Fail to prepare...prepare to fail

Whether it's a 100km walk, an Olympic Games or a World Ski Championships, the adage 'Fail to prepare...prepare to fail' holds good for each.

Yesterday I commented that Oslo's preparations for the latter event appeared somewhat last minute. In hindsight that was somewhat unfair.

Unfair, that is, to cities who do actually prepare at the last minute, because Oslo still doesn't seem even as ready as that...and the Championships start tomorrow.

They, like us, have been doing some rehearsals, and this evening we watched a 'run-through' of the opening ceremony, (which did look & sound very good) but so much of the infrastructure seems to be still under construction.

The street of ice sculptures are nowhere near finished, the marquees aren't all erected, the barriers and security areas aren't in place etc etc.

So, how much will the adrenaline and emotion of taking part in such an event carry them through?

You can't run through every element of the event in preparation for the event itself, other wise you would only be allowed to run a World Championships, if you have already run a World Championships...and that simply ends us up in the whole 'chicken & egg' scenario.

Just as we won't walk 100km (in a non stop training walk) before July 16th - but you prepare as best you can, in the time that you have available, and then you hope a little, pray a little & eventually trust that what you have done is in the end good enough.

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