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Anne-Jelmer · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:50 pm Subject: Dutch Ice

A tiny update from the Netherlands. Me and Tessa did fun race here in the Netherlands. The wrong way round.
Tessa won the ladies race setting the track record to 44.15. I finished second in 36.50, beaten 0.4 sec.
Local TV link..http://www.rtvoost.nl/nieuws/default.aspx?nid=105936and pic of the Podium
On the 23rd Tessa will make her debute on her first official icerace. I'll return to longtrack icespeedskating after more then 4 years.

Pamela · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:59 pm Subject:

Well done! Sounds like fun too.

Alan · Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 640 Location: Hackney, London

Good luck for your races!

Michi · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 652 Location: Hamburg

Congratulations to both of you and good luck for the next events!

Anne-Jelmer · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:53 pm Subject:

Update!
Icespeedskating last saturday:
Both I and Tessa had to skate a 500 and a1500.
After such a long time the 500 felt a bit strange. First 100 went in 11.4 (oops) I finished in 42.95. Not too fast but technical okay. Tessa skated her first race ever in 58.98. I didn't see her skate because we started in the same quartet. But from what she told me she kind of left her technique at the starting line.
My 1500 time was 2.07.09, very happy with that time, "only" 5 second slower then my personal best (march 2001).
Tessa skated the 1500 in 2.55.58. Not bad in her first race. The best part was that the third lap was faster then the second and the second faster then the third.

This picture was taken when I overtook Tessa (I did manage to catch up with her).

SprintMaster · Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 8

Mmm, a quartet at the 500? Were there so many ice skaters? Twisted Evil

Anne-Jelmer · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:30 pm Subject:

ISU rule 278 explaines it all. Wink

Special regualations and technical rules

peterc · Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 1269 Location: M3 somewhere

I assume Quartet is 4 people must make for a crowded first bend...
Oh, this is long track. Smile

That said, I did some Dutch ice over Christmas, Jap Eden in Amsterdam, which was a very fun education.

Anne-Jelmer · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:13 pm Subject:

Small update from the Netherlands again:
Last sunday I finished second in the fourth non-licenced iceskaters marathon in Enschede. (50 laps). Whith one race to go I am on the 5th place in the overall standings 10 points behind third place. (first place gets you 20 point so the third place allmost unreachable).
Next race 21st.