The Weekly Catchup

Monday – skipped practice – still wiped out from the hike on Sunday – ridiculous. Tuesday – came home & cleaned the guest bath & office – felt like a super woman! Wednesday – dinner with Chrissy, skating, practice.  Ran…

Catch Up

Ugh, I’ve been a lazy blogger.  Here’s the sum up: Wednesday: Tawna Brix told me my skating is improving – yay!  Totally made my night. Did the derby girl workout at practice – stretches across the floor, run to the…

New Skates!

Brand new/used skates, bought from my friend deJenerate: Riedell 695’s on a laser cut nylon plate, Radar wheels.  The bearings are on loan so I need to replace those, also need some nice fat stoppers (in a pretty color, amirite?)…

My Starter Equipment

I’m not saying this is the stuff to get, just sharing what I started with.  I went with the major budget option: Riedell R3 – You can get them for around $120.   I bet changing the wheels would equal a…

Skating Stuff

Last night the coach had me do a sequence of:  30 pushups, 30 situps, 30 squats & then 20 of each, 10 of each & 5 of each.  Thanks to Jen’s encouragement & abuse I made it through.  Extra bonus:…

Training Plan

My husband has come up with a skating training plan for me.  I will let you digest that for a second. It probably will be helpful since it will keep me closer to the house – and drinking plenty of…

Daily Skate

I hoped for no rain today & WIN – no rain despite a 50/50 chance of it.  So after I got home from work I took off on my skates to tackle the 1 mile length from our house to…