Aaron's Real Deal, Best Footage, Silver Skate, Mar Del Patin, Blue Ridge, What A Plug, ING Challenge, Theresa Cliff, Weekend LT Results, NY 100k, Vids

Aaron's Real Deal: I think the entry Memorable Quotes 1: [+Training; real deal] by Aaron Arndt is one of the most honest and deep postings I've seen in a very long time. It's worth a read and a re-read.

Having spoken with Aaron recently and knowing him quite well, I understand what he is doing. Here are some snippets of what he wrote; '...Talk is cheap; lies are expensive. So is equivocation, indecision, procrastination, hell; call it laziness, indiscipline, self-sabotage, personal-limitation-infliction and even self-destruction. 'F' it. Here is me... I came off the WIC 2007 on the best form of my life... well, since my snowboard accident... Then it snowed, a whole bunch, and kept snowing.

It really is tough to train properly here in Canada. We’ve been under snow basically ever since, and skating outdoors (or trying to) basically sucked...

Over the next while, I will be publishing some rather revealing, honest, untouched, un-flattering, and self-exposing pictures of myself to; in a round-about way, help keep me motivated. I don’t claim to be in shape right now, but I will be. give me a little time. I am not, and this is not about saying 'I look great', or 'look at me'. If you think that’s what I am doing, you clearly don’t know me at all, and I would probably hate you if I knew you. That’s really not the point. I’m not completely out of shape, just not where I want to be. Bare with me. This is about self-dicipline and motivation. I am taking some pretty serious risk here. Support my ass. Be critical sure, but not about my intentions.

...Maybe use it to motivate yourself. You know, symbiosis. What the hell? give me a call! Haha, ask me what I’m doing, and if it’s not ‘training, studying, eating, or sleeping’ yell at me...'.

Best Footage: Andrew's Speed Skating Blog has posted an entry with links to wonderful race videos- Best Inline Speed Skating Footage Online- the work of Isaac Papadopoulos. He writes 'If you pay attention you can see technique, style, team tactics, mistakes, crashes, interviews, ... point sprints, finishes ... and so much more'.

Silver Skate: The Silver Skate Festival is a long track event that took place this past weekend in Edmonton. PThe event, which is part of the MSI series, was won by Steven Elm with a large margin of victory on the men's side, while Paisley Perrie had to fend off two other female skaters in the last 500-meters to take the top women's spot.

Mar Del Patin: Check out Mayra Arias y Guillermo Servián fueron los últimos ganadores del Mar del Patín for some Mar Del Patin news. You can find results, updates, news, and photos in Powerslide, Racing, News, Core, Matter's news. They write 'Today was the marathon of Mar del Plata, the marathon was held on the water front under a beautiful sunny sky.

It was a great day for the Powerslide family as they took out frist and second in the Men's and Women's events.

In the Women's event it was Sandra Gomez who took the win by a wheel over fellow PS skater Natalia Artero, third place went to Ornela Vicoli.

Results
1st Sandra Gomez (Spain/PS)
2nd Natalia Artero (Matter/PS)
3rd Ornela Vicoli

On the Men's side of things, Kalon and Kepa come home First and Second for P.S, while Chile's Jose Guzman took the third placement.

Results
1st Kalon Dobbin (Matter/PS)
2nd Kepa Caballero (Alessi/PS)
3rd Jose Guzman (Chile)

Hope you all enjoyed the photo's and results, until next year'.

The next big South American race will take place in Cartagena- you can read more in Corea del Sur también se suma a la Copa Salvemos todos a Bolívar Cartagena 2008 and check out the site that should post results and all sorts of news;


Women's marathon- photo from Powerslide, Racing, News, Core, Matter
Blue Ridge: You can find more results and some thoughts of cheating and officiating at the Blue Ridge Challenge in Blue Ridge results.

You're probably interested in viewing photos and videos from the event- check out Linda Wood's photos and view a video of the pro men's 500-meter sprint- you can press play below. You can view more videos from various categories in PICTURES/VIDEO - Blue Ridge Challenge.


What A Plug: the thread The Science of Speed eBook - NOW AVAILABLE! contains a plug for the ebook like none other that I've read before; 'I just finished browsing the copy of 'The Science of Speed'...if 'Speed on Skates' was a narrative book, this could very well be its sequel. To be honest, the humongous amount of information contained in Publow’s new publication perfectly complements the contents of his previous Speedskating’s Bible, reaching far beyond its encyclopedic intent. I’ll happily endorse this valuable publication and definitely recommend it to advanced skaters and coaches alike, as I regard it an absolutely unmissable investment: for only 30 bucks (about 20 euros, 4 pints of ale) you’ll get an overly priceless compilation of studies and articles written in plain, non-academic English although taking a sober, scientific approach. A truckload of tips&tricks, a whole lot of useful and interesting information plus a few bonus tracks and remixes meshed in makes “The Science of Speed” the other essential volume any serious adept to this sport must keep in their bookshelf'.

Blogs: Recent entries from different skating blogs and sites- check out Road Rash Chronicles' Marathon Apprehension, stop by an read Flyin Brian's DNS, and Charlie Brown On Skates' My First Marathon: 2007 St. Paul Inline Marathon and Stretching 101.

ING Challenge: It is time to vote for Canada's best speed skating story- check out all the voting and videos at the ING Speed Skating Challenge.

Theresa Cliff: Theresa Cliff is posting some very strong track cycling results- 'Theresa Cliff-Ryan made a new step toward her goals this weekend with upgrading her best results from 6th in a world cup to 2 bronze medals. Theresa raced a brilliant scratch race to take equal 3rd place with Russian Anastasiay Chulkova behind world champion Marianne Vos of Holland and the current world cup overall point score champion Jarmilla Machavova of Czech Republic'. Check out Team Des for more.


Weekend LT Results: For many of this past weekend's long track competition results, make sure you stop by SpeedskatingResults.

NY 100k: More information on the NYC Skate Marathon & NY 100k can be found here. The recent information clears up information about the jacket and lists age divisions.

Vids: Lots of videos for you to check out thanks to Skate Podium. You can use the controls below
- Borlanger Sweden start men
- Borlanger Sweden start women
- Borlanger Sweden men A- 10 laps
- Borlanger Sweden women's finish
- Borlanger Sweden men's finish