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From: Week on Wheels <wow /at/ lfns.co.uk>
Subject: [wow] Week on Wheels: The Best of Times, the Time of Wursts Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:23:28 +0000 == THIS WEEK == FRIDAY: Bren is taking us on a West Express route. Straight out to Turnham Green and straight back. The idea is to go so fast that you don't notice that this is essentially the same route as he ran in April. It's a 13.9 mile round trip so he will be leaving promptly and not hanging around at half time. http://www.lfns.co.uk/route.php/20081003 SUNDAY: Sunday is a mystery skate. Many of our marshals are still recovering from Berlin (see below) so organisation is a little sluggish this week. All we can tell you is that we'll be leaving from the Hyde Park Corner end of Serpentine Road at 2.00pm and that we'll be taking a gentle run around town until we get back at around 4.00. == LAST WEEK == Despite an exodus of marshals to the smooth streets of Berlin, there were plenty of yellow hi-vis out on FRIDAY to help Lead Marshal David shepherd an enthusiastic crowd on a gentle 12 mile route, which twisted and turned when it wasn't going straight. There was a definite legal feel to the second half, which started at Lincoln's Inn Fields and ran round the back of the Law Courts and along Chancery Lane before breaking for the south side of the river and a tour of the back streets of Southwark. The finish was the traditional sprint up Piccadilly. Special mention has to go to Annabelle (again) who featured last week for completing her first London Friday Night Skate and features this week for recovering from her first concussion. What will that girl not do to get attention? Lead Marshal Richard had obviously hit the town on Saturday night and was feeling rough on SUNDAY. Hence Richard's Rough Route, an exciting search for interesting surfaces, incorporating two bridges, a few little hills and a finish the length of the Mall and Constitution Hill. (See, there's the H word again.) Despite his efforts to break the spirit of Sunday Strollers, almost two hundred skaters followed him, whistling Colonel Bogey and refusing to allow him the pleasure of seeing them fall by the wayside. Then they built a railway bridge but it was blown up and ... Ooops, wrong route. Richard's River Kwai Special is going to be later in the year. == CONGRATULATIONS == Well done to Belinda and Allegra who joined Sunday's Stroll on an impulse and made it to the end. And thanks for getting in touch to say how much you enjoyed it. == LONDON SKATE CLOSED FOR WINTER == The LondonSkate has started its winter hols so no more Wednesday skating (at least not officially) until next year. Thank you, Wednesday people, from all the LFNS marshals (well those that don't marshal on Wednesdays) for the last 24 weeks for what we regard as a busman's holiday. See you again next April. Good luck with the bike upgrade. == COMING SOON (ISH) == As if the Halloween skate (31st October) weren't enough excitement, we are delighted to announce that on 28th November we will be repeating the ever-popular CIRCLE LINE SKATE. That bit longer, that bit faster and that bit more likely to be delayed by a points failure at Earl's Court, the Circle Line Skate is an annual treat. Put it in your diaries now. == NEWS FROM BERLIN == Last weekend saw the Berlin In-line Marathon, viewed by most skaters as the highlight of the World Cup season. It's a race that attracts world-class athletes but also allows regular street skaters the opportunity to try out alongside the best. As ever, London skaters were well represented. Special congratulations to our very own Sol who skated the 26 miles in one hour and fourteen minutes, making her the second fastest woman over 40. Her official world ranking is already number 6 (though she is not a number, she is a free woman). We reckon that this result suggests there's only one woman her age who can beat her in Europe. Sol (described as 'literally bouncing' with happiness at her result) says that skating alongside the world's elite skaters was an experience she will never forget. As presumably was skating just one minute behind Tanya, also an LFNS Marshal, who, still being a mere slip of a thing, was chasing a ranking among the younger racers. Well done to both for their scarily impressive times. Even for those whose view of the elite was just a small speck disappearing into the distance, Berlin will be a special memory. Congratulations to all who took part. And felicitations to LFNS Marshal Andy, whose Berlin efforts ended in the casualty ward. Andy is an enthusiastic racer (Chairman of the Speed Skate Club, no less) and his first half time showed him set to do well when he took a bad fall in the second half. He has torn ligaments and a broken collarbone but was patched up enough to fly back to England, where he will be getting surgery to repair the damage. We all wish him a speedy recovery. == MISSED BERLIN BUT STILL WANT TO RACE? == If you read about Berlin and wish you'd been there, there's still time to enter Cologne. The race is next Sunday, with final entries being accepted on Saturday - but you have to enter at Cologne, as on-line registration has closed. You can fly to Cologne by Easyjet or drive from Calais (it takes 4.5 hours from the port). The bad news is that, while conditions in Berlin were excellent, the forecast for Cologne suggests that you might want to take rain wheels. == ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER WoW == That's it for this week. OK, Annabelle, can you tell us what day of the week it is? Wednesday? Yep, your concussion is OK. Please send any comments or ideas via the feedback form on http://www.lfns.co.uk. Don't email (it will bounce). As ever, you can unsubscribe using the link in the mail footer - right at the bottom after the copyright notice. Small print: Material in this email is protected by copyright; it may be reproduced unchanged in full provided that credit is given. All trademarks are acknowledged. -- Sent from the London Friday Night Skate - http://www.lfns.co.uk/ Check out any time - see http://www.lfns.co.uk/unsubscribe.php?list=wow |
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