As I stated earlier in one of my tweets on Twitter (@TeshawnEdmonds), I said that speedskating is the icy equvalent of horse racing--both long track aka the quarter-mile or 400m and short track aka the sixteenth-mile or ninth-kilometer or 111-1/9m. Also that of horse racing equivalents are cross-country skiing and biathlon. I would say, for example, "past the sixteenth pole [100m/110yds]" or "they come for home" or "top of the stretch" or even "down the stretch they come." I'm really serious about these Olympic race sports, especially speedskating and cross-country skiing. Durkin, Johnson and Denman have nothing on me, TLE (Teshawn LeVarr Edmonds).

500m (02.50 furlongs/550yds/5/16 mile)
1.0km (05.00 furlongs/5/8 mile)
1.5km (07.50 furlongs/15/16 US or 1.0 metric mile)
3.0km (15.00 furlongs/1-7/8 miles)
5.0km (25.00 furlongs/3-1/8 miles)
7.50km (37.50 furlongs/4-11/16 miles)
10.0km (50.00 furlongs/6-1/4 miles)
15.0km (75.00 furlongs/9-5/16 miles)
30.00km (150.00 furlongs/18-11/16 miles)
50.00km (250.00 furlongs/31-1/16 miles)