. "I am not really disappointed with second - Karin was 52 seconds faster than me so I don't know what I could have done differently," said Arndt. "Second is also good, but I would have liked to have heard the German national anthem!"
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