Woman at Work

Okay still working on it. My discipline. Getting closer. So I DID put on my skates on last monday, I anticipated, felt and held back although temptation was there. The promiss of not using them at all just went up in smoke :-) But I did NOT cross the line and let physical exhaustion get the better of me. Had lots fun and it felt good. Yesterday just a short, very short, skate thingy for completion and closing of this weeks session.

Today is wednesday, a day of rest. My job for now is make sure I eat properly this week and get enough rest to build up my energylevel some more (still feel the aftermath of my low battery). Tomorrow HyperHyper again. Looking forward to it. Think it's a good idea to take a quick nap again before the rumpshakin'.

Right after my very first rollerjammin' lesson I realised it would be real hard work to get where I want to be but it doesn't feel that way because I take so much pleasure in it. The real difficult part, as I was told and which will come eventually, is when I feel there is no progression at all. That I feel I've reached a state of equal consistancy and that there is nothing more I can learn, or miss the ability or power to move on further which could get me frustrated. Told me to keep in mind that it cannot be true there is nothing left to learn 'cause there's always a process of development going on as long as you keep with it.
Now that is a line which does NOT only relate to rollerjammin'. I know that theory by heart but thxs Lou for emphasizing again, for it's something that can be easily forgotten when frustration takes over.

Patience and persevere!

Sunday-Skate-Swing-Session

I'm not the right person when it comes to following rules, I do tend to cross them or pay no attention at all. Always pushing further then I ought to. In the end I only have myself to blame and that's the good thing about it hahaha.

So today I did the Sunday-Skate-Swing-Session according to some ground rules of sports (there was an article on Quadsk8's blog about recoverymethodes and the best way of training). Slept in a little so I have had enough sleep, drank some juice and went out at 10.30 to do some warming-up on skates. For me the best warming up for my legs is to skate the streets and so I did. Went along the riverside and took a small break in the sun staring at the boats go by. Then I skated some more and went straight to one of the best lunchrooms near my house. Took some fresh orangejuice and a sandwich with smoked chicken, avacado and salad. Afterwards I went home, took a quick shower and a rest to let the food digest. At 2.10 pm I went to the skate swing and found out I was the only one present, so I did some more practice, warming-up, not too difficult, just get in the flow. By the time it was 3.30 everybody was there and I was allready jammin' away. At 6 I got really tired, my legs felt heavy and my butt screamed muscle ache. Now at that point the 'rule' says: just push a little bit further, just a little over the edge. Did that too, just went on for half an hour longer, not the real heavy and difficult stuff, but just that little bit extra. Skating home real slow was my cooling down.

I'm at home now, took off my skates and looked in my fridge; cabbage, peaches, patatosalad and vitaminedrink. Hmm, think that will work out just fine for my eveningdinner today. Also got some real muscle aches. For one I did not skate that intensively the last couple of days, so that could be the reason, but I also feel like I did a perfect training today. Tomorrow I need to take some rest, do some sporting to keep the muscles flexible (not necessarily skating) and stay away from that edge of overdoing it. Now there comes the problem :-) Try NOT to put on my skates and go crossing borders again.

Well...we'll see what happens and how I feel tomorrow.... In some cases I'm the right person to follow THIS kinda theory!!

Gonna make me my dinner. Bye!

Fuel Empty.....Recharge

It's been about 3 weeks since my last update. I've been on this thrive of next-level-skating for 4 weeks in a row now. As I said before during summerseason, so that would be wednesday through sunday, next to a fulltime job. Been jumpin' and skatin' around all over and got to pay for it allright. Fuel empty, battery real low, used up all my reserves. The last two weeks the weather has been smothering hot on some days together with very little sleep, not feeling terribly hungry because of the hot weather and doing this topsport thang (which some people still do not understand or believe when you tell them it's just not only dancing but a real sport).It's a contradiction in some ways; on one hand it gives you so much energy, but on the other hand if you do not care enough about staying in good health and in physical balance you will sell yourself short. Only a few times in my life I have felt more tired then I do now. I still sleep short hours but when I close my eyes I just fall into a coma of some sort (and that's quite unique because I ALWAYS have trouble falling asleep).

So last week I did the sensible thing, skipped 2 evenings of skating just to rest, take some extra vitamines, eat fresh vegetables and fruit, and slipped into bed earlier than I normally do. And keeping myself busy with total other stuff then skating. Good for me and for the other stuff, because they were neglected for some time now hahaha.

Last Saturday we all (most of us) attended the rollerdisco held at the Skatefestival 2004 in Amsterdam. A giant iceskatingrink was transformed into a rollerdiso and the finales of the European Dance Championships were held that evening. We all set up the Quadsk8 booth for skaterental in about half an hour. My job there was helping Quadsk8 with the skate rental that evening, so I didn't get to roll that much on the dancefloor, but it was quite interesting to see other skaters from other cities and countries do their rollerskating. Also had some real nice conversations with people that got really enthousiastic about learning how to dance on skates. Because of course, while standing behind the counter I jammed on my skates when I could. Brought my sister and her friend to help us out with the skate rental and the cloakroom. I let them put some skates on and allthough they both have never skated
before in their lives at the end of the evening I heard them shout: "Look,look, look at me, I can make a turn!!!". So in between helping people with renting some skates and putting away their bags and listen to some odd stories about why people did not have money to rent skates but wanted them anyway ?!? they skated circles all evening and had a real good time of fun. Now that made me happy too! And sunday I did the SundaySkateSwing again, for about two hours and fell asleep at 7 pm!! till the next morning.

I'ts midnight now, had two days of rest and later on today we start the the whole routine again with the last WednesdayNightSkate, if the weather permits. Then about 2 more weeks of outside (organised) activities. And I come to realise summerseason is really short over here :-S

Can we bring an Indian Summer over here, that would not be a bad idea!!!