This article is part of our SkateIA Skill Building Series, a partnership between NorthShore Inline Marathon and Skate IA to achieve our shared goal of getting more people on skates and increasing their skills. This skill-focused article series leads up to CONNECT-CAMPsk...
Read MoreProfessional and elite inline skaters can travel at mind-boggling speeds for hours. Why? Sure, top-end, expensive boots, frames, wheels and bearings all help. Years of conditioning, some natural-born talent--it all goes into the recipe to make a world-class skater. Rega...
Read MoreMiss your skating friends? With events being canceled or postponed, NorthShore Inline Marathon is altering our fourth annual Skate & Sip event to a virtual event! Every other Tuesday, go for an hour skate (or rollerski or run), then grab a beer (or beverage o...
Read MoreTraining for long distance skating events like a half or full marathon is pretty straightforward. The first step is to get out there on your skates! Building your comfort level by skating longer and longer is the best strategy. Types of work...
Read MoreThis is my first year logging my pre-Northshore workouts religiously on an application like Strava. Overall it's a helpful way of memorializing the distances and speeds I already know I'm traveling, and tracking some of the new routes that I might want to try again. I ...
Read MoreOne of the most frequent comments heard regarding skating for the first time or at a beginner level is "I can't stop on those things!". Whether you're on inline skates, roller skates, Rollerblades, whatever wheels are strapped to your feet, stopping effectively and safe...
Read MoreRecently on an early morning skate with my buddy Dan, I was holding it steady at about 16 miles per hour when my head started ringing with the strains of "Hey Nineteen." My mind was admonishing me to speed up. There's a moment in that party tune when out of th...
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