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.”
