The Ottawa Inline Skating Festival took place this Sunday. Reports say that the weather was perfect and that the race course was fast.
Use the follwing links for results [5km] [10km] [21km] [42km]
Alicia Weiss posted her pictures- click here to view them.
The following are reports on the event: Ottawa Inline Festival and Ottawa Results.
Photo from a Leesh
Ottawa skaters and the Ottawa Inline Skating Fesitval are featured in Metro- read more in Skating in the summertime.
“Ottawa is a really green, scenic city with so many bike paths,” said Garvin. “There’s paths downtown, on the Ottawa River Parkway, by Carleton University, by Hog’s Back, on the Aylmer side of the river, towards Woodroffe and Baseline and there’s a path through the Experimental Farm,” said Garvin. “You can skate a 60K loop around Ottawa.”
‘Bailin Xie, 12, and Mike Garvin practice drills at an Ottawa Inline Skating Club meeting‘- photo and caption from from TRACEY TONG/METRO OTTAWA
Morgane Echardour and Peter Doucet have been training in France since early July. Echardour and Doucet were recently photographed training with World Champion and World Inline Cup front-runner Yann Guyader. Click here for the photo album.
The pair have been training on a 200-meter banked track in Nantes, France, in preparation for the upcoming World Roller Speed Skating Championships in Gijon, Spain. You can follow Peter Doucet’s website Speed Skate World.
The rest of the Canadian World Team will arrive in Gijon on September 1st. Racing begins September 4th.
Yann Guyader in front of Peter Doucet and Morgane Echardour- photo from Francois & Marie
Canada’s new racing skin suit saw the light of day thanks to the Design Canada! competition.
The suits are ready just in time for the World Roller Speed Skating Championships, which are set to take place September 4th to 12th in Gijon, Spain.
Canada’s team of 9 skaters will arrive in Gijon September 1st. The skaters, coaches, and supporters are all responsible for the majority of the costs so that they could represent Canada.
Click on the images below to preview the skin suit-
We woud like to share this video once again, which was originally shared on RSC in June. It provides a superb and inspirational look into the world of Roller Speed Skating- see Amazing Roller Sports– you can watch below-
Toronto’s Sarah Hopkins placed 3rd in this past weekend’s St Paul Inline Marathon. Hopkins, who is set to represent Canada for her first time at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships next month, finished the race with a time of .
Sarah Hopkins- left- on the SPIM Pro Women’s podium- photo from ldskater
A number of Canadian roller speed skaters travelled to support the Chicagoland Inline Marathon. The race was held this past Saturday.
Sarah Hopkins (left) finishing 2nd in the women’s race- photo from Glenn Koshi
Sarah Hopkins, who is set to represent Canada at the upcoming World Roller Speed Skating Championships in Gijon, Spain, finished 2nd overall in the women’s category. Her time was 1:14.25. She was edged out by USA’s Debbie Rice. Rice’s team-mate, Jilleanne Rookard who finished 3rd overall, has World Championship medals to her name.
The top Canadian male finisher was Morgan Williams.
[Results] [Results on SSW] [Candy Wong’s report] [Mike Garvin’s report] [Pictures on Bont Forum] [Tom Dell’Aringa’s pictures] [Inline Planet report]
Videos this year’s Canadian Championships in Harriston can be downloaded thanks to Andrew Hegarty and Mike Garving. You can find the videos here: Michael Garvin’s Videos.
There will be a Canadian World Team & Open Training Camp on July 26th & 27th at the CITC in Harriston-
Alex Perrie will hold a training camp on July 26th and 27th. The camp open to everyone. Alex Perrie & Andrew Hegarty will conduct the programme.
Programme Outline:
Friday– Registration, orientation, campfire & BBQ. People can camp or stay overnight or drive back & forth- whatever is appropriate and suitable for everyone.
Saturday– Skate 8:00am to 4:00pm
Sunday– Skate 8:00am to 4:00pm
The camp will feature: drills & skills on the new pad, technique and race strategies, training and some fun races & activities, international videos, spinning classes, and weight sessions.
Cost for Weekend = $85.00 or One day $45.00
Come to the training camp at the CITC track in Harriston and at the same time help the Ontario members of this year’s World Team raise funds to help them with their expenses.
So that Alex can adequately prepare for this camp, it would be appreciated if you intend on attending please email him a.s.a.p: speedcoach@highspeedfx.net
The North Of The 49th Inline Marathon is taking place on August 24th. Click here for information on the event. A good turn-out is expected for the event, including a bus load of skaters from MN.
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