LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

Selena · Joined: 05 Mar 2010 Posts: 213 Location: London

a meal tomorrow sounds good to me and Kai. I will have my work phone with me so have put the number on the members list Very Happy

Cat · Joined: 15 Feb 2010 Posts: 200

thanks for that roger - we've hired a car instead - which means we could get to the Sunday one - but I doubt will will go for that!

Rick · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 5914

Errol won the fitness category. Smile

Results not published yet.

Rhein-Ruhr results are out and the race hasn't even finished yet

roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 531

And the results are:

pos	cat	no	name	cat	club	finish	nett
1	1	3670	» Errol, Spence (GBR)	40		01:05:30	01:05:30
33	5	1301	» Fretwell, Roger (GBR)	50		01:10:10	01:10:10
118	20	3618	» Ng, Kai (GBR)	30	LondonSpeedSkater	01:16:04	01:14:49
21	4	3619	» Markwick, Selena (GBR)	AKT		01:16:08	01:14:53
61	18	3698	» Burks, Cat (GBR)	30		01:26:28	01:25:14
74	13	1302	» Bettis, Kay (GBR)	50		01:26:23	01:26:23
292	39	3697	» Parry, William (GBR)	30		01:26:28	01:25:15

Well done to everyone, especially Errol.

I think maybe its the first time I actually lost out on the nett times, as I was 27th over the line, but anyway a very good result for me.

I think because Kay and me were actually given a start in the Speed category our nett times have been set to our finish times - which is particularly unfair for Kay, as she would have had a similar nett time to Cat and Will.

I am very glad that I did not start in the Speed block, even though I had the option, as the standard was very high - there were a lot of internationals there, rather than the club-level people you get in the smaller German races. I think that although the bar was set at a 1:20 best time for the speed block you really needed to be a 1:15 or better racer to benefit from a start in that block.

roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 531

And the Duisburg results:

Men:

pos	cat	name	club	finish
59	10	Fretwell, Roger (GBR)	LondonSkaters Speed Team	01:28:20
84	21	Johnson, Rick (GER)	LondonSkaters Speed Team	01:35:31

Women:

pos	cat	name	club	finish
41	6	Bettis, Kay (GBR)	LondonSkaters Speed Team	01:51:26

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

Well done guys, that some impressive results.

Sparky · Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 450

Wow those times are pretty impressive, well done!

pazza98 · Joined: 01 Feb 2010 Posts: 259 Location: Hornsey

Hmmm . . do I let the cat out of the bag? Wink

However very well done to Errol!

Speedy Dave · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Location: Derby

pazza98 · Joined: 01 Feb 2010 Posts: 259 Location: Hornsey

Despite the short distance, which I wasn't expecting and found a bit disappointing, it was a fast course. When you extrapolate the times to a full distance marathon, it's still faster than many courses.

Cat · Joined: 15 Feb 2010 Posts: 200

I should also point out that Will ought to have been up there with with the 1h 14 minuters but very sweetly refused to leave me after my fall. Bless him.

roger · Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 531

There is a short write-up of the race
here in German. See Google translate for dodgy English version. Nice to see Errol get a mention.

It says that there was a strong international field in the Speed category, but its also interesting looking at the Fitness results that the first page is very international too.

Selena · Joined: 05 Mar 2010 Posts: 213 Location: London

They have changed my result and made the brutto and netto the same and moved me down a position! How unfair! Crying or Very sad

Van · Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 227 Location: London

Well done to everyone in both events. Some really strong performances.. Hard to imagine how I'm going to manage to stay on the back of 'group 2' if you all keep getting so much faster!