Long distances speed skating
There are people for whom even skating 40 km is not enough. They want to skate much longer distances.
In the Netherlands this possibility is created by yearly organizing the Open Metherlands Championship (ONK) which is a race of 100 km for men and 66km for women.
In the USA one can participate in several of such races but we have chosen to give an impresssion of the most famous one, the A2A race, from Atehs to Atlanta, a distance of 87 miles or 140 km. Also this race has ben held every year since 2000 except in the Covic years.
Finally there is the possibility not to increase the length of the race but to organize a race of 24 hours where the winner is the group or the person who skates the most kilometers in these 24 hours. The most famous race of this kind is undoubtedly the 24 hours of Lemans which takes place on the circuit for the auto races. Another famous one is in the USA , the Miami Ultra Skate.
In the Netherlands this possibility is created by yearly organizing the Open Metherlands Championship (ONK) which is a race of 100 km for men and 66km for women.
In the USA one can participate in several of such races but we have chosen to give an impresssion of the most famous one, the A2A race, from Atehs to Atlanta, a distance of 87 miles or 140 km. Also this race has ben held every year since 2000 except in the Covic years.
Finally there is the possibility not to increase the length of the race but to organize a race of 24 hours where the winner is the group or the person who skates the most kilometers in these 24 hours. The most famous race of this kind is undoubtedly the 24 hours of Lemans which takes place on the circuit for the auto races. Another famous one is in the USA , the Miami Ultra Skate.