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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In my mind, I am not 42, even though I just turned that number two days ago. Lucky for me, my body continually reminds me of the fact that I am actually middle aged. Speedskating is a demanding sport on various parts of the body, and it’s an endurance sport. The word “endurance” itself informs you that there’s going to be some struggles along the way.

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