I have other things I’d rather talk about … like surviving my second bout, woo hoo! Which I wasn’t as terrified to participate in as my first bout, but it was still pretty intimidating. Luckily, playing first helped. As did the fact that the rest of my team was awesome and on the ball. I [...]
Archive for March, 2010
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged derby balance, sourpuss, work stress on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Frustration Station
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged derby, drafts, suck on March 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Tonight my captain gave me a great piece of advice – “Stop saying that you suck.” She is totally right — I need to stop focusing on the people who treat practice like it’s a waste of time (“What? Is this supposed to be hard?”) and start focusing on making tiny progress in my own [...]
Float Like a Grasshopper
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bouncy, long legs, scrimmage on March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m having trouble being springy. My legs are getting in the way rather than propelling me where I need to be. Is it a strength issue? A coordination issue? Probably everything. I blame scrimmaging. It takes forever for me to be useful in scrimmaging. I start off shaky and slow, progressively become spazzy, and graduate [...]
Injury City
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged derby, hospital, injury, ouch, pain on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I reached another milestone in my derby career – my first trip to the ER with an injured rollergirl. Now, I’ve already seen loads of injuries. My first couple of months on the league, there was an injury nearly every week at scrimmage practice. Broken leg, torn ACL, broken collarbone, etc. It was completely [...]
Hobbit Feet
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged callus city, derby, feet, ouch on March 10, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Monday I returned to derby after struggling with car and health issues that caused me to miss practice for the last two weeks. Naturally, the day I picked to return was an exceptionally challenging practice — off skates exercise that wore out my thighs and hip flexors, then continuous skating in one form or another [...]
You Don’t Have to Get Punched in the Face
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged heroines, jeannie epper, sick, stunts, zoe bell on March 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
. . . so I’ve been sick. Which is horrendously inconvenient when you’re trying to get good at derby. My throat’s a wheezy mass of sandpaper and my voice sounds like a foghorn. It’s delightful. So it’s a bit of a setback on my way to progress. I wish I could shrug it off and [...]
