Oh man, this is all going to my head

Two month challenge is among us. 

Two months of eating healthy and working out to burn calories and build muscle is upon us! I have been using the time I was skating before it snowed to stay active indoors. 

I am working on the total body - lean fast agile self (and a great looking booty would not hurt my feelings one bit). If you don't care to watch me stand on my head every day, that's fine, I TOTALLY understand. I have found that one way for me to stay focused and complete a task (like getting fit) is to document the process. I am posting my headstand videos to my YouTube site, trying to stay up as long as I can. 

If anyone would like to join in, you are more than welcome to share your thoughts, videos and pictures here or at the YouTube site. Don't be shy, our soon to be rocking bodies will be proof of the hard work we put into the universe.

Happy Skating! 

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Skate Until It Snows Update: 

Look! Look! The street might be wet, but it is clear of snow! 

All we need is a little sunshine, and I am ready to lace up and skate skate skate!

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Doesn't matter which way you look at it...

 
...it snowed last night. No matter how many times I said out loud "I don't believe in snow" and heard the retort that I must want to move to Hawaii (hey, a nice long visit, but I can think of other places too). 32 winters, and no endless summer. I was getting accustom to this unusual endless fall though I just really wanted one nice long break from snow plowing the driveway so I could go snowplow* some pavement.

 * snowplow is also a way to slow down by making a V with your legs. Used in skating and skiing.

Living in the mountains though, I am aware of the fact that water makes snow and snow melts into water and we need the water, and skiers have to ski to make money, to stimulate the economy to create jobs, yadda yadda yadda. I do understand, but you can't blame a girl for trying. 

Saturday 

January 21....

"Skate Until It Snows" 

HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED

for now.

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I don't use duct tape on my skates

But I totally am okay with you if you use duct tape. I prefer to polish my boots and use a toe guard for protection. For me, I do it mostly because I am cheap. It takes me less money to buy a tin of boot black and a brush than it does two rolls of duct tape. The toe guard cost $9.99 the day I bought my skates, and because I polish that too, I am using it for a second year (and probably more) so, to keep my skates clean, buffed and polished, it has cost me three rolls of duct tape total. I can live with that. Some might say that it takes a long time to polish. Not really. a quick swipe on the toe, heel and front sides after practice and a buff later that night? Maybe 5 minutes. Probably about the same amount of time it takes to ask "Does anyone have any duct tape" at practice, go get the tape, tear it off and place on skates. I recently helped out a friend from my team who has been busy working by washing her wheels, cleaning and lubing her bearings, removing all the duct tape (and goo), leather conditioning and polishing her skates. I now know exactly why I have never added a single piece of duct tape to my toes, but if you do use tape, take it off after practice and add tape only right before you skate. By doing so, you will avoid much leftover tape glue, but - how much will you be spending in tape???

 BEFORE

  

AFTER

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When Zen Moments Go South

I am not the owner of this image, but I wish I was.

Falling up-side down out of an inversion table. Deep in a peaceful thought that will never be completed. The feeling of release as the ankle ball lets go of its housing and the feet pause then slip as fast as the neck hits the ground, the lower back lands upon the metal bar on the floor as the board slaps upwards making a resounding smacking noise. "Are you OK?" comes from the 1st floor as you lay in pain and think to yourself, "I don't know, am I OK?"

-Muttpuppy

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Bushings Replaced

The Great News

Surprise! Boots delivered to the doorstep!
Felt just like I was opening a birthday present as I pulled each skate out of it's plastic wrapping.

Hey ladies and gents! Got my skates back today from Riedell and they look sweet with their new soles and reinforced toe boxes.

The Not So Great News

I hurt myself in practice last night, not sure when I will be back in my skates and rolling around. Making sure to REST, ICE, COMPRESS, ELEVATE (R.I.C.E) and I am also using Arnica and taking ibuprofen.

It's so great to have them back on my feet, even if I am icing and elevating my knee.

Rode my Radar Tuners (orange, 95A) last night on the slick wooden floor, and they sure are FAST! Much faster than when I rode them outside on the cement track. First time using them to scrimmage, and boy can I tell the difference. Harder to control (for now, I will get used to them) but was very impressed with my speed, oh boy was I ever.

This is what my boot looked like prior to sending it in to Riedell for inspection. Notice the curving on the sole of the boot

Went ahead and ordered a new set of wheels and my replacement knee pads (after my accident, no excuses for new pads). I will be trying out the Atom Snaps (became available this January). My plan has always been to have one set of fast wheels and one universal multi-surface. These SNAPS are a 91A and are the same wheel as the Atom Poisons but with more roll to them. I ended up finding a set of eight wheels for $46 online (most places list them as more $ so shop around) and ordered them in lime green.

What my skates looked like when they came back with their new soles. My Riedell She Devil boot looks better than I could have ever imagined.

Today I cleaned my trucks and pivot cups, switched out my powerdyne stock cushions, and added my medium hardness PowerDyne Magic Cushions. Skates should be pimped up soon!

Now - to heal up my knee!Happy Skating and Happy Blogging.

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YouTube # 15

Made a short video (super, super short) just to keep up with my skating and taping and editing fixation that is going strong. I started using the GoPro in December when I realized...

"Hey, it's cold, but not snowing - SKATE!".

As the days of December have rolled into January, I am still more than happy that I can lace up my kicks and enjoy this wonderful (unusually odd for the area) weather. Yesterday I got to skate with four other girls that came to work on their roller skating (minimum skills) for roller derby. I shot more footage than just what I did for this video, but I think I will save all of the shots and use them in a little while when I have more examples to pull from (and camera angles). The boyfriend mentioned getting a better editing software program (using the iMovie on the MacBook right now), that would be rad (I haven't even figured this one out yet!).

Any way, I sure do hope every one in an unseasonable area is using this wonderful weather to their advantage. Coach Pauly once told us in one of his clinics "If your more experienced girls aren't mentoring your new girls, your team is loosing out".

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Newbies

Our Newbies this year are so lucky, if they only knew!

The snow (which in 1982 dumped ten feet in two days in the beginning of January) is still not here. The streets are clear, the temperature crisp and the skate park is beckoning my name. Yesterday, I met up with a transfer derby girl whom I adore (Ms. Bah Bah Bruiser) and also a newbie (name yet to be determined) and worked on skills that the newbies will need to pass for their minimum skills. Of course, I videoed and tried to get as much newbie worthy footage as possible. Tomorrow, I am asking all girlies who want to work on their minimum skills to meet at the track at noon. The more they get to practice, the sooner they can start to scrimmage, and, in my opinion, that is where the real learning takes place. I can't wait to see all the new skaters plow stopping with noise!

Let's go newbies!

As always!
"Happy Skating, Happy Blogging, and Derby Derby Do!" - Muttpuppy



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New Years Roller Skate - YouTube #13

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It's New Years Day, the white wet fluff that the ski resorts so look forward to has failed to show up, and, may not for a long while. I thought I was lucky to still be roller skating outside in December, but it sure looks like January will allow me to continue playing in the fresh mountain air. I will be taking full advantage of this weather, probably setting my own little local record - rollerskating into the wintry months that have not been free of precipitation since the 1800's. I feel pretty lucky to be having this endless fall.

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Youtube # 12

Skating until it snows is now officially continuing into 2012.

Yesterday's video footage was cut short and the theme of the skate session changed very early into our rolling to the ice skating pond.

I was a Girl Scout, I know better than to leave the house unprepared; live and learn.

2012 New Year Resolution -
TAKE MY OWN ADVICE!

"May your 2012 be better than 2011, MAY ALL YOUR DERBY DREAMS COME TRUE, Derby Derby Do"-Muttpuppy

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