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How fast have you gone on rollerskis?
Hi,
A few weeks a go I got a Garmin Forerunner 201 (a wrist-worn GPS unit) from my wife as a 12th anniversary present. Quite a neat little gadget. I was out rollerskiing with a friend yesterday and we did a few informal double-poling maximum speed tests. The terrain was straight, flat, and the trail we were on (the Sammamish River trail, north out of Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA) was largely deserted except for us and the occasional walker or runner. The person wearing the unit would double pole for a minute or so, looking at the speed readout at the end of the interval, and during it if they could manage to sneak a peek. The highest speeds I saw for me were 15.9 MPH, 16.6, and 16.1 MPH. In various books and articles written by US ski team members (Endless Winter, Momentum, etc.) I think I have seen comments that these folks have gone in excess of 30 MPH on downhills. Is this really the case? I can't imagine going that fast on rollerskis downhill; not with the pavement monster just waiting to take big bites out of any flesh that comes its way. Anybody else know their maximum rollerski speed, on either flat or downhill? Chris |
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