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Here is my Beijing race program, there may still be changes to this, so keep an eye out for updates
Sept 8 17.00-21.30 4X100 relay Round 1

Sept 9 17.00-22.00 400 T53 Round 1  
                                 4X100 relay Final              

Sept 10 17.00-21.20     400 T53 Semi      
             
Sept 11 17.00-22.30     400 T53 Final   

Sept 13 9.00-13.30     200 T53 Round 1
            17.00-23.00    200 T53 Final

 Sept 14 9.00-13.30    4X400 Relay Round 1  
            17.00-22.30    1500 T54/53 Round 1  
                                  800 T53 Round 1
                                  4X400 Relay Final

Sept 15 9.00-13.30     1500 T54/53 Semi

            17.00-22.30     800 T53 Final   
      

Sept 16 17.00-23.00    1500 T54/53 Final   
      

All times are beijing time, 2 hours behind Australia. Live coverage will be on ABC2 for most of the day and ABC1 will have daily shows around 6pm.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1390960/pro.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Al35hbHM8a5 Richard Colman richardcolman Richard Colman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:12:09 -0700 Meet in the Heat, Atlanta http://colman.com.au/meet-in-the-heat-atlanta http://colman.com.au/meet-in-the-heat-atlanta
Tonight i competed in the Meet in the Heat competition in Atlanta,
i managed to win the 800m, in 1.39.99 with the world champion in second and both other athens medalists in the field, i managed to get to the front early and held the speed high, and was able to hold the late attacks in the race, it was disappointing to go so slow but it is another step to beijing and to lead the whole race and to win with the quality field is a big confidence booster,
i also had a great win in the 400, in 50.4 which is respectable, in the windy conditions that we had tonight, as the world champion was second.

i finished 7th in the 1500, in 3.06 with Jun from japan winning in 3.04, it was a tough race with a very surging tactical race, each time i tried to move up there would be a near crash and athletes would jump out into my way, but i am happy with my speed and how i felt in the pack,

the last race of the night was the 5km i was second in the B final, in a time of 10.34 i am happy with this result as i pushed the pass for a few laps and managed to out sprint the athens silver medalist in the 800m,
now i travel to canada for boiling point next saturday night

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Hi Everyone
Tonight i competed in the Cedartown world championships 5km road race, after having the best 2 days weather we have ever had for this race, things looked promising with a great field with most of the same top 10 from sundays race competing again, the speed was fast from the start, i got boxed out at the first corner and was not in a great spot going into the second corner which has a big climb, so through the climb i missed the break in the pack. I tried to chase the leaders for 1km but was making very little ground, i was in no mans land, finally 1 of the athletes from Japan was able catch up to me, we pushed together for the next km till a long down hill in which he went past with another athlete from Japan, at the bottom of the hill i joined up with another athlete and pushed the last 1500mt with him,
i finished in a disappointing position of 10th with 4 of sundays top 10 athletes which i beat finishing ahead of me today, i finished in a time of 10.20, with fellow australian Kurt Fearnley winning in 9.45 with 3 athletes around the same time. Everyone else was spread out, oh well i try again next year, now i travel down to atlanta for Meet in the Heat on saturday, so looking forward to having my first track competition in my new chair and this is the last big track meet before beijing.
till next time

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1390960/pro.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Al35hbHM8a5 Richard Colman richardcolman Richard Colman Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:08:45 -0700 New York 10km http://colman.com.au/new-york-10km http://colman.com.au/new-york-10km
On the weekend i compete in the Long Island 10km Wheelchair race,
on saturday i was 6th in an 800mt road time trial, i am very happy with how it went, first race in my new chair from my new sponsor OX Japan, and i felt great had good speed.
Sunday morning was the 10km, with a large number of the best distance athletes in the world racing everyone new it was going to be tough and a very fast race,
i managed to stay with the pack all the way, there was lots of attacks and serges from athletes but over the 10km 10 athletes stayed, i managed to move up slowly by the last corner into 5th, the then i attacked
i finished in 3rd Place, this is the best result possible, and also a PB my first time under 20minutes, 19.54
i finished 3 seconds behind Australian Kurt Fearnley with the top 7 athletes all finishing under 20minutes

so i am very happy with how sunday's went, i had great speed and better endurance than expected, and i am very happy with this new chair and how it is going well, i had help fixing it the other day from one of the japanese athletes so now it is all good,

i am now in cedartown - georgia, we race again tuesday night at the world championship 5km road race, so i am looking forward to have a another good race, i finished 5th here last year,

On saturday is Meet in the Heat, the biggest track meet of the american summer for the wheelchair athletes in Atlanta, almost all of the top 10 guys in the 800 will be there so it will be a real test to see how everyones preparation is going, and to see how much they have improved since europe a few weeks ago.

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