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Check out Road Rash Chronicles‘ recenty entry Fitness Food? I think not.
I guess all my working out and 1000 calorie workouts are catching up to me. Don’t get me wrong, I feel great and have gotten used to the 60+ minutes on the Cybex machine however, I am starving ALL the time. Is it bad I just ate a large broccoli and chicken pizza myself? Opps.
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Click here for results from the 2nd Ranking Wedstrijd in Turnhout, Belgium.
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Joey Mantia wrote his thoughts on good coaching in his entry Think You’re A Good Coach? CONSIDER This…-
The answer to all these questions is yes, however, it is not limited to just these aspects, and i think a lot of times we tend to forget this. Possibly the most important quality of a superior coach is humility.
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Andrew Love shared a couple of good entries recently. Read Theory & Test and Speedskater Thanksgiving-
Photo from Andrew Love
Mike is pressing his upper body into the push, but also keeping it square with the turn. Hard to do. I wonder how many Thanksgivings with family Mike has skipped, and will skip during his tenure with the National team, to skate with such precision?
Want to beat him someday? It’s easy: Be amazingly talented, twine years of excellent coaching together with willpower to suffer, and then spend a lifetime sacrificing more than Mike has.
So simple, and so hard.
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LinkiT Speedskating has an article about the upcoming Essent ISU Long Track Speed Skating #4 this weekend in Changchun, China- Looking forward to World Cup #4 Changchun-
After three stops with numerous medals for the Canadians, the athletes will return home to focus and train for the last two Fall stops of the World Cup circuit, in sprint, the 6 and 7 of December in Changchun, China and the following weekend in Nagano, Japan.
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This is a pretty sweet- where the wonderful worlds of speed skating and tropical islands come together- Writing about skating from a tropical island-
Writing about skating from a tropical island requires some reorientation. Looking back at the first competitions of this season, I think especially about the skaters who did not perform according to hopes and expectations and about the unlucky ones. Such as Jeremy Wotherspoon and Mike Ireland, who experienced serious falls during the first World Cup competitions in Berlin. At this moment, their sports’ life is dominated by rehabilitation so that they may still be able to compete during the second half of the season.
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Stay up to date with all the long track speed skating results thanks to SpeedskatingResults.com- the following links are recent results that span November 22nd to the 30th-
Clubwedstrijd Alkmaar (NED) 30 November 2008 Junioren C Amsterdam (NED) 30 November 2008 Wedstrijd Klassen I en II Assen (NED) 30 November 2008 Trainingswedstrijd Klasse 3, 4 en 5 Breda (NED) 30 November 2008 Trainingswedstrijd Gewestelijke Selecties Den Haag (NED) 30 November 2008 Selectie, Baanploeg, Fac.Groep, Kl1 Groningen (NED) 30 November 2008 Sunday Races Haarlem (NED) 30 November 2008 Baanwedstrijd Heerenveen (NED) 30 November 2008 Juhani Järvisen Muistokilpailut Helsinki (FIN) 30 November 2008 Baanselectiewedstrijd Hoorn (NED) 30 November 2008 Clubwedstrijd STG Purmerend / STG Hoorn Hoorn (NED) 30 November 2008 Sunday Races Utrecht (NED) 30 November 2008 45. Wilfried Janssen-Gedenklauf Zürich (SUI) 30 November 2008 17th International Team-Sprint for Juniors Berlin (GER) 29 - 30 November 2008 Junior Country Match NED-GER-NOR Breda (NED) 29 - 30 November 2008 Abonnementhouderswedstrijd Den Haag (NED) 29 - 30 November 2008 NO Allround Junioren B Deventer (NED) 29 - 30 November 2008 Eindhoven Trofee Eindhoven (NED) 29 - 30 November 2008 Kraantje Lek Trofee Haarlem (NED) 29 - 30 November 2008 Junior World Cup Inzell (GER) 29 - 30 November 2008 32nd Makunai Meeting Sapporo (JPN) 29 - 30 November 2008 13th Hokkaido Junior High School Student Selection Sapporo (JPN) 29 - 30 November 2008 Polish Single Distance Championships 2009 Warsaw (POL) 28 - 30 November 2008 HCA Avond Amsterdam (NED) 29 November 2008 Junioren A/B Amsterdam (NED) 29 November 2008
Risengaløp Asker (NOR) 29 November 2008 Kretscup 2 Bergen (NOR) 29 November 2008 Interclub DIJC Deventer (NED) 29 November 2008 NO Allround Junioren C Enschede (NED) 29 November 2008 Klasse 3 Enschede (NED) 29 November 2008 PROMO Avond Geleen (NED) 29 November 2008 Sinterklaas Special Groningen (NED) 29 November 2008 Schaatscircuit Heerenveen (NED) 29 November 2008 Kretsstevne 2 Leangen (NOR) 29 November 2008 Time Trials Salt Lake City (USA) 29 November 2008 Clubwedstrijd Bergen en Schoorl Heerenveen (NED) 28 November 2008 PR-Wedstrijd IJC Zwanenburg Heerenveen (NED) 28 November 2008 Groep 2 + 3 Haarlem (NED) 27 November 2008 Vereinswettkampf Dresden (GER) 26 November 2008 Kvällstävling Göteborg (SWE) 26 November 2008 Kretsløp Arendal (NOR) 25 November 2008 Veteranløp 1 Bergen (NOR) 25 November 2008 Interclubwedstrijd Koggenland Heerenveen (NED) 25 November 2008 Gewestelijke Wedstrijd Thialf Heerenveen (NED) 25 November 2008 Tiistaikilpailut Helsinki (FIN) 25 November 2008 Dinsdagmiddag Utrecht (NED) 25 November 2008 Baanwedstrijd Heerenveen (NED) 22 - 24 November 2008
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This is from Candy Wong- Bear On Skates-
Imagine what a huge kick I got when I looked at the pictures closely and saw that one of the bears was performing on a pair of inline skates! In a ballet performance!!!
Photo from the National Ballet Of Canada
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Click here for more results from Greensboro.
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The Inline Planet has an article about Asphalt Beach’s new store- Asphalt Beach Skate Shop Moves to Deluxe Digs-
The new Asphalt Beach, in Nashville’s trendy 5-Points neighborhood, covers 4800 square-feet and includes a 250-foot skating oval, where customers can try before they buy.
Asphalt Beach’s new store
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According to Roller En Ligne, a winner of the Le Mans 24 Rollers video contest has been announced- the team Les Patineurs à la Noix’s video will soon be available at Le Mans 24 Rollers’ site.
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Click here for some results from the Texas Round Up.
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Check out the following videos of Shane Dobbin and DJ Nation having a go at 5km time trials on long track-
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Check out Shane Dobbin’s site. He is sharing his thoughts and experiences of long track ice speed skating. See Essent Cup 5 in Utretch or New time set for New Zealand 5km Record for a taste of what’s to come.
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Click here for Clara Hughes’ pictures from the recent Essent ISU Long Track Speed Skating World Cup in Moscow.
‘Brittany and my coach Xiuli Wang at the banquet‘- caption and photo from Clara Hughes
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Check out Skate Podium’s latest video Reportage Elfurentocht FlevOnice. Gotta love the atmosphere 
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Cado Motus shared an interview featuring Desly Hill who is ‘coaching a number of inline skaters who are trying to ‘get on’ the ice‘- read Switching from Inline to Ice - Desly Hill for more.
What’s the hardest part about switching?
To keep low and keep everything straight! Inliners get roll from their skates by moving their shoulders and hips in a different way. On ice you don’t need that because you glide so well, and if you do it, it stops you from getting pressure. On the coaching side of things is for sure cold feet.
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I like Joey Mantia’s latest entry Hero? No, Just A Kid That Loves To Skate- there’s also one from November 8th (which I just noticed today) called Are You Really In Control?-
…when in fact I’m no different from them; I’m just a kid that loves to skate. I remember being their age doing the same things… getting 4 or 5 signatures each from Hedrick, Downing, Turner, Brandt, Cliff, etc. during the same meet. They were heroes in my eyes… little did i know, they were just kids that loved to skate…
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A new forum for roller speed skating coaches is up-and-running- check it out here- Forum by speed coaches to speed coaches.
You can read more about the forum in the thread New forum for inline speed coaches-
Jim Larson mentioned the need for a new forum that would be administered by inline speed coaches for each other. The only topic would be coaching techniques, drills, successful strategies.
For this reason, GT Speed of Albany (GA) created a forum. We do not plan to associate any commercial activity with this forum, because there are many successful web sites for that. At the moment, we do not plan any advertisements.
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