Long Slow Skate#

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:10:58 +0000

• a long session that stays in the 60-70% MHR effort (can hold a conversation while skating)
• in a London context, usually taken to mean "long slow skate with technique intervals" - while skating at this slow pace, spend each kilometre (or whatever length) concentrating on some aspect of technique such as late setdown, heel carve, sideways push, the fall, or whatever.

If you've got long frames and respectable technique most group street skating probably qualifies on the first criterion - or at least, would do if it weren't also less than half the length of the typical race ...

See also http://www.joehenderson.com/lsdbook/forum.html