Skates have always held a special place in most peoples hearts as a memory of some of your best times as a child. But with the current boom in fitness, many trainers are advocating skating as a preferable work out over running. This ends up bring a lot of former skaters back into the fold, both physically and interest-wise as well.

Enter Speed Skating. The sport came the closest it has ever come to being an Olympic Candidate sport for the 2016 Summer Olympics, narrowly beat out by Rugby Sevens and Golf.

With Speed Skating competitions in mind, follow the link below to Team USA Roller Sports, a website with information about the athletes, the competitions and the state of Skating in the US.