"For many living in the northern hemisphere this might mean a late night or early morning start however it will certainly be worth it.

Blog Officiel: La page de Marcel Hug

As a big sportsman once said: “I always want to be better. But not better than my competitor but better than I have ever been before.“ I think that is the right way to think and that is why I always try to focus on my own performance and not on the result. In athletics you normally can't really affect your competitors' performances or other outside influences for example the weather conditions. But you are responsible for your own physical and mental performances at any time! So I should not measure my successes only with titles or medals even if these are the only things that interests people, especially the media but also sometimes the sponsors. If I am able to produce a perfect performance in Christchurch even I do not get any world champion title or medals that might be due to a simple reason: some other competitors have just been better than me at this race. So if I achieved my absolutely best performance. I don’t have to say that I missed my target. Then I just know that my performance was good but not good enough and I have to go ahead and try to train harder and make things better to improve my performance.
“You are allowed to lose against a superior rival but it is a shame to lose a fight against yourself.”
In my opinion there is a essential difference between "target" and "wish". My target is an optimum performance. My wish is only the result or product of my target including factors that beyond my control that can mean a title or a medal.

In January 2010, I stopped working at my sponsor’s office and started my career as a fully professional athlete. Now I have more time for training and importantly I have more time for recovery and for myself and my friends. I guess these points are also responsible for my progress and enabled me to break four world records this year. But the real test for me is just ahead - at the world championships in Christchurch. To become one of the best wheelchair racers in the world and have great success once is one thing. To stay on that level and have success for several years is another. Together with my personal sporting environment I try to take on this big challenge. And as the philosopher Socrates explained: "If you believe you are somebody, you stopped to being anybody." So just go ahead into another great year full of energy and always give your best!

Not only is Christmas getting closer and closer, but the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch are quickly coming closer also. Soon there will be a high performance on day ‘X’ requested. I am looking forward to a great event with a lot of good experiences and nice impressions of Christchurch and New Zealand. But of course I also look forward to producing the best performance and to achieving the best results I possibly can.

Its a lot of fun and enjoyment of work/train in this beautiful climate. Even though the time goes by very fast there is still a lot of work to do till the championships begin begins. The best part is that when you wake up you can be sure the sun will be shining.