National Capitol Marathon Ottawa, Canada, May 12, 2002 Click on an image to see it full size with a description.

Bandit riding was your only choice if you didn't sign up early, because they sold out of chips for the National Capitol Inline Marathon in Ottawa, Canada, on May 12, 2002! The race was a tremendous interval workout with some steady aneaerobic threshold work later on, punctuated with a surge or two before the final sprint!

Here's how the race weekend was reported in the Ottawa Citizenon Monday, May 13, 2002:

Moving pictures

"Eddy Matzger of Berkeley, California, is not only a champion in-line skater, but also an amateur video enthusiast, who used a tiny hand-held camera to film his journey to victory through the MDS Nordion 10-kilometre Saturday night.

'I got about eight minutes of film in 16 minutes of racing,' he said. "There was a lot of heavy breathing down time.

Matzger, 34, also won Sunday's marathon race.

His mission is to get as many people on skates as possible."

	Masses		Parkway start		Stringing out
	Viva Mexico!		Empire company		Peace ay!
	Outside pass		Castle ahead!		Smokin' butt
	Finish dash		Whiplash		Beth-o-matic
	Late starters?		Casual sprint		Some trophy!

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