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You can tell that skating is fun, because I haven't had to force myself to go yet. It comes at a good time of day, when I could often do with a break anyway, but even so, this is a Good Thing (tm). I'm picking it up again really fast, and am already more steady on my feet. This means that I can go for quite a while (say 15 mins at a time) without having to stop for a second to restore my balance, which means that I'm really starting to feel the exercise benefits. My feet still ache afterwards for a little, but all in all I'm feeling good. I even find myself wondering about popping in after work sometimes, or maybe getting some sort of lessons (that girl who can skate backwards with her leg in the air was there again today) - I think I can get some free with my card thing - which has got to be a good sign.
I was thinking about the fact that skating is one of only two sports (the other being horse riding) that I like, when it suddenly occurred to me what they have in common - balance. They're both much more about balance, shifting it and maintaining it, than they are about power. Which appeals to me because that's about the only physical skill that I am strong in - I always used to be quite good at trampoline on the occasions when we did that in PE too.
I like the fact that I feel quite zen when I'm skating - I'm focused on it but I still have a space to kind of watch myself, which is rather fun.
I was thinking about the fact that skating is one of only two sports (the other being horse riding) that I like, when it suddenly occurred to me what they have in common - balance. They're both much more about balance, shifting it and maintaining it, than they are about power. Which appeals to me because that's about the only physical skill that I am strong in - I always used to be quite good at trampoline on the occasions when we did that in PE too.
I like the fact that I feel quite zen when I'm skating - I'm focused on it but I still have a space to kind of watch myself, which is rather fun.
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Date: January 14th, 2003 09:24 am (UTC)From:No snow in Oxford
Date: January 15th, 2003 10:51 am (UTC)From: (Anonymous)—Damian