Sunday Skate

RDV had four hours of public skating today, so four 45-minute sessions.  I made it through three of them.

I broke each session into two 10-minute skates with a 5-minute break and ending with a 15-minute skate.

The first ten minutes were painful again – my upper shins hurting like the lower did last time.  Skating was slow and awkward and I felt off-balance crouching, especially in cross-overs. 

After a break, though, the pain went away by the second ten-minute skate.  Everything felt better and smoother.

Had a minor fall during the second session. 

A girl in front of me and a bit to the right fell and splayed her left hand out flat on the ice.  I edged left to avoid her, winding up right behind a woman and her little girl, who both slowed down, looking at the girl who had fallen. 

So, right up on them, I couldn’t go left without clipping the little girl and couldn’t go right without running over the girl who had fallen, so snowplowed and almost made it.  I wound up just barely contacting the mother of the little girl and going over backwards as I leaned away from her. 

Overheard during a break -- two pre-teens were at the table next to me reading flyer for the rink’s ‘80s music skate this week:

“’80s music.  That’s like disco.  Music for old people.”