Saturday, January 17, 2009

Roller skating

Today we celebrated the FP Gal's brother's birthday party (Happy Birthday, Ryan!). It was at a roller skating rink here in the Cities. I haven't been roller skating in at least twenty years. The FP Gal has inline skates and rolls around like a demon. Her brother moreso.
Me? I started slowly and got the feel of the motion. You need to push a little to the sides. And if you stand up to straight it hurts in those muscles right below your shins. A little bend at the knee helps. As the day went on I was able to build up some of the old speed.
I have memories of being a roller skating speed demon. Flying around at the old Terp at warp speed. And best of all, the rink in Brownsdale where you could swing around the pole at the far end. Hair flying in the wind... Ah, memories.
Today wasn't quite like that. It was more about dodging schools of six year old girls. And not falling. That's what I was most proud about, not falling. It was a good trip.

2 comments:

Lynn said...

Peder, we love roller skating. We were going to Owatonna every weekend up until a few years ago when they closed down. Keith has mentioned that they have skating at the Metrodome during some point in the winter months. That would be fun. Is the place you went very big, and nice?

Peder said...

Uh, it was a decent size. Something like a former ballroom I guess. We haven't checked out the Metrodome but I've heard that it's pricey but nice.