I only made it through the first 45 minutes of practice last night. I was OK skating laps, though that polished concrete floor has to be the worst surface I've ever skated on. It's incredibly slick. When I went down on the floor for stretching, I had a sharp pain in my right thigh. Uh-oh. Then when we were doing falling drills -- specifically the one where you go down on one knee -- my right leg was really complaining. I couldn't get up unless I scooted over to the exposed metal bracing along the walls and used my arms to pull myself up.
This was new; this pain wasn't part of the soreness I'd had all week.
The next practice I can go to is an open skate at the roller rink in Lebanon, on Saturday. I'm going. Fortunately, I've been told it has a wonderfully grippy floor, much better for skating than the floors at the fairgrounds. Between now and then, I am going to try to stretch my legs every day and hope this muscle spasm, or whatever it is, goes away.
Hi, this is Maya Lazaro at the Commuter. my blog is here:
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I was wondering if I could schedule an interview with you during next week. We want to do an article on you and the whole roller derby scene in this area. You can email me at
mayalazaro@hotmail.com and I'll give you my number! You sound very interesting and I look forward to hearing from you!