A month or so ago I hesitantly decided to try roller derby. I had been casually chatting with my friend Erich about how bad-ass I thought roller derby was when he informed me that there's a league in the Flathead and that his wife was actually a roller derby girl. Turns out his wife is awesome both generally and at derby. Roller derby, which is a contact sport, is so not "me" in many ways and is completely outside my comfort zone. But I'm really digging it. It's fun on its own merits and I'm getting more comfortable with hitting other girls and being on skates.
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| that's me on the right with the red helmet |
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| that's me with the red helmet and striped socks |
I think that branching out and trying new things, especially things that are sort of uncomfortable to me, has been a great experience. Skiing is a sport that scared me before but I'm more comfortable on skis and love it. I highly recommend pushing outside that comfort zone -- and roller derby. Here are the
rules if you're at all interested. Basically you skate in a pack and there's a "jammer" for each team who tries to get through the pack and scores points that way. You block the other team's jammer and try to help your own. It's fun. Great workout and a good compliment to my running -- so long as I don't break bones, right?
9 comments:
Ok, that is awesome and I love the outfit....what fun. You are and adventure inspiration.
i am SO impressed. you are now really really high on my list of cool people!!
oh, p.s. do you have a roller derby name??
Yeah Ronda the outfits make it even more fun. And thanks :-)
Thanks Liz -- I bet there's a league in Portland. . . I don't officially have a name yet since I haven't passed my skills test (which allows me to be official) but I'm planning on some variation of "Dan You to Hell" or some such. I badly want "Colonel Hurtz" but that's taken. It's a lot of fun coming up with names. I'm still open to suggestions.
This is so cool! I would totally wuss out, but I think you're infinitely awesome for having the guts to try it out!
DANNI! This is so awesome. Sneaky girl! I didn't know you were becoming a Rollergirl. Congratulations! Let me know if I can be of any help!
Thanks Melissa, you are of course my roller derby hero!
Awesome pics. As always, you rock!
Never expected to see roller derby - you rock! Just be careful not to check someone off the trail when you are back to running!!!
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