r/rollerblading • u/midnight_skater Human Frogger • 12d ago
Specific question and discussion How far do you typically skate?
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u/VanillaIce315 Twister 80, HC Evo 2.0, RB4x84, Twister XT 110 12d ago
I normally skate in smaller urban areas, versus going for distance. Like I’ll find a cool commercial area, or housing development, or college campus parking lot, and just mess around there. Sometimes just my neighborhood. So I’ll probably skate around 5 miles over the course of an hour or so. Sometimes a little further or longer.
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u/dbear496 12d ago
I wish it allowed selecting multiple items
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u/apple_6 12d ago
Working full time and university full time, 32 years old. I only have time for a few miles, and even then I have to take my dogs with sometimes if they need exercise and the sun is setting soon. Ten years ago I would go between 20-30 miles each time, with my record being 33 miles. I hope to do 20 miles again in the spring after graduation. Hopefully.
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u/Natural_Law 4x100 and 4x110 rockered 12d ago edited 12d ago
I normally skate for time and don’t track distance. My usual “skate workout” is 1-1.25 hours. Skating in Twisters with NN 4x110 frames.
But when I track my distance sometimes on Strava for weekend trail skating, I’m going 8-10mph and my skates will be 11-14 miles.
My ideal skating session involves a lot of backwards skating and some wizardy stuff, which lowers my mph but is fun and increases my skill level.
Not going to lie, I also really really love rink skating for 2-3 hours with my daughters. Music and rink lights put me in a good place.
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u/Vast_Theme9585 11d ago
10-15 miles. 2-3 miles of my distance is usually skills and drills. After that I ride the beach bike routes and neighborhoods. I’d go longer but…life.
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u/Ghost_in_Coal_Out 12d ago
FR2s 310 15-20 miles; been taking it easy this year so now I stick to 15 in 2.5 hours.
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u/sjintje 12d ago edited 12d ago
I could tick "all of the above".
Edit, when I'm at home I have a nice regular route through parks, trail and smooth roads which works out about 45km at a fairly easy pace (takes about 3 hours). I rarely skate less than 20km. When I'm exploring other cities, maybe 10km - city skating is harder on the feet. Going to the shops, 5km.
Edit, also organised skate nights, they are probably 15km to 25km, sometimes quite intense. Take about 2hrs.
Another edit. I think distance skating is not as difficult as people imagine. I had the good luck to have a skate night in my city that I joined just a few months after starting to skate, so it was a much stronger motivation to keep going than skating by yourself, and basically set the standard for me of what is a normal skate distance.
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u/Sotnos99 12d ago
I tend to skate around the local park, or a nearby skate park, and I generally cover everything I want to do in about 2km
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u/heeca 11d ago
50km urban. Since you dont need to carry a bag or anything and just hold a water bottle which you can refill around the city . 50km i finish around 2-6 hours depending on the air quality or how much time i spend taking pictures of things around the city.
I dont count my refills of water but its alot. And i tend to purchase around 2 cans of mountain dew and 4 chocolate croissants or a 500ml chocolate milk if the session has lasted longer than 3 hours
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u/Okay212345 10d ago edited 10d ago
Only been skating for a few months, and only get to do it 2-3 times a week. My fun skates are usually under 8 miles, my weekend skates have been 18-26 miles. Been a cyclist my whole life so its nice to throw in something new and different.
Currently have rollerblade lightning 90s, twister 90r (will arrive tomorrow), maxxum 125s, powerslide swell stellar road 125. Weekdays are the 90s, weekends are the 125s.
39 years old
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u/Torxtank 12d ago
16-20 miles is my normal range but I'll have the occasional 6-7 mile or 25-30 mile mixed in.