Video of Chad’s World Record
John Dimon, this is for you, stuck in your skate shop in Lake Placid.. and all the other skate fans who wished they could be there. There are so many times I have watched videos of world cup races, and wished I had been there in person, for the first time, I was.
I made up this video for Chad’s site, might as well post it here too!!
Chad’s lap splits were
opening 300m 23.5
first 400m 25.14
2nd 400m 26.47
final 400m 27.63
time: 1:42.67
These are absolutely astonishing splits… its like a runner who is doing the 400m going under 10 seconds for the first 100, and then only very slightly fading from that top speed over the total distance.
On my full screen, high quality video I shot, the pain on his face from about half way through the finish is insane, and he is so tough, he just attacks that last corner like its a 500m & agressively crosses out of it, that is where he set the world record. Of course, its a lifetime of effort beforehand to create the capacity to do something like this, so maybe really, where he set this record, was over his whole life, expressed in this one moment….
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thanks for the vid, andrew!
talking to a lot of the skaters here at the isu race desk at the hilton, many have set pb’s in this intense race weekend.
some of the younger newbies seem a little blown away by the incredible race times and efforts happening here.
in contrast are tristan loy and pascal briand, who I got to talk to quite a bit.
old pros who have that unflappable gallic ‘elan..they’ve seen it all!
I love your commentary on the video. Thanks for all the updates and insight.
Chad will get it back!!!
Thanks Andrew! This was the first thing I checked on the web this morning! ISU.org puts the results up right away, but you bring the races into our lives!
JD
That was totally bitchin’, I remember when he held a clinic for the Empire club at the Wollman rink one day a few year ago the day before the C.Pk marathon. Nice guy, glad to see him takin it to the icers, s’long as he doesn’t lose track(no pun intended) of his roots. Great job w/the camera, looked like he was in a racecar on the back stretch, awesome!
Wow!! Very moving (no pun) video. Thanks.