Flying past the skating rink?
Skating rink. Memorial day weekend. Whummmmmp. <--Me. Flying. Landing. Trying. ;-) It was fun though! My first time on the rink with quad skates 'barely' holding me up. To say that I had a swinging time would be a rather punny description. I went rather reluctantly, given my first unfortunate experience with skiing in January. Not wanting to go through Memorial day weekend with a painful and protruding posterior I was understandably unwilling to try my luck at the rink, to begin with. But when your best buddies wanna go, well, you havent much choice then!!
The first lesson was to wear the skates and WALK. Not to glide. But to pick your feet one after the other, and stride forward. And to not hold the wall helming the rink or you do not learn.
Kintan was kind enough to hold my hand and take me around the rink...once... twice. I think that helped me get a feel of how to go about it. So Kintya's lesson (lesson 2, if you may) was to not look at the floor at all. Just look ahead.
Using the first two lessons I waddled around at the periphery of the rink for a few rounds. Then Abhijat cruised alongside to deliver lesson 3. To bend forward. And to swing the arms to balance and navigate. Well, he didnt exactly appreciate the flailing I did and was quite expecting a smooth flowing arm movement... but I was closer to that at the end of the session and hope to do better in the next one. :) (And I could even catch some fleeting utterings of praise from the experts :))
It was very exciting to go at the rhythm of the music. I barely tried, but I am really looking forward to getting more and more of it in the future. I could actually go around for a few rounds without much support and without too much interaction with the ground and my upper body. It wasnt all smooth sailing but the waters would calm down!
Add to that the incentive of burning calories! And voila! You have my interest all perked up. :)
The first lesson was to wear the skates and WALK. Not to glide. But to pick your feet one after the other, and stride forward. And to not hold the wall helming the rink or you do not learn.
Kintan was kind enough to hold my hand and take me around the rink...once... twice. I think that helped me get a feel of how to go about it. So Kintya's lesson (lesson 2, if you may) was to not look at the floor at all. Just look ahead.
Using the first two lessons I waddled around at the periphery of the rink for a few rounds. Then Abhijat cruised alongside to deliver lesson 3. To bend forward. And to swing the arms to balance and navigate. Well, he didnt exactly appreciate the flailing I did and was quite expecting a smooth flowing arm movement... but I was closer to that at the end of the session and hope to do better in the next one. :) (And I could even catch some fleeting utterings of praise from the experts :))
It was very exciting to go at the rhythm of the music. I barely tried, but I am really looking forward to getting more and more of it in the future. I could actually go around for a few rounds without much support and without too much interaction with the ground and my upper body. It wasnt all smooth sailing but the waters would calm down!
Add to that the incentive of burning calories! And voila! You have my interest all perked up. :)
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