Charlie Brown On Skates

Sunday we had our coached team practice, and we had the best turnout of the winter so far, something like 15 or 16 skaters. I had taken three days off and done nothing but my stretching for my back. The jury is still out on whether this is helping or not. I have another appointment [...]

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It’s been roughly a month since I’ve been skating in my new Hyper Sincro custom speed skates. While the results so far are mostly promising, I do have a ways to go to feel completely comfortable in them.

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This week I read Road Rash Chronicles "lessons learned" post and it has made me think a lot about my experiences getting into speedskating. It seems that Road Rash was something of a new skater when he began his quest to become a speedskater (as best as I can tell.) For me, I’ve skated in some fashion ever since I was a little boy, both ice and inline. I think my perspective may be slightly different.

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Last weekend’s outdoor practices marked the end of the outdoor skating season. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t decide to get my butt into gear and get in shape until more than half the skating season was over and I missed a lot.

The bright side is that I’ve gotten in shape. With the combination of the P90X program and skating I’ve lost 43 pounds (down from 220 to 177) and 10 inches off my waist. I’ve still got some to go but I’ve made good progress. The weight loss has certainly helped my skating, as have my Rainbo teammates with their awesome advice.

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