Denny Morrison Website

Six elite local athletes describe their preparations for the 2010 Olympic Games.

Photographs by Wendell Phillips.

By Jeffrey Bichard published Nov 1, 2009

Denny Morrison, 24 Longtrack Speedskater

Training regimen: 24 to 48 hours a week, half on the ice, half weightlifting, running, and dryland training.

Goal: “To step up to the start line confident that I’ve done everything possible to have the race of my life.”

“After Torino in 2006 I took six weeks off, then sat down with my coach saying, ‘Here’s where we want to be, and here’s what the program’s going to look like.’ It was a four-year build to Vancouver. One of the biggest challenges is trusting that once the Games come, I’ll be ready. I don’t have a job. I put school on hold for speedskating. I’m in a bubble with other speedskaters and people who train at the Oval. It’s my entire life now.”