Saint John New Brunswick. In 1926, home-town boy Charlie Gorman won the World’s Amateur Speed Skating Championships right here on Lily Lake, and was immortalized forever in King Square as the local sports hero. Speed skating has a long history in Saint John.
Fourteen modern speed skaters have assembled here for the 2007 Ellis Edge Masters Camp. The next four days will consist of three and a half hours of ice time and four hours of off-ice instruction with Sue Ellis (three and a half hours of ice for four days in succession, in July, what was I thinking?).
We started in truly civilized fashion last night with a wine and cheese at Sue’s house, where we met our fellow skaters from Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, New Brunswick, and Ontario, as well as Sue’s husband Glen, and her assistant Caleb and his mom, Carol. We cringed at the training course in her back yard, especially the hoops clearly designed to be leapt through, and were truly relieved to learn they were for the dog. Phew, dodged that bullet…
Day One was all about Feelings – not getting in touch with my feminine side, though, much to my husband’s dismay – you might know these better as Drills. Feelings associated with the movement – feeling our balls (of our feet), feeling our tongues (of our skates), feeling our belly on our thighs, feeling our body position, feeling frustration when you couldn’t feel it, feeling amazement when you could.
Also, feeling like a seven year old – everybody needs a little fun. However, still being responsible adults and all, we made sure that Sue stayed properly hydrated.
We learned the basics of Techni-Cords – working with our partners, and chairs, and any other help we could get.
This is definitely a technical camp, not a conditioning camp, though my thighs after the Techni-Cords might not agree. At the end of a jam-packed day, we were just punchy enough to come up with some seriously twisted alternate uses for Techni-Cords. Caleb manages to be young, talented and skilled without making us all feel bad, but I think he still has concerns about our intentions with respect to the slingshot proposal.
Quote from the other campers at the end of the day – “Sue Ellis rocks!!!”
Fourteen modern speed skaters have assembled here for the 2007 Ellis Edge Masters Camp. The next four days will consist of three and a half hours of ice time and four hours of off-ice instruction with Sue Ellis (three and a half hours of ice for four days in succession, in July, what was I thinking?).
We started in truly civilized fashion last night with a wine and cheese at Sue’s house, where we met our fellow skaters from Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, New Brunswick, and Ontario, as well as Sue’s husband Glen, and her assistant Caleb and his mom, Carol. We cringed at the training course in her back yard, especially the hoops clearly designed to be leapt through, and were truly relieved to learn they were for the dog. Phew, dodged that bullet…
Day One was all about Feelings – not getting in touch with my feminine side, though, much to my husband’s dismay – you might know these better as Drills. Feelings associated with the movement – feeling our balls (of our feet), feeling our tongues (of our skates), feeling our belly on our thighs, feeling our body position, feeling frustration when you couldn’t feel it, feeling amazement when you could.
Also, feeling like a seven year old – everybody needs a little fun. However, still being responsible adults and all, we made sure that Sue stayed properly hydrated.
We learned the basics of Techni-Cords – working with our partners, and chairs, and any other help we could get.
This is definitely a technical camp, not a conditioning camp, though my thighs after the Techni-Cords might not agree. At the end of a jam-packed day, we were just punchy enough to come up with some seriously twisted alternate uses for Techni-Cords. Caleb manages to be young, talented and skilled without making us all feel bad, but I think he still has concerns about our intentions with respect to the slingshot proposal.Quote from the other campers at the end of the day – “Sue Ellis rocks!!!”
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