LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

tanya g · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:43 pm Subject: Berlin 1/2

OK, i've booked flights through Lufthansa a while back and people where interested to know details. See below.

OUT
Flight LH 4843 operated by:EUROWINGS
Date04. April from LONDON CITY to BERLIN TEGEL Departure 17:10 hArrival19:55

RETURN
Date06. April fromBERLIN TEGEL to LONDON CITY Departure 16:00 hArrival 16:40

£80.20

stephen1210 · Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 107 Location: whiteley hampshire

Hello Tanya thinking of going to do 1/2 in berlin but may fly from another airport as I live near southampton .

If i dont go I will be doing the full one in September.

Do you know the cost of accom etc!

many thanks stephen

andyman · Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 1945 Location: Suffolk

OK, so as I have committed to Sardinia Week 3 Laughing

I have also confirmed and registered for Berlin Half

Flight details are:

Out - Easyjet EA4588 Olbia (Sardinia) - Schoenfeld (Berlin)
Sat 5 Apr 08 0940-1150

Ret - British Airways BA0987 Tegel (Berlin) - Heathrow(London)
Sun 6 Apr 08 1940-2040

I have also booked accom at the.....Three Little Pigs of course Rolling Eyes

Er, Tanya.....need you to collect my race pack etc from the village Saturday...Ta

Bring it on....

louist · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 37 Location: Tower Bridge

Glad a few others are going, I accidentally submitted a post on the Berlin Marathon thread Embarassed

, thought loads were going then finally found this thread... so I'll also be at the 3 little pigs 5 April, looking forward to a little sprint... Laughing

will blow out a few cobwebs...

louist · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 37 Location: Tower Bridge

Will be arriving at the 3 little pigs Saturday morning, probably head over to the Exhibition around lunchtime, may text you guys when there.
Fly out Sunday 16:35 on BA (hopefully)...

skaterliesel · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 104 Location: Berlin

Don't forget to bring the warm skating gear !!!! Currently the forecast for Sunday morning is
Shocked

0 to 4°C and
Rolling Eyes

snow and sleet showers

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

Good luck to our skiers, I mean skaters, today.

skaterliesel · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 104 Location: Berlin

Wasn't as bad as the forecast said - second half of the course was dry and we had neither sleet nor rain. Wink

Results are already available online. Tanya placed 22nd. Congratulations.

Duracell · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:50 pm Subject:

Christophe · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 1650

I couldn't find Andy's results. Maybe I didn't look hard enough.
Well done Guys!

andyman · Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 1945 Location: Suffolk

Here is the extract (sorry can't remember skaterliesl real name)

Pos Pos(Cat) Startnr. Name Club Cat Time Net
22 18 X1134 » Gibson, Tanya (GBR) Cado Motus (UK) WH 00:42:59
1 1 X1612 » Kessels, Janina (DEU) SCC XSpBerlin W30 00:46:06 00:46:03
166 27 T1590 » Morgan, Andy (GBR) LSST M50 00:49:57 00:49:41
260 54 T1894 » Trichard, Louis (AUS) London M30 00:52:45 00:52:40

Tanya's was an awesome result, not many seconds outside the British record and in not nice conditions (the second half may have dried out in parts but I assure you people were sliding/falling on the slippery surface right to the last corner!)

Pleased with my time given conditions, and I had been skating hard all week in Sardinia. Oh and one other thing, me and our new friend from Denmark, Ken, were up for several hours the night before (sorry again Tanya Embarassed

) after some extremely iffy Tuna in the Italian restaurant by the Three Pigs. To say we were dehydrated was a gross understatement Laughing

Louis was also pleased as he had a fall to recover from and also started in the last group so also well done.

All in all most enjoyable and will def try and do same thing next year

One thing to note, I had not expected to be in the M50 class untill next year, but it seems I am, so I guess I'd better start serious training earlier than planned Rolling Eyes

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

Germans and Swiss take your birth year as your age group. If you are doing the Euro and/or World Masters in Gera, Germany and Zurich then you might end up in either category because International rules should apply which means age on 1st Jan but the germans applied their rulebook to me last year and categorised me in the M40s if I had known I would have started with my new age group and done much better than starting with the M30s and not even bothering to race.

Make sure you know your category before you start at the blocks will be by age.

Glenn · Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1109 Location: ST Pauls

Well done guys; Tanya's result does seem really impressive.

Just a couple of questions. Was that 18th out of the girls? How did the conditions compare to last years full marathon i.e. was it as slippery as last years Berlin marathon?

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 2428

18th in the men's was 00:34:38 according to the results links posted previosuly

Glenn · Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1109 Location: ST Pauls

Thanks, wasn't clear whether she entered the teams race or fitness - but have had time to check - impressive ...