This Java Applet provides data on elite skaters including US team members. The data was
published by Carl Foster PhD in SpeedSkating Times in 1996. It will show you how much power
can be developed by elite skaters using a cycle ergometer and relates it to body weight. It also
documents the seasonal improvment of elite skaters. Using a very large treadmill, data was
also obtained for inline skaters showing that leg muscle oxygen transport suffers with low skating
form. Lower is not always better. To convert your weight and race distance to/from metric and to train:
