LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

darylw · Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Bristol

Anyone from London going to this one ? From chatting to people in Berlin, it appears that I may be the only one !!

Daryl

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

Thought about it as it fill the gap between now and Sardinia but it also happens to be London Film Festival time so I can't.

Bruno Santa · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Willesden Green

I'm intending to go but i need you be patient and explain me exactally where is it, how can i get there, how much do i need pay with easy words (i'm brazilian)im training on hide park almost every day, we can talk there or if you dont mind to send me email i prefer... I'd be grateful if you help me go to this competition!!! brnlondres@hotmail.com

greazer · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 330 Location: Haarlem

If no other LSST members are going you can always team up with the dutch skaters from inline-skate.nl. I know they would like it!
You can post in this thread (posting in english is no problem!):

http://www.inline-skate.nl/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=792

Have a good race and lots of fun in Frankfurt!

Cheers,
Andy.

darylw · Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Bristol

Thanks Andy, I might get in touch with them. Not had a chance to do much more skating since Berlin though ! It will still be fun though and hopefully I won't crash badly like last year.

Andrew Yungé Gordon · Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Bornheim, Germany.

Hi!

I'm a Londoner living near Bonn in Germany and I'll be
skating in Frankfurt. I'm not sure how sensible this is, as
I'm going to have a shoulder operation two weeks before
Frankfurt. I'll just have to make sure I don't fall.

After Berlin I always feel waiting seven months before the
next marathon is just way too long, so I always end up as
a late entrant at the higher registration fee!

I did an okayish 1:23 in Berlin (age 51) and don't want to
waste all that good 2005 training, so if my left shoulder doesn't
hurt too much I'll be on the start line in my black Bad Duffys
speed suit. I look like a bald older version of Hans Brown -
but not as fast as that turbo charged wizard on wheels.

So, do say hello if you spot me as you fly past me!
I'll be on tired legs as Frankfurt will be number 8 this year.

See you there!

Andrew Yungé GORDON

Ray · Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 806 Location: Dagenham

Results are now up:

Gordon, Andrew Yungé (GBR) M50 1:35:53 1:35:46

Waycott, Daryl (GBR) M30 1:50:29 1:49:59

Well done guys!

Mikey-two-Names · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 4107

Hey Andrew! Good to see you again, even if only online this year. How is the shoulder?

darylw · Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 33 Location: Bristol

Well, the lack of training certainly showed, with a time 5 mins slower than Berlin !! I think I got out skating about 7 times in the month between them !

Anyway, the weather was great - coolish, but sunny during the marathon. It started out with dew on the ground, but the centre of the road was dry throughout; it was just the edges that were damp.

I started off well, but there were no pacelines to be seen for a while - must try and push up ahead at the start ! Eventually I joined a paceline for a while, then found a slightly faster one and made the switch. I stuck with this up until the halfway mark. Then somehow ???, I managed to get in a slow one - way to slow ! I kept thinking about jumping off, as there was a faster paceline just 100m ahead. But, I hesitated too long and got stuck there ! By the time I did jump ahead, the faster paceline was maybe 1/2 mile ahead. I then knackered myself out on one of the shallow, but long hills on my own. This was a bad tactic, so I ended up losing maybe 7-8 minutes on what I could have finished at.

But, nonetheless, I was pretty happy considering how little training I had done. I look forward to a summer full of marathons next year and hopefully I'll get some training in, as I'll be in the UK all summer !!

Well done Andrew, a great time for the course. What did you think ? THere were some quite rough sections, especially combined with some tricky tramline crossings !

Daryl