{"id":2174,"date":"2009-02-18T20:54:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T08:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/18\/richmond-olympic-oval\/"},"modified":"2009-02-18T20:54:37","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T08:54:37","slug":"richmond-olympic-oval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/18\/richmond-olympic-oval\/","title":{"rendered":"Richmond Olympic Oval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/654d40915eb63cfd7ce198df06b2986d.jpg\" title='Richmond Oylmpic Oval'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/654d40915eb63cfd7ce198df06b2986d.jpg?w=474\" alt='Richmond Oylmpic Oval' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine yourself being an Olympic athlete?  I almost feel like one when I am skating on the Olympic speed skating arena.  It is less than 1 year from the 2010 Winter Olympic in Vancouver  The brand new $200 million Richmond Olympic Oval is open to the public starting earlier this month.  A day pass costs $12.5 but Pat got some free coupons from her friend.<\/p>\n<p>The Oval is the largest ice rink I have ever seen, about twice the size of a standard hockey rink.  The rink has a 200m long oval shape skate race track.  The center area in the rink is converted to basketball court and badminton court.  The spectator area in the balcony is converted to a open gym with exercise equipments overlooking the ice.  There was a big crowd tonight.  I bet most people use free coupons just like I do.  Although there are lots people, it is not that crowd when they are spreading out on the ice.  <\/p>\n<p>Skating in a speed race oval is a very different experience than in a hockey rink.  In a hockey rink people skate in all direction.  In the oval everyone has to go counter clockwise.  In a hockey rink, I can&#8217;t go very fast or I will end up hitting the wall soon.  In the oval, I can pick up lots of speed in the long race track.  I can accelerate in the straight road, but I don&#8217;t have to slow down for the turns.  The turns at two ends are so gentle that I can keep my speed.  I never skate that fast before.  I hit my speed limit of my  current skill level.  I feel I couldn&#8217;t go any faster without losing my balance.  I don&#8217;t even know skating can be a cardio exercise.  Skating in the oval make me feel like I am running in laps.<\/p>\n<p>The free pass expire next week.  For those who are interested, you can download it form <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/10275756\/Oval-Free-Day-Pass\">here<\/a>.  Skating in a speed oval is definitely one of the must do things in your adventure check list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you imagine yourself being an Olympic athlete? 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