Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:37:20 -0000
- Saturday was week three of Turns and Stops: slalom turns, which I find harder when broken down into stages than to do all at once, snowploughs, and stepping stops. Easier than last week.
- also spent some time monkeying with f-b transitions, which now feel nearly OK on both sides.
- was intending to join the Emitremmus ride yesterday, but weather was looking miserable and I decided to spend the extra hour in bed.
- So went ice skating instead, for the first time since (it would appear) Feb 2007 (Tax the rat farms). Took less time this time to get used to the rocker and rediscover my edges, spent some time trying and mostly failing to skate backwards. And I found my Sealskinz gloves, which were stuffed in one of my ice skates and presumably have been since Feb 2007 ...
- While looking for cable ties the other day I found the rubber cap required to fit my pullup bar to the doorframe. Which is ideal, because my on-off flirtation with improving upper body strength (next time I land on my arms I would like to not break my teeth or dislocate my shoulder again) has reached the point where I am doing too many reps and need to add intensity. Fitted it and spent far more time dangling off it than I should have, to the point where I have DOMS two days later. Oh well, at least it's working then ...
