LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

merten · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 7:21 pm Subject:

Rich and Tanya are now on the official entry list, so this worked last minute Wink

This will be a big one, more than 700 skaters already.

Let's hope for good weather, I am quite dedicated to get my marathon time down this year...

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 1803

Got this in email

Rick · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:44 pm Subject:

And from another one I got is would appear that Michi has won something?

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 1803

A weekend in a hotel? Don't know how you'll incorporate that into the club marathon rankings ...

Michi · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 525 Location: Hamburg

Yeah guys your're right, I've won a weekend in a hotel. Well: when I don't win something with skating I try otherwise Laughing

One cool thing about this announcement e-mail: this evening a guy called me to ask wether I would train with his team. He lives near my home town and saw my name with the town on the winning list. So he called my father to ask and then got my number in Hamburg.
Well I think two teams are enough Wink

but it was funny to receive a call saying: congratulation to your free hotel weekend, do you want to be on our team?
Maybe they just want the hotel voucher...

merten · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 8:13 am Subject:

Short summary of that last longish email they sent around:
- The usual disclaimers (own risk bla bla)
- Start 10 am Handbikers, then licensed men, licensed women, fitness last
- 3 hour time limit
- No warmup on the race course, but in direction of the city centre.
- Documents: Sat 10.00 - 12.30 in Celle, 14.30 - 17.00 in Hannover (Sat is recommended), Sunday 7.30 to 9.15 in Hannover
- three race numbers: Chest, left thigh, helmet (phew)
- Gear Trucks are numbered as usual
- There are signs on the course (there's only one kind of speedy left turn anyway)
- Free entry to a swimming place after the event (next to the finish line)
- Free tombola after the race.
- Buses for 2 EUR leaving in the morning Celle-Hannover 7am to 8am, going back 2pm to 4pm

Any more questions so far?

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 1803

Rick · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 5:07 pm Subject:

Interesting. In Duesseldorf it was licensed ladies first then licensed men and they started with, but were theoretically seperated from the fitness people.

merten · Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 7:20 pm Subject:

merten · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 11:31 am Subject:

For those (Tanya) who go to Bremen...

It's a pretty late flight. Try to be fast in Bremen! There's a tram leaving the airport at 21:48 - line 6 direction "Universität". That'll take you to the train station ("Hauptbahnhof"). There, take RE 4437, planned track 3, leaving 22:18, arrive 23:38.

If you miss that, there is one more train RE 4439, leave 23:11, arrive 00:38.

Hope you have some Euros. Tram is 2 cash I think, train costs 17 EUR (get a "Niedersachsen Ticket single" at one of the red/blue ticket machines, pay by credit card.

Have a good journey guys. We'll probably see you Sunday early morning and then spend a good deal of the day with you Smile

Any chance somebody can bring me some stuff from Tesco's Wink

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skaterliesel · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 101 Location: Berlin

Well guys and gals .... as the weather forecasts bodes ill omens, I have decided not to do a "rain-race".
All of those who do race : good luck.

Natasha · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 12:38 pm Subject:

GOOD LUCK!!!

Tim · Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 381 Location: leytonstone E11

yeah good luck peeps !!

Rick · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:34 pm Subject:

wetter.de is still promising dry weather for Sunday. Too early to tell fingers crossed for decent conditions.

Michi · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 525 Location: Hamburg

I want a dry race with south-west wind, I want a dry race with south-west wind, I want a dry race with south-west wind...
repeat it often enough and it might become true... Embarassed