Davidson College Long Track Speed Skater Earns Ice Time and a Job to Help...
While he might want to do a little more research on long track skaters from the Southeastern USA, I am glad to hear that Erik Ducker, 18, is getting ice time and work opportunities to keep him going as...
View ArticleEighty and Still Skatey! 80 Laps for the Lady
Just in case you want another reason to keep on skating, consider Agatha Van Der Starre's 80th birthday celebration on ice. She did 80 laps with friends to celebrate 80 years. Like many who love...
View ArticleHeather Richardson Interview After Gold
Here's a quick interview article with more from the mom than the skater and coach, taken from email and web material as well. Just like going to sit in the stands for a sporting event. You want to know...
View ArticleShani Davis Wins U.S. Long Track Speed Skating Allround with Second Place in...
Shani Davis showed his speed at all distances this weekend as he won the all around for the U.S. Long Track National Championships in speed skating. In his first 10k (10,000-meter) in two years, he...
View ArticleFirst Annual Masters International/USA Masters Single Distance Championships...
This article is a stem of eebee's fine piece on women who are skating Roller Derby Lite for fun and fitness here...http://roadskater.net/roller-skating-women-old-enough-know-better...and the...
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Shani Davis Wins Silver and Gold in Speed Skating World Championships; Tyler...
Just some quick notes here to remind that the World Single Distance Championships are under way in speed skating (they seem to like to have several kinds of world championships, ha!), and the...
View ArticleInzell Outdoor Ice Rink Now Indoors; Kia Speed Skating Academy; Sven Kramer...
Alas, a place I wanted to visit no longer exists. Well, not as it was. See m earlier piece, Shani Davis Wins Silver and Gold in Speed Skating World Championships; Tyler Farrar leads Tirreno-Adriatico...
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USA Olympic Long Track Ice Speed Skater Trevor Marsicano Talks About the...
From bullying target to Olympic silver medalist is not too bad. But it is usually harder than it looks. And once in a while someone shares their struggles with the rest of us. Speed Skater Trevor...
View ArticleCongratulations Halifax Nova Scotia Canada on New 400m Oval: Outdoor Speed...
OK this is super news from Canada that North America is keeping one grand 400-metre oval for the world to enjoy...and it is outdoors! We've been following this one for a while read more
View ArticleNew York 100K Makes the Wall Street Journal
Here's an article in the Wall Street Journal about yesterday's NY 100K skate! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903703604576589282709013172.html#articleTabs%3DarticleIt's always good when...
View ArticlePeriodization and the Offseason - Or An Attempt Not To Lose It All
Lose all what, exactly? I can't say that this year's training and peaking event season has left me particularly buff, but I would like to retain what little muscle-tone and muscle-memory I did achieve....
View ArticlePeriodization and the Preseason - or: I Thought I Could Do Those Inline...
So here we are in the Preseason, per Rob Bell's Periodization article I referred to for the Offseason. This should be a six week block of low-intensity technique work (drills), and cross-training (if...
View ArticleQuick Guide to Working Out at the Kearns, Utah Olympic Speed Skating Oval...
Lots of us dream of touring our way to a speed skating oval, and especially the one where the Olympic Speed Skaters train, ice or not. It turns out it's nice and cool in there, and there are running as...
View ArticleInline to Olympic Ice Speed Skates Again! Florida's Brittany Bowe Follows the...
Here's a well-done if brief local piece of writing from Florida, where they are mighty proud of their inline champion, Brittany Bowe. If I have it right, she was at the US Cup when I was there, skating...
View ArticleInternational Skating Union (ISU) Long Track and Short Track Speed Skating...
Just a quick reminder that ISU's website streams some speed skating, depending on broadcast blackouts. As I write, the long track speed skating men's 500m is on. Soon the short track may be available...
View Article53-Year-Old Speed Skater Attempts to Make US Olympic Team
Theron Sands is 53 and he skated in the 10,000 meters at the 2018 US Olympic Trials in Milwaukee on Thursday. I won't give away what happened beyond him reaching the qualifying standard for the trials...
View ArticleEighty and Still Skatey! 80 Laps for the Lady
Just in case you want another reason to keep on skating, consider Agatha Van Der Starre's 80th birthday celebration on ice. She did 80 laps with friends to celebrate 80 years. Like many who love...
View ArticleHeather Richardson Interview After Gold
Here's a quick interview article with more from the mom than the skater and coach, taken from email and web material as well. Just like going to sit in the stands for a sporting event. You want to know...
View ArticleShani Davis Wins U.S. Long Track Speed Skating Allround with Second Place in...
Shani Davis showed his speed at all distances this weekend as he won the all around for the U.S. Long Track National Championships in speed skating. In his first 10k (10,000-meter) in two years, he...
View ArticleFirst Annual Masters International/USA Masters Single Distance Championships...
This article is a stem of eebee's fine piece on women who are skating Roller Derby Lite for fun and fitness here...http://roadskater.net/roller-skating-women-old-enough-know-better...and the...
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