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The InlineOttawa.com Race Team
In 2007 the club is sponsoring a race team, and the race team will not only be competing on behalf of the club, but providing highly skilled coaches, and 4 race team skills clinics throughout the summer. These clinics will focus on, tight turns, track skating, starts & sprints, and finally race preperation.
Participation on the race team is open to any club member who wishes to focus on track oriented competition. Race team practices will be held on saturdays, mainly in Ottawa Center (the War Museum), however other venues may be used as appropriate throughout the summer.
The race team will be captained by Stephane Tremblay. Stephane has been with the club since its early history, and has long been an active leader of the racing and competitive side of the club. Learn more about Stephane here.
Members of the race team will receive a special discount on indoor training memberships during the winter and also have select registration/insurance fees paid RSC and RSO events.
To join the race team talk to Stephane at any club training night, or speek with the coach.
Team Members
The following is a list (alphabetical) of skaters and participants that are part of the 2007 race team program.
Team Captain/Coach: Stéphane Tremblay
Skaters:
- Allain Legacy
- Annick Forgues
- Bailin Xie
- Dominique Lalonde (National Team Member)
- Hugh Xie
- Jean-François Messier
- Michael Garvin
- Pascale Messier
- Sergio Almarella
- Stéphane Tremblay (National Team Member)
- Benoît Letourneau
- Claire LePage
- Daniel Dutrisac
- Lisa Meyer
- Steve MacDonald
Training Schedule
The race team meets on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. On regular club training nights the race team typically meets at the regular club locations. For safety reasons and because the race team follows a special training program, team members do not participate in the regular club training. On days where the regular club does not meet the race team trains at several other locations depending on the time of year, the weather, and training program. See below For a list of possible training venues. The team often meets at different locations so if you are planning on attending a race team practice for the first time or you are not a regular participant please check with a team member to determine the training location.
- Tuesday - 6:00pm @ P8 (club training night)
- Wednesday - 6:00am @ Various locations, dryland sessions
- Thursday - 6:00pm @ NRC (club training night)
- Saturday - 9:30AM @ War Museum, track skating sessions
Training Locations
The race team trains at various venues throughout the summer. The following is a listing of the team training locations
- Gatineau Park (P8 Parking Lot)
- NRC Campus
- Terry Fox Athletics Facility
- Lansdown Park
- The Aylmer Track
- The War Museum Path
Training Log
The race team keeps a journal of their workouts throughout the season and off-season (recording started May 2007). If you want to get an idea of what to expect take a look at the traning log:
Race Team Training Log.xls (Excel Spreadsheet)
(members only - login)
Event Schedule
This year the race team has a busy schedule. The following list represents events that the race team plans to attend. This is simply a suggestion of interesting events to attend. Race team members are not obligated to attend all events and are free to attend events that are not listed here.
| Date | Event | Results |
| April 15, 2007 | Run For Reach, Ottawa, Ontario | here |
| May 19-20, 2007 | Provincials and Pan Am Trials, Harriston, Ontario | pending |
| June 2, 2007 | RSO Point Series #1, Aylmer Quebec | here |
| June 3, 2007 | Coupe Quebec #1, St-Lambert, Quebec | here |
| June 12, 2007 | Race Team hosts clinic (tight turns, cross overs), Ottawa, Ontario | n/a |
| June 30, 2007 | RSO Point Series #2, Toronto (Etobicoke), Ontario | here |
| July 1, 2007 | Canada Day Marathon, Cambridge, Ontario | here |
| July 4-5, 2007 | Indoor Inline Nationals, Ottawa, Ontario | here |
| July 6-8, 2007 | Outdoor Nationals, Ottawa, Ontario | here |
| July 10, 2007 | Race Team hosts clinic (track skating), Ottawa, Ontario | n/a |
| July 14-15, 2007 | 24hrs Inline Montreal | here |
| July 29, 2007 | RSO Point Series #3, Aurora, Ontario | here |
| Aug 5, 2007 | Coupe Quebec #2, St-Lambert, Quebec | here |
| Aug 14, 2007 | Race Team hosts clinic (starts and sprints), Ottawa, Ontario | n/a |
| Aug 23, 2007 | Race Team hosts clinic (race preparation), Ottawa, Ontario | n/a |
| Aug 26, 2007 | RSO Point Series #4, Harriston, Ontario | here |
| Aug 26, 2007 | North of the 49th, Winnipeg, Manitoba | pending |
| Sept 1, 2007 | Coupe Quebec #3, St-Lambert, Quebec | here |
| Sept 2, 2007 | Ottawa Inline Festival, Ottawa, Ontario | here |
| Sept 8, 2007 | Montreal marathon, Montreal, Quebec | |
| Sept 15, 2007 | Northshore marathon, Duluth, Minnesota, USA | |
| Sept 23, 2007 | Coupe Quebec #4, St-Lambert Quebec | |
| Sept 29, 2007 | NYC 100K, Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Team Results
Individual team member results can be found
here
