World Grand Prix Marathon Speed Skating 2008.

Marathonschaatsen, Borlänge, 16 Feb 2008.

Since I was in Borlänge in the landscape Dalarna I went to lake Runn/Ösjön for some
recreational skating. Instead I found myself in the middle of this race.

Read more about this particular race here: Schaatspeloton.nl (opens in separate window).

The women class started at 9 am.

The men started 4 minutes later.

In the second lap the men pack caught up the woman pack. (Each lap was 6,8 km).

David Hjalmarsson. (This photo is unfair, he was right behind the pack and caught up
with them.)

In the middle is Elma de Vries who finally won the women class.

Ruud Aerts who finally won the men class.
(Crop from the photo above.)

These two skaters were in the lead for a while.

Unfortunately I had to leave before the race was finished.