The Dream Roll Blog 6 - A busy week traveling

Welcome to another addition of the dream roll. Today I will share my experiences from a very crazy week I had recently. Every week is busy in the life of athletes - even the easy weeks are full on - but this one particular week was so crazy due to the fact I broke my record of number of countries I have visited in a week.

 

Atlanta, USA

This week started out just like any other in the life of an athlete on the road. I found myself in Atlanta preparing for the annual Peachtree 10km.

This race is a very early morning for all, as we are up around 4.30am to prepare for the start at 6.45am. I had a tough day at the office, finishing well down in the field, but there was no time to rest as it was straight to the post-race function for the presentation.

From there I went directly to the airport to catch my first flight of the week - a short one for us Australians - only to Paris via Chicago to make the Paris Diamond League 1500m wheelchair race 48 hours later.

Paris, France

After arriving on Friday into Paris, I managed to get a few hours to relax before the big race on Saturday night. Paris is always a great event, with 50,000 spectators with all the big names in world athletics in attendance.

I tried new tactics for this race, but unfortunately for me they just didn’t quite work out. There’s definitely room for thought there though, and with each race I get stronger and more confident.

Switzerland

After getting to bed around 2am after the race I was up early on Sunday to catch 3 trains to Switzerland country number 3 to meet up with the other Australians for our pre-World Championships training camp.

London, England

After 2 great days training in country number 3 for the week I was back at the airport for a flight to London to speak to Arup - a major Engineering company.

Back to Switzerland

To finish my week, I returned to Switzerland and spent the next few days training back with the Australian team - doing the final relay changes and fine tunning my preparations in the final week leading up to the World Championships, held in Lyon, France.

So, after a busy week through 4 countries, countless hours in airports and traveling between places, things are due to settle down while I stay in one place during the World Championships.

Till next time, keep searching the world for your dream.

 

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Follow Richard as he rolls around the world searching for his dream to prove that anything is possible, even being an AFL goal umpire and travelling down the Death Road in Bolivia in a wheelchair. Richard believes any dream is possible, even winning World and Paralympic Gold medals to speaking at large corporate events. Richard is out to help everyone achieve their dream whatever that maybe. Join the DreamRoll today

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