Zen and the Art of Speedskating

I usually point my camera at other people, but today a masters skater, Ryan Border, showed up at the oval, and pointed a helmet cam at me.

This was about an 80% effort, My legs are still very tired from this past weekend, but my technique was (for me) pretty on.

I was probably up to 28 second lap speed by the end of the turn (around 32mph), about 2 notches from my top speed.

I talk a ton about technique on this website. After 9 years of devoting my life to speedskating, all of my good & bad habits I have are visible in this 200m accel.

(just for the technique geeks, here is another one, 60% effort, just trying to skate precise).

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