{"id":983,"date":"2020-01-18T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T15:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elamystampere.fi\/technique-and-skating-in-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:40:20","slug":"technique-and-skating-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajanmies.fi\/en\/technique-and-skating-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Technique and Skating in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was quite amazing that despite the &#8216;heat wave&#8217; of this so called winter, there was still enough ice for a Nordic skating tour. The theme of the tour was ice reconnaissance and improving one&#8217;s skating technique. However, a week of temperatures above 0 \u00b0C had weakened the ice in such a way that the original destination at the other end of the lake was not reachable.<\/p>\n<p>As the skating area was quite limited\u2014some kilometres\u2014we concentrated in improving the skating technique. A couple of professional skaters that were part of our group gave really good hints how to skate faster and in more efficient way. I have been skating many years, but I experienced a wow effect today after some training. Of course, it will take much time to perfect my technique, but today&#8217;s training was a good start.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the training, I also had time to take some video clips and the result is here below. Enjoy the video!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skating in the Sky on Lake Vesij\u00e4rvi (Kangasala, Finland)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TV0gytGhTWc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was quite amazing that despite the &#8216;heat wave&#8217; of this so called winter, there was still enough ice for a Nordic skating tour. The theme of the tour was ice reconnaissance and improving one&#8217;s skating technique. 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