A few words#

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:48:04 +0000

Since it's been over a week since I last posted anything, here's something.

Recently I have been massively enjoying skating, but not actually doing very much of it - and even of that, very little could be claimed as "training". I don't really know why, either, except that the weather turned cold again and this leaves me not so enthusiastic about going out if I don't have some pressing need to - which is usally "someone else to skate with"

Compared with this time last year: psychologically much better (my skates fit me) but I think I've been logging much less actual distance. I think the skating I've been doing is of better quality - more fluid, more agile (and I'm not wincing nearly as much) and having got a grip on that whole armswing thing means I can actually accelerate - but I guess we'll find out for sure whether I'm right there when the season starts.

My training calendar - er, I lost it somewhere. But all the British races changed date from when I was expecting them to be, so I need to think about it again and probably redecide what my season goals are going to be.

• teeth: I have a full set again. The composite that has now come off my front tooth three times (once with the aid of Swiss road surface, admittedly) was been replaced with a crown last week
• knees: managed to knock my left knee on the ground in a bike accident the weekend before last (actually, rolled the [[firebrox]] - I think it was a neat trick). Seemed OK a few days later, but today it's started playing up again. May be unrelated, who knows?
• or it may be the bunnyhopping I was doing on Saturday. We got a photographer to take pics of us in rabbit costumes to promote the easterskate then off to do the RC for Sunday afterwards. Jumping up and down on skates past every waiting car at every set of lights - well, it was tiring enough that I really noticed it when I attempted a short sprint two thirds of the way round. Practically plyo, really...