MS Run & Roll Half Marathon is taking place in Thunder Bay, Ontario on July 19th. Registration is now open.

Click here to download the schedule of events for this weekend’s Roller Sports Ontario Outdoor Speed Championships.

The Ottawa Inline Skating Club was recently featured on local radio show In Town and Out.

Read about the interview here; In Town and Out Interview.

You can download the podcast interview here: http://cbc.ca/ottawa/media/audio/intownandout/20090515Fit.ram

Hey, local radio program In Town and Out:

http://www.cbc.ca/intownandout/fitatfifty.html (May 16th Ottawa Inline Skating Club)

Dd a great interview with our skating club. The Podcast is here:

http://cbc.ca/ottawa/media/audio/intownandout/20090515Fit.ram

Its a good listen, and worth sharing with your friends who are on the fence about getting into skating.

Last weekend, 200 skaters took part in the Marathon de Montreal. The day’s racing included 42km, 21km, and 8km races. The marathon was part of the NROC series.

The race was held in cold & windy conditions.

Mississauga’s Peter Doucet & Morgane Echardour were victorious in the men’s & women’s marathon.

For full results, click here.

Women 42km
1- Morgane Echardour
2- Sarah Hopkins
3- Sophia Buckaloo

Men 42km
1- Peter Doucet
2- William Bowen
3- Sergio Almeralla

Men 21km
1- Guillaume Alary
2- Philippe Clement
3- Youri Juteau

Women 21km
1- Marie-Eve Leblanc
2- Catherine Methot
3- Annick Forgues

Make sure you check the results & pictures page for reports, pictures, and videos.

Photo by Marc-Antoine L. Dorais

42km winner Peter Doucet- photo by Mihai Ghita

Women’s winner, Morgane Echardour, tucked in 3rd place- photo by Mihai Ghita

Click here to download Montreal’s ‘Le Taz’ schedule from May to September. The Taz is Canada’s newest indoor skate park featuring a 200-meter indoor track with integrated electronic timing.

You can also check out Alliance Roller Vitesse and Le Taz’s website for additional information.

The 2009 Outdoor RSO Series kicked off its season in Toronto today.

The race saw skaters compete in 1500-meter time trial, 500-meter sprint, and  a 10km race at the venue that will be used at the upcoming Outdoor Canadian Championships in early July.

The 400-meter track at Father Redmond school features wide corners and very smooth surface. Skaters encountered windy & cold conditions.

• Results
• Pictures

10km race- photo by Robert Chan

Mississauga’s Morgane Echardour and Peter Doucet were the top finishers at today’s Trillium 10k. The race, which saw a dozen skaters start, was held in wet conditions in Mount Forest, Ontario.

• Report & pictures from SpeedSkateWorld.com
• Results

Photo by Scott Pauley

The 2009 Roller Sports Canada Outdoor Speed Championships will be taking place July 3rd to 6th in Toronto. The racing will take place at the Father Redmond 400-meter track near Lakeshore & Kipling. Christ the King 200-meter track will serve as a back-up venue.

Please note that entries are due June 17th.

[Entry Form] [Information package with hotel contacts] [2009 World Team Trial Speed Entry Form] [2009 Pan Am Team Trial Speed Entry Form]

• Friday July 3rd– official practice
• Saturday July 4th– 9am start
• Sunday July 5th– 8:20am start
• Monday JUly 6th– rain day

This past weekend, Canadian skaters took part in events including Germany’s Gross Gerau International Criterium and Ottawa’s Minto Run For Reach.

Harriston’s Paisley Perrie took on a very fast and talented international field at the Gross Gerau International Criterium in Germany. The race, which attracts over 700 top competitors from all over the world, serves as an early season test for athletes of all levels.

Alex Perrie brough his refereeing experience and knowledge to the event, acting as an official referee in the event. He has been head-referee for the Canadian and Ontario championships on a number of occasions. [Click here for results]

On the North American side of the word, almost 100-skaters took to the start at the annual Minto Run For Reach in Ottawa. This 21km race was a great opportunity for skaters from Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto clubs to get together and test their racing skills. [Click here for results]

You can find links to all results and pictures here.

Photo from Nathalie Larouche

Aaron Arndt will be condicting a two-day weekend clinic in Toronto this weekend- May 2nd and 3rd. [Visit TISC site for more]

The clinic will run both days from 10am to 4pm.

• Saturday May 2nd will be at the 400-meter track at Father Redmond Catholic Secondary School in Etobicoke
  400-meter smooth track
  28 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive
  Toronto, Ontario, M8V4B7
• Sunday May 3rd will be at the 200-meter track at Christ the King Catholic Elementary School in Etobicoke
  200-meter smooth track
  3674 Lakeshore Boulevard West
  Toronto, Ontario, M8W-1N6
  The Cost is 1 day = $40 or 2 days = $50.

For more info contact Aaron Arndt at aaronarndt@gmail.com