had a hard night last night, but having a better morning. here's the email i sent out to family and friends. for anyone who doesn't think this is a sport - WRONG! this was one of the most intense and BRUTAL workouts i've ever been through.
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well, try outs were yesterday for the minnesota roller girls. about 40 women laced up and
(literally and figuratively
) hit the floor of the roy wilkins auditorium. it was a tough try out, and several women dropped out. here's what we did in the 3 hours we were on wheels:
ladder drill warm up - 80% effort for 2 minutes, sprint all out for :30. i bit it 3 times during the warm up and was a bit shaken up for a while. smacked my head hard on one, and managed to bruise my elbow up through the pad on another...but it was still FUN.
stretching
(try doing downward dog in roller skates
)
balance/coordination drills: going through cones, going through cones backwards, stops, toe starts, starts from all 4s, starts from on your back, cross steps, cornering
(i kicked tail on that one, thanks to all the years of figure skating!!!!
).
speed/endurance drills: 5 laps in <1:00. 20 laps in <5:00. if you couldn't do both of those things, you were out. piece of cake.
stations: sprint from station to station. first, flutter kicks on your back. really hard w/ heavy skates on! second, mountain climbers
(again, with skates on!
), third, sit ups. fourth, push ups
(i've been doing lots of push ups this year, so this was cake too!
).
and last but not least, the 10 MINUTES OF HELL! sprint for 10 minutes on a mini track w/ 15+ other women. as spike the lead ref said - 'now is the time to show us you want to be a roller girl! don't hold anything back!' here's where all my endurance work really paid off. most of the girls were beat already, but i still felt great. i think i lapped everyone on the track 'cept benita!!!
in the end, 14 women were picked for boot camp from the original 40. benita and i were among them. after boot camp, there will be a draft for the teams. there are only 10 spots, so i don't know if i will make a team this year, but i'm really glad i went ahead with the try outs.
oh, and i'm REALLLLLLY sore today!