I went skating this weekend.

jelly — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:33:16 +0000

For the first time in probably 8 years I went ice skating yesterday. I had to use rented skates because my last ones were converted into a mouse house in my shed last year. (I really need to buy a new pair). We went to the Southlands mall where we were told they had put in a skating rink. When we arrived yes there was a rink, it was very small, probably about 40′ x 80′. It looked very small from the car but when we got on it, it wasn’t that bad. Being from canada where I can take you to numerous places to skate for free, I had a little problem with the $9.00 per person entry fee but it is refridgerated (i’m assuming since it was frozen and it was 51 degrees outside yesterday) so I guess thats life in the south in the big city . In someone elses skates and not having set foot on ice in 8 years I was a little shaky, not shaky like everyone else who couldn’t stand upright on their skates and instead had their ankles leaning over to one side. I maily just didn’t have as much confidence as I used to. Although after skating for a little while most of it came back to me, however I coudn’t get up to speed to test everything out because of the size of the rink.

One thing I did notice once I got off the ice was the muscles in the leg are totally different that what you use running or doing any other exercise. The outsides of my legs were acting like I just did a huge workout when realistically I just skated for about 15 minutes. I am difinitely going to get myself some better skates and start skating on a regular basis. After skating for maybe 10-15 times I might be able to think about playing hockey again which will help get myself back into shape.

Moldy Jello » hockey

I went skating this weekend.