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Looking at a calendar, some time has definitely passed since I last updated my blog. I don’t think I’ve been home in Calgary for more than a few days at a time since coming back from Europe; so, the busy schedule hasn’t made it easy to keep everyone updated.

Having said that, I’ll be home a little more regularly now that I’ve started training again. In my blog I’m going to finish up my Olympic Recap and I...

After winning his first individual World Cup medal and winning an Olympic gold medal in the Team Pursuit this season, Lucas was named male athlete-of-the-year at the Saskatchewan Sport Awards today. Click here to read more.

After today’s 10k at the World All-rounds in Heerenveen, Lucas finished 9th overall. He skated in the 4th pair with Trevor Marsicano, and crossed the finish line after 13:54.63. Read more

Silver medal in 1500m at World All-rounds!

On the second day of the World All-round Championships in Heerenveen, Lucas finished second in the 1500m. Read more 

Lucas gave a great start to the World all-rounds today with his 6th place in the 500m! In the 5000m, he finished 11th, and consequently is now 9th overall. "I’m pretty happy because this is my best ranking after two events at this competition." Read more

While all of the excitement was building up for the Olympics, I was getting ready for my Olympic debut on day two of the Olympics. I couldn’t worry too much about the condo or Athlete’s Village, the Opening Ceremonies, or anything else going on in and around Vancouver; I had to get ready to race.

When I’m only getting ready for one race, as opposed to 2 or 3 in a weekend at a World Cup, the week leading up to that race is a lot more specific. I did longer...

On the third and final day of the World Cup Final in Heerenveen, Lucas finished second in the Team Pursuit, together with teammates Denny Morrison and Mathieu Giroux. Read more

On the second day of the World Cup Finals in Heerenveen, Lucas skated the 5000m.  He crossed the finish line after 6:35.93. Read more

On the first day of the World Cup Finals in Heerenveen, Lucas finished 9th in the 1500m. Read more

After things were set up at my condo and my room at Athlete’s Village, the next big thing was to decide whether or not I was going to go to the opening ceremonies. Making that decision took a lot of time, and was probably one of the most drawn out decision I made during the Games.

The first time I actually thought about the opening ceremonies probably goes back at least a year. That’s when I really started to see myself as having a realistic shot at making the ...