Feel The --Ow-- Burn!
Jun. 7th, 2008 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisI'm just back from an ice skating session at our local arena. At the moment, I ache --in a good way-- from my lower back down to my toes. Time to rest, and blog all about it. :-)
It was a good workout: I skated heavily until my ankles and calves were burning, then skated three minutes more. Take a short break, then repeat. And again and again.
We were all shooed off the ice for the Zamboni, driven by a cute red-brown bearded cub. I tried to take a picture with my cell phone but couldn't get a shot through the plexiglass shielding around the rink. He even waved for me when he saw me with the telephone up. *sigh*
The newly sharpened blades are great, but clearly my left ankle needs work: I have difficulty gliding on the left for more than 30 seconds while I can do double that on my right --in fact, I run out of rink before my right ankle tires. My balance also isn't quite as good as it should be but both issues will get worked out with more rink time.
It was a good workout: I skated heavily until my ankles and calves were burning, then skated three minutes more. Take a short break, then repeat. And again and again.
We were all shooed off the ice for the Zamboni, driven by a cute red-brown bearded cub. I tried to take a picture with my cell phone but couldn't get a shot through the plexiglass shielding around the rink. He even waved for me when he saw me with the telephone up. *sigh*
The newly sharpened blades are great, but clearly my left ankle needs work: I have difficulty gliding on the left for more than 30 seconds while I can do double that on my right --in fact, I run out of rink before my right ankle tires. My balance also isn't quite as good as it should be but both issues will get worked out with more rink time.
