http://andrewlove.org/blog Thoughts about Speedskating & Speed Skating, Coffee, and trying to relax while moving 35mph on a 1mm thick blade Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:19:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Masters worlds is much more than just the racing. It’s also the people you share it with. For example, here is the amazing Arne Kjell Foldvik, cheering on another Norwegian. Arne is in the 75-80 category. I asked him how many are competing in the 75+, he said with a ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=765 (on the flight, I did work on my report from Masters Sprint Worlds, almost a month late, but I will publish it this week.) 17 nations, almost 300 athletes. It wasn't the Olympics, but Baselga di Pine in Italy did a great job hosting Masters Allaround Worlds. This competition is a ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=764 Awaking from the turbulent dream of international travel, the rough ministrations of an Altalia 747 spits me out, punch drunk, jet lagged, into a strange country where everyone is skinny and dresses very well. Must be Italy. One sleep in a hotel bed, wake, one cup of tremendous Italian coffee (taste, ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=763 Even though Travis Jayner trains in Salt Lake City, I really got to know him in Mexico City during a speedskating exhibition we were both part of. I wrote about that very unusual trip here, here, here, here, and here. It was fitting that I really got to know Travis ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=760 Tucker Fredricks does not get the respect that he deserves as one of America’s best skaters. Mass media has a short attention span, and other stories sucking up all the oxygen in the room, but if you look at world cup results, I believe in the past 4 years only ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=759 Or, if you said this in Latin- Glacies, Fortitudo, et Amicitia That is the spirit of Masters Speedskating. Illustrating that attitude, here is the USA masters team before the 2nd Masters sprint games, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Click on the picture for a bigger one. Matt Dinerstein will send me a much higher ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=758 Yaknow what makes me really happy. The international family at a MASTERS speedskating event! Just look at this mix of people & nations! (image grab is from the results) So many good folks came over from Europe & North America to experience the fast ice of Salt Lake city. So many ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=756 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 ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=757 20 days without a post? in the run up to the Olympics? whoa! Where have I been? Here is what I have been devoting my time too, 2 MAJOR masters speedskating events! here is the website I built to promote/support these events- mastersspeedskating.org. As the USA rep to ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=754 one the wall of the Utah Olympic oval weight room, an article from the Wall Street Journal. Chosen by the author to represent Canada in this article are Canadian Speedskaters Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes. I take all of this pre-Olympic trash talking as seriously as what my brother and I ... http://andrewlove.org/blog/?p=755