Endurance...

Well I have one more skills test to pass and that's my endurance test. I have to do 20 laps in 5 minutes. I really want this. I know I can do this. But then there's the doubt that keeps creeping up in me calling me a failure like it has my whole life, telling me that I'm no good. Whispering in my ear that I'll never make it and everyone will make fun of you for not doing it. Well I guess I just need to wave my fist in failures face and tell it to F off!!! I need to build my confidence and say, come on Steph, you can do this, have faith!!! What have you been practicing for? Look how far you've come. When you started, you could barely skate across the rink. Now you're doing strides, pace lines, packs, hops, (which by the way do suck), crossovers, (not well, but your doing them), you've come a long way and in just 2 months.

When I get my laps done, I'm eligible for the draft which is November 8th. YEAH!!!! I have my name picked out. We have to have 2 and so far I only have 1. Right now I have the name Eileen Dover and I think I'm going to go with #925 only cause that's my month and date of birth or I could do #489 which is the month and year Brian and I got married. Hmmmmm, decisions, decisions. I need help figuring out a second name. Although, I've kind of thought of Flamin' Cherry Diablo!! I know dorky. Hmmmm!!!

Until next time!!!

3 Practices so far....

All I can say is wow!!! They are brutal for someone who is out of shape like me. LOL... I so far have bruised the balls of my hands from the falls we're learning, along with my thumbs and index fingers, and I've got a bruise on my inner right thigh. Don't know how I got that one yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out somehow. I've also pulled my muscle in my groin area. Hurts like you know what, but I'll survive. I need to work on lunges so I can get better at getting up from a fall. My leg muscles are weak. I also need to work on balance and get my balance better on one leg for the crossovers. That kind of scares me still. I mean I haven't been on skates in over 30 years. What do you expect. I'm not young you know. But like I said, I've only had 3 practices now. We have 6 weeks of practices to get good and get on a team.

But also so far, I've met some really great gals and the veterans of the league are super great. They are very encouraging for all us "Fresh Meat" that are very unsure of ourselves. They all work side by side with us and help us with our weaknesses and show us what we can do to improve ourselves. It's very cool.

Have a great a day!!!!