E pur si muove#

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 ...