Profile - Callum Smith

Callum is taking a year out from studying Chemical Engineering at Edinburgh University to concentrate full time on achieveing a significant result at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014.

Greatest sporting achievement to date

It’s early days but competing at the World Championships in Oslo was pretty spectacular

Sporting hero

David Millar - the Scottish road racing cyclist

Most important support person

My parents - They have doubled up as sponsors, nutritionists and of course various other supporting roles.

Favourite food

Lasagne - its great for a good tasting carb upload

Worst injury and why

Probably dropping an axe on my foot a couple of years ago. Fortunately it was in April, so I had time to recover before serious training started.

Favourite type of training/training session

Lactate threshold skating intervals. Almost race speed but without so much of the lactic acid burn.

Favourite training location

Hovden ,Norway. I went to a ski school in Hovden for a year, it’s a great town with brilliant ski tracks despite being in the middle of nowhere.

What would I do if not an athlete?

Probably be a lot closer to finishing my degree and enjoying far more of the social side of University life.

Twitter
@callumsmith92