The wisdom of Skating in 4C's and Worlds
I'm wondering how wise it is for skaters who have been assigned both 4C's (in Korea) and Worlds (Sweden) to attend both.
The travel time and acclimation to Korea seems significant, even for those on the west coast. This event starts in 2 weeks. Given that nationals ended on 1/27 and skaters most likely only got back on the ice on 1/29, how difficult will it be for them to then have to get on a plane to Korea to skate the week of 2/11? I'd think they'd need to begin traveling around 2/7, giving them less than 2 weeks to train between nationals and 4C's. Perhaps they're training somewhere other than home? If so, that still must wear on them. Imagine packing for 8-10 days at nationals and then finding out you'll return home in say, a month. Yikes!
With Worlds being in Sweden on 3/17, skaters will have just 1 month from the end of 4C's to the beginning of Worlds...subtract 4-5 days for travel from South Korea to home/other temp. training center and from home/other temp. training center to Sweden, you're looking at max. 3 weeks of training - some or all of it could be at home or a temp. training center.
I know skaters train for this and part of the conditioning is being able to travel, but goodness, going from the upper mid-west of America, to S.Korea and then to northern Europe in 2 months is crazy!
Thoughts....
I'm wondering how wise it is for skaters who have been assigned both 4C's (in Korea) and Worlds (Sweden) to attend both.
The travel time and acclimation to Korea seems significant, even for those on the west coast. This event starts in 2 weeks. Given that nationals ended on 1/27 and skaters most likely only got back on the ice on 1/29, how difficult will it be for them to then have to get on a plane to Korea to skate the week of 2/11? I'd think they'd need to begin traveling around 2/7, giving them less than 2 weeks to train between nationals and 4C's. Perhaps they're training somewhere other than home? If so, that still must wear on them. Imagine packing for 8-10 days at nationals and then finding out you'll return home in say, a month. Yikes!
With Worlds being in Sweden on 3/17, skaters will have just 1 month from the end of 4C's to the beginning of Worlds...subtract 4-5 days for travel from South Korea to home/other temp. training center and from home/other temp. training center to Sweden, you're looking at max. 3 weeks of training - some or all of it could be at home or a temp. training center.
I know skaters train for this and part of the conditioning is being able to travel, but goodness, going from the upper mid-west of America, to S.Korea and then to northern Europe in 2 months is crazy!
Thoughts....