Pictures from Ice Speedskating

On Sunday, 27 December 2009, the Christmas days were over and I headed up north for the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Thialf Heerenveen. This was it. The Netherlands have so many great skaters, each and every one of them, belongs to the top of Speed Skating world, but only having 3 or 4 spots per distance and 10 spots for the whole team, it would be a massacre.

And it was. Entering the Thialf stadium 1 hour before the competition, the stands were empty. I secured a spo...

The Utrecht City Bokaal is an event for dutch skaters who did not made it to the world cup cirquit and need some qualifying. Not only did the winnar get the Dom Bokaal, but the skaters could also earn a place at the Dutch Sprint Championship and the fastest 2 times would earn a place at the Aegeon Qualification Tournament for the Olympics.

It was the first time I went to the Vechtebanen in Utecht and off course I arrived late. I forgot my tomtom so I had some problems findin...

At the very last moment, I decided to make the journey to the north and to go to the ISU Junior World Cup in Groningen. And mind you, I live in a very small country, but nevertheless, the trip to Groningen took me 260 kilometers and due to some serieus speedy gonzales actions of my red voiture, I arrived after two hours at Sportcenter Kardinge in Groningen.

This was my first Juniors event and I must admit, I did not know many of the skaters. I knew some dutch speedskaters a...