And so a Derby girl was born

Friday, 22 July 2011

more freshmeat......

Wednesday, good day...Derby practice day!! My umm .... better half's cousin got in touch with me through facebook, she had found out that i had joined roller derby and wanted some information.  I told her a little bit about it and mentioned that wednesdays were freshmeat night and being as it was wednesday she should come out and give it a go.  She agreed and we decided that we would meet up and go together.

So after work i got my stuff ready, took some advil (sore arse from falling gracefully) and cousin and i headed out.  she was nervous and i was stoked! i knew she would love it as much as i did. 

FireCrack Ya and another derby girl were doing the instuction for the really freshmeat girls this wednesday.  Cousin and I got suited up and got to it. 

She did great!! i knew she would...... and if i do say so myself i did pretty awesome too! i can stop no problem now, getting up even quicker than before and mostly remembering to BEND MY DAMN KNEES, lol

i was really getting into the groove and during one drill where you skate forward, drop to one knee and then get up and continue skating i some how forgot that the goal was dropping to one knee and promptly dropped right on my aching arse.  Same bloody spot every time i have falling.....gonna be a permanent bruise there i think... but i picked myself up and tried it again...

next we were shown how to weave in and out of cone obsticles.....yeah not so much weaving and bobbing on my part..i do however think i should get double points for taking a few of the cones out..just sayin.

While hanging off a wall, i was discussing how shocked i was that the front of your shin can cramp, i mean, there's no muscles there that i can see, but there it is, PAINNNN.....turns out i just needed a little adjustment done to my skates and voila, happy shins r us!

We finished the night off in a seriously sweaty, tired and sore but happy mess....Cousin, i do believe is hooked and i am slowly making progess...and enjoying every minute! Time to go ice the bum again :)

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