Zen and the Art of Speedskating

Posted on 07 Jul 09:32 am

News Flash:

This just in from the High 5 Speedskating research department:

Methodical measurements of speedskaters in attendance at a recent pylometric practice indicated that speedskaters in general are bigger asses than the rest of the population at large. Our in-team physicists, psychologists, poets & swearing scientists suggest that although abnormal gluteus maximus hypertrophy might be a result of extremely intense training from the “burning throne” of the deep knee bend skating posture: excessive butt development could hypothetically be the necessary karmic counterweight balanced against the intense attitudes, emotions and ego residing at the other end of a skater’s sport-specific physiology!

Hey, cut us some slack, it was REALLY hot outside, and after the 3-hour intense dryland workout involving charging up and down the steep grassy hill in the background of this photo, we got a little goofy. There is some Russian expression that means “ass like a tank” and it pretty much applies to all of us.

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4 Responses to “News Flash:”

Steph, on July 7th, 2005 at 1:34 pm Said:

Now Andrew, I could have told you about speedskaters being bigger asses. hahaha But, remember what you said about inliners?
andrew, on July 7th, 2005 at 5:45 pm Said:

yes, as a group, inliners, especially the indoor focused skaters, can be fairly dysfunctional, even compared to ice speedskater dysfunction (and I originally came from the inline background, so I am implicating myself in this). Inline marathoners, both ice and inline, and outdoor focused skaters, on the other hand, are usually really cool..

But of course, generalizations are just that, useful only to a limited point. and there are plenty of very nice people out there, this is all really tounge in cheek goofyness…
Steph, on July 7th, 2005 at 5:53 pm Said:

Oh, I know you are. I just thought it was too funny not to comment on. I hope all is well in SLC. It sounds like you are doing really well, and living your dreams really is all we can ask for in life, eh?
Zen and the Art of Speedskating » 1st Blogiversary, on April 1st, 2006 at 9:12 pm Said:

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