Live Stream Interview with Sportscene

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New Blog Post on my web site with the video footage from the Live Stream Interview with Sportscene Productions here in Australia.

Go along to Play along

This is the 12^th January I have spent down here in Australia and it has arguably been the best January of training I have ever had. I owe a big thanks to Peter Kauzer and Americans Brett Heyl and Jim Wade as well as Italians Daniele Molmenti , Zeno Ivaldi and his father Ettore for allowing me to train with them and for making the sessions entertaining and challenging.

Even after all of these years on the river I am constantly amazed at how much we can learn from each other.

Tune in to Sprotscene on Facebook this Thursday February 3^rd at 1 pm Pacific Standard Time for a live broadcast interview with Peter Kauzer followed by myself. If you have questions for Peter you can post them on the Sportscene Facebook page and he will answer your questions on camera.

http://www.facebook.com/sportscene

Three weeks done, six to go.

The first three weeks of training here in Australia are in the log book and banked away. The weather has been very good for training and most sessions have seen no fewer than four past and current K1 World Champions on the course. This kind of fantastic technical training that comes with the Olympic course here coupled with the hard physical work makes for productive early season work. Something that I hope will pay dividends later in the season.


A big thanks to my Australian family the Buckleys, they have made me feel right at home as usual and settling into the routine of training has been very easy.

I am also happy to report that Kelly's recent surgery was a great success and she is already spinning on the bike. It is never a great option to have a surgery like this but the long term benefits will make this a great step forward.

As for me, I have been working extremely hard down here, trying to use this time to get in as much volume as possible before the hoards arrive in February. Attached is some video from the last session from this past week, I was a little tired from all of the volume but still having lots of fun out on the course.

One more week of heavy volume and then it will be time to switch gears with the arrival of the rest of the Canadian Team and the start of the race season.

As Kelly likes to say, bring it!

Don't forget to check out my blog on my new website, www.davidford.ca

New Year, New Sponsor, New Website...Same Old Australia!

With the Olympic cycle quickly heating up I find myself in Australia for a couple of months of warm weather training and racing. It is only a year and a half until the Games in London and it is time to get serious about preparation. There is nowhere in the world at this time of year that is better for training and many of the worlds best have relocated to the southern hemisphere for as many as four months to benefit from a great course, great weather and top notch competition on a daily basis.

My big news for the New Year is a new sponsor. Quantum Pacific Capital has signed with Kelly and I and will be a big boost to our respective programs. For me, with a potential for eight months on the road this year, having this kind of support will make a huge difference. Thank you Greg for your support of the dream.

I have also finally after six years of laziness done something about my painfully out of date web site. Glenn at Internal Wealth Studios did a great job in updating the look and getting some up to date content posted. Stay tuned for regular updates and blogs from around the world as I prepare for the London 2012 Olympic Games.