Happy New Year! I don’t need to add any words here. Here are a few of the pictures from the 2006 season for you to enjoy. Cheers!
Just too cold for me! Suzanne Dionne leads her group during the Big Rideau Marathon in Portland, OntarioDown but not out; Ryan Bender on the inside of the track…those [...]
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A Day In Montreal: On my way to visiting my family near Trois Rivieres, Quebec, I stopped off in Montreal today and saw my ‘other’ family- my extended family of skaters. Showing up at their practice and watching them (the short track national team) play hockey and having fun putting the mats away felt like [...]
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Team Florida’s Web Resources: The internet is great for finding all sorts of information, tips, and advice. The Inline Planet has a section for new skaters. Yesterday I was clicking around the Team Florida website and explored their Training Zone.
Want to become good like them? Check out Team Florida’s Training Zone
The Training Zone is loaded [...]
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Isn’t It Nice To Go Out After Practice?: I arrived home from Thunder Bay last night in time to see my friends after practice and go out with them for coffee/ tea. During this time of the year, it’s nice to be with friends just to chat about skating and also about non skating things [...]
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Skates In The Real Canadian Super Store: Being in Thunder Bay has been a lot of fun for me. I’ve spent a lot of my time observing and interacting with Sebastien and some time training (running & dry land). For xmas, I received a gift certificate for a store called Fresh Air Experience. I bought [...]
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The New Doucet: Thunder Bay is much colder than Toronto- when I left Toronto on Sunday, it was +7 Celsius and it was -10 Celsius in Thunder Bay. The thing is though that Toronto and Thunder Bay have about the same amount of snow: zilch. This is a Canadian inline skater’s dream; winter with very [...]
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Merry Christmas: That’s right, I am in Thunder Bay right now and I have met, held, and walked with Sebastien Peter Doucet, my nephew. He’s tiny and beautiful. Of course it goes without saying that I’ll post a couple of pictures later. In the mean time, enjoy your Christmas (if you celebrate it). If you’re [...]
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It’s That Time Of Year Again: With Hanukah, Kwanza, Christmas, and Eid fast approaching, why not get into the spirit of the winter holidays with the gift of giving to Peter’s Inline Racing Web Page? With a donation, you can rest assured that I will be in a better position to qualify for and compete [...]
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Black Ice On Lac Masson: Charles Beaudoin posted a video on YouTube of him skating on black ice on Lac Masson in Ste Margueritte, Quebec. If you don’t know what black ice is, well, it is what the name says. If you still don’t know what it is, check it out below or click here.
Charles [...]
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Swollen Ankle- The Video: At practice last Wednesday, Andrew Hegarty was not skatig because his right ankle was swollen. Instead, he took some video of the practice and posted the finished product on his blog.
Andrew Hegarty at a Scooter’s Indoor Speed Club practiceUS Long Track Championships Results: Andrew Love is offering coverage of the US [...]
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This is the announcement to indicate that I am back online (as if you haven’t noticed!)- That’s right, I am back, well, my site’s back. Just over a year ago, I ’shut down’ my site, however I still maintained the site by posting updates here and there. I received many e-mails from well wishers and [...]
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Welcome to the World Sebastien Peter Doucet: On December 16th 2006 at about 4am (a time of the week that I sometimes find myself stumbling home from a night out with friends), planet earth became the official home of Sebastien Peter Doucet. He is the son of my brother Olivier and his partner, Marlene.
Proud father [...]
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Aaron Arndt’s Must Read A2A Report: The website AaronArndt.ca has posted a report on the 2006 Athens to Atlanta. It is a must-read. The report is filled with great stories, strategycial advice, how to skate with integrity, and inspirational messages. Just to give you a taste of some of the important parts, I’ve quoted a [...]
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Andrew Love- Me vs Myself: Andrew Love will be fighting the good fight as he takes on USA’s best 500-meter speedskaters at the USA Nationals in Milwaukee. He’s got a cleverly written introspective post about his quest in earning the right to wear a USA t-shirt that he purchased some three years ago. Best of [...]
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RSO Indoor Speed Series: The first race of the series took place earlier today at the Scooter’s Roller Palace in Mississauga. Despite a significant lack of support, the today’s race provided skaters with a great opportunity to showcase how hard they have worked and also a chance to learn the rules of racing.
You can find [...]
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A few people have been asking for the following resutls. Some of these have been posted but others have not; here they are (I put a photo of each event after the result)-
*RSC National Marathon results- held in Montreal on the Gilles Villeneuve Track in early July 2006
Steve Robillard leading the way*RSC National Indoor results- [...]
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Made in Mississauga: Instant Gratification: This is really cool stuff; Eric Gee is just about finished making his boots. I have the feeling thast this is the first ever pair of speed skating boots ever made in Mississauga- my hometown. Eric has a couple of more things to do to the boots including sewing the [...]
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There was a crash during last night’s Scooter’s Indoor Speed Club practice. Three skaters fell down coming out of one of the corners and Travis Shaw got the worst of it: he ended up breaking some bones in his leg. Needless to say, it looked pretty bad and the paramedics took about 25 minutes to [...]
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Here’s a couple of videos for you for today: First off, here’s the Ultimate Speed Promo. It’s a nice one (view it below)-
Next up, if you’re into downhill inline, then you’ll dig this video posted on RDS. Note that the video is in French and it’s of the Top Challenge which took place in early [...]
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Desert by Candy: Skater Candy Wong (Dream Chaser on Wheels) has a website called Dessert By Candy. For xmas this year, she gave a bunch of us a box of amazing cookies that she made. You see, Candy is a person who adds a lot of spunk to the inline and short track practices. She [...]
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