FILE--Speedskater Kristina Groves, of Ottawa, Ont., smiles during a news conference ahead of the World Single Distance Speedskating Championships in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, March 9, 2009. Groves struggles with the environmental cost of being one of the fastest female speedskaters on the planet. The 33-year-old from Ottawa wants a gold medal at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. She doesn't want to ignore the world around her while she pursues it. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck