Our reporter @nweir1 gets her skates on for ice time trials.

Now, it's time to get your skates on because things are going to be getting a lot chiller at Stormont. Over the next few weeks a giant ice track will be erected in front of the House on the Hill. That's because Red Bull's Crashed Ice - Ice Cross Downhill World Championships 2015 is hitting Belfast - and it's a fast and furious race involving over 140 athletes from all over the world trying to skate down the icy track in the quickest possible time. But first you have to pass a speed test to take part - and it's a challenge that's not for the faint hearted. Our reporter, Nicola Weir, went along to the local heats at the Odyssey