A2A, Links & USARS Clinic, Roller News (110mm, Olympic, Interviews Mantia & Doucet, Coaching, Koln Video), Ice LT News, Ice ST News

A2A: Roadskater.net has some Athens to Atlanta articles that might interest you; see 2007 a2a 38-mile race + 49-mile cool down skate, Athens to Atlanta Roadskate A2A 2007 Inline Skate Report (Friday), An Amazing Race, this sweet A2A video filled with all the inspirado that makes A2A special; Athens to Atlanta Roadskate A2A 2007 Inline Skate Video, and finally a video that I shot with Herb Gayle's camera at the finish line- click here or press play below.


Links & USARS Clinic: I am sure that you'll find something you like in the following links that I've recently dug up; Pattini News, Speedskater-Düsseldorf, and Speed Skating Spectator- you can find articles on the USA Roller Sports Developmental Clinic- see Day 1, Day 2, It's all about fun, 67 Skaters Participate In Developmental Clinic , Skaters Practice 8 Hours on Day 2 , and Day 3 & 4 Whiz by....- you can find videos and photos and lots of information in the entries.


Joey Mantia preparing to start- photo from Speed Skating Spectator
(110mm, Olympic, Interviews Mantia & Doucet, Coaching, Koln Video): As expected, USA Roller Sports is allowing 110mm wheels to be used in accordance to the FIRS rule chance- see the October 9th notice.

Roller Sports was included in the Olympic Week programme- click here for more.

SpeedSK8ers.com has posted an interview with Joey Mantia- the interview is sweet and to the point.

Since we're on the interview 'bandwagon' right now, here's another interview from one of the world's coolest nicest best looking guys Peter Doucet- see Interview with Peter Doucet - Defining Inline Speed Skating and Social Media.

The thread Coaching Clinics has really come to life today, with lots of ideas being shared. It's a good read with some good history about a group called the P.E.T. (Performance Enhancement Team). While you read about coaching and training, you might consider following up your read with this article (in French) called etour sur le colloque dédié à l'entraînement- it reports on a coaching seminar that took place in France. The seminar focused on 8 themes with special presentors, including youth program (Sandrine Rabaud), sprinting (Julien Despaux), what equipment to use with age groups, classic push to double push (Christophe Audoire), training young skaters (Olivier Babonneau), vetarans participation in marathons (Caroline Lagrée), planning training programs (Alain Nègre), and mental preparation(Fabien Rabeau).

I don't recall if I posted the Koln Inline Marathon video. In case I didn't, here it is (or press play below).


Ice LT News: Andew Love posted a new entry; see Guys in Red- you can see pictures of him in his nice new USA suit!

A lot of items that I am linking to come from Skate Podium; a report complete with video on Heerenveen. Jennny Wolf skated an outdoor 500-meter record of 38.25- read more. Here is a live report with results on the KNSB Cup #2 in Heerenveen- you can check out the men's B video here.

You can read more on the Netherlands selections here (day 2) and here (day 3).

You can read the Norway national championships report- for results, see men's and women's.


Photo from Skate Podium
Ice ST News: How about this record for Canada's fast short track speed skater Francois Hamelin; Canada's Hamelin sets world record- you can find some more information (in French) in François Hamelin : record du monde au 500m en 41,06 .

Hamelin's record was set that the Oktoberfest competition in calgary- see OKTOBERFEST à Calgary for more including some results.