Placid, A Little Bit Of Canadian Perspective, A Little Bit Of USA News

Placid: One of Andrew Love’s recent posts called 10 things about Lake Placid takes some of us down memory lane with a nostalgic and photographical account of the city and its uniqueness. If you’d like to make a trip to Lake Placid and you’re searching for an excuse to hit the winding road of the Anarondac mountains, then you need look no further that the 2007 US National Marathon Championships/North American Marathon Championships which are taking place on February 3rd and 4th.


Racing on the oval in Lake Placid: Frank Cherry in front of Allison Turner
If ice marathons are an excuse for you to get out, then I definitely suggest that you make your way up to Portland, Ontario for the Big Rideau Marathon. The two day event is set for this weekend (January 27th and 28th). I think I mentioned it on my website a few times, but I want to re-mention the race because I think it’s worth it if it will convince someone who’s on the border of going of heading out to the race. Plus, race organizer Marco Smit puts a lot of time, love, energy, and resources into making the event happen and the entire town (or so it seems) really gets behind the event.


Swans close to the Big Rideau Lake
A Little Bit Of Canadian Perspective: The Canadian Inline Training Center has a report from long track age class races that took place on January 13th in Ste Foy, Quebec.

Aaron Arndt recently posted an article called A Terrible Introduction. Aaron posted some more thoughts on the issue. Good stuff and good ideas.


Aaron Arndt at the 24 Hours Inline in Montreal
Andrew Hegarty posted some videos and photos from the 2006 world championships in Korea in an entry called Korea in depth.

I think this series of links about the RSO Speed Series #2 that took place this past weekend offers a good perspective from Candy Wong: RSO Sunday, Objectives For This Sunday, and I Did Everything I Set Out To Do But...


Scott Pauley in front of Eric Gee during this past Sunday's RSO Speed Series #2
Here are the results from last weekend’s the Bytown Marathon.


Paisley Perrie gives her thumbs up this past Sunday in Ottawa at the Bytown Marathon (at least I think it is her thumbs)- photo taken by Alicia Weiss
Finally, here’s a link from Calgary's Speed Skate Cellar. It’s a speedskating store that you can actually walk into, much like Dimon Sports in Lake Placid. I love to hang around in the Dimon Sports store, plus, John Dimon rocks!


Good guys in the sport at the Dimon Sports shop: Left to right: John Dimon, Aaron Arndt, and Andrew Love

Germany skaters warming up during the 2005 world cup in Calgary
A Little Bit Of USA News: I’ve been to the Spring Elite Banked Track Clinic in 1997 in Colorado Springs, CO. It’s sweet. The OTC is sweet. This year’s clinic is planned for May 2nd to the 6th.

I think this has a lot of potential: Read on in this thread: Daytona 500 Pre-Race show - need skaters.