SOFTBALL SHORTS : okay...I confess - I covet the "survey" people. I always think "man, Ishould have thought of that". So, I opted to just give it a whirl andmake up my own survey. Please bekind.....honest......kind........funny .......did i mention "kind"?1) How many bullets do you load in the gun when Regis says, "Is that yourfinal answer"? 72) Are you a "fake hurt when you fall" person, or a "get up quick and prayno one saw you fall" person? I fake "hurt" till I'm certain no one is around, then I don't go near thatarea again for a week....and the outfit I'm wearing is taboo for a month3) What is the most obsessive compulsive thing that you do in your home? Well, if I'm on my medication.."nothing".....but if I'm off, then I am anear-wax freak. No wax can ever be in my ears, can't stand it...can't standthe thought of it...can't stand the thought of the thought of it! (need togo take my medication)4) What is the most obsessive compulsive thing you do at work? MUST havea red pen. MUST. Also...I need at least 4 post-it note pads going at onetime.
SOFTBALL SHORTS : 5) What song moves you to stick your hand out the window of your car andjust sing to God? I SEE YOU, by Rich Mullins...........and LEAD ME ONby Ms. Gill6) There's something in the fridge and you are not sure what itis.....how long will you wait before you throw it out?hmmmmmmm, dairy products - instant trash tupperware containers -depends on how bad I need the containerplaying softball.....brilliant game but alas the zipper on my snazzy newsoftball shorts decided to be defective while I was pitching (ugh)8) How many times did you see Grease when it was first released in 1978?sadly....42 times (not much going on in our small town, and obviously notmuch going on right now since I can remember the number of times I sawGrease 22 years ago ;-)10) When you clip your toenails......are you an "over the toilet"person......"on the sofa with a towel" person or "it does not matter, Iwant this gross, unattractive, overtly large nail sawed off" person.hmmmm, I am actually a recliner person then I pull out the dirt devil :-) A girl does what she has to do, ya know?
SOFTBALL SHORTS : Took my new inline skates out on the wide quiet streets near our apartment.I figured I could go back and switch to my rollerskis when I found out thatI couldn't get a good workout with the skates (because of lack of resistanceor because I was too scared of the speed).Started out revisiting lots of places I've enjoyed on rollerskis, but I wentso far so fast that I got confused out on roads I'd never been to before.After a few minutes practicing, I felt good enough with braking. So I triedsome downhills and felt confident on those. Then some curves, and my legsstill remembered how to do cross-overs from my childhood ice rink days.Then I worked on braking from higher speeds. And discovered that I _like_speeds, way higher than I ever dared on rollerskis. Got chased by five9th-grade boys on bicycles, who posed unexpected questions when they caughtme at a stop sign.Heart Rate: highs about the same as rollerskis, but the lows were lower. Ithink the highs were due to me being unable to resist playing with mynewfound speed. I'll guess that once I've gotten over that, my averageheart rate, both highs and lows, will be 5 or 10 beats lower than onrollerskis. That's a _good_ thing for my long slow distance workouts.
SOFTBALL SHORTS : Never did use that plastic buckle around the ankle of the skate. Instead Itightened the laces for better support. Then after a long time my toes weregetting numb, so I took my skates off for a minute -- no problem. Afterthat I decided to keep my laces comfortable, and just learn to skate withless support. Worked fine for me -- I've got years and years of practiceskiing and ice-skating in unsupportive boots.Ankle bend. Never before practiced such deep ankle bend, and for so manyminutes. I suspect it's the lower resistive force of inlines that allows meto easily play with a larger range of motion.Still skating two hours later. Never did go back for the rollerskis.Inlines are way more fun.Ken - it would be interesting to hear your reaction to an inline workoutwith poles.I'm not a fast skier or an especially skillful one, but I like myinline skates (lowish level by Bauer I think) way more than rollerskis(V2 aeros) because I feel so much safer. The balance is a littleeasier and I have little fear on my skates in the park. As a result, Ican ski with a lot of abandon and really get up and over my "skis." With the rollerskis I'm so stressed about falling that I'm prettytentative -- not good for technique I think.
SOFTBALL SHORTS : (though part of the problem may be that the boots I use rollerskiingare too soft -- I guess I need to bite the bullet and use my goodboots on them. But that requires new bindings...)Using the skates is like skiing on very well groomwed terrain withexcellent snow -- the easiest learnign conditions but also easyconditions to be sloppy if I want. So I skate consciously thinkingabout snow technique and not doing stuff that's impossible orineffective on skis (like pushing off with the toe too much).I just wish my skates were slower -- I only have to V1 a tiny bit onthe loop I use, which is not good practice for skiing on hillyterrain. I got a pair of Carbonics wheels from Jenex and mean to putthem on my skates soon to slow things down.I find roller skis safer as the speeds are slower, and consequentially thedamage potential from falling is probably lower.I can understand that initially roller skis may feel less stable, but at thefaster range of each I feel more stable on a longer wheel base.Also the skate position when inlining doesn't seem to allow for muchadjustment to avoid a fall.I suppose it's a matter of what you are used to.
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