Introduction

[fatgirlskates]

Hi, I'm Libby! I'm a quad roller skater in West Virginia. I'm a member of my local roller derby league and also an outdoor trail and street skater. I want to learn how to do some vert quad (ramp skating) someday too. I've been skating seriously for a year now, and before that I hadn't skated since I was 12.

My current goal is to skate 200 miles, outdoors, between August 15th and October 1st. I've skated 45 miles so far. But my big fuzzy long term goal is attaining just a fraction of the skill of my very favorite skaters: Spocky, Rollergirl, Athena and my amazing derby coach Kat von D'Stroya.

Today I skated 1.5 miles on the trails of Oglebay Park. It was a short, but INTENSE workout! Nothing but hills. I loved it, even it was terrifying! (Or maybe because it was terrifying, I'll admit to being a bit of an adrenaline junkie.)

Friday, September 2, 2011, Check-In

[muck_a_luck]

Hey, EED community!

Here is your daily check-in post! Hope everyone is having a great day!

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Intro

[eruanna]

Hi! I'm Rachel. I just joined DW and this group a few days ago. After a few years of being too sedentary, I started working out 3 to 5 days a week and kept it up for about 2 years. Then, six months ago, I got very sick for about 3 months, and was too weak to do more than a few stretches here and there. About 3 months ago, I was just starting to try to get back on track, when I got hurt and spent a few more months not doing much.

So, I think I'm okay now, but still weak, so I'm starting very slow. Seeing what everyone else here is doing, I'm embarrassed to say how little I'm doing, heh, but I think checking in regularly might help keep me motivated not to give up. I can't check in every day but will try to check in a few times a week.

For now, I'm doing stretches and short walks. I also have a virtual trainer program for my old PS2, which does light aerobics, yoga, pilates, and hand weights. That seemed to work for me a few years ago, since I can do that indoors all winter and track my progress with evaluations every 10 workouts. I live too far from a gym to go regularly, and can't really afford it right now anyway, so I thought I would start with that and step up my pace with something else later, when I've got more of my strength back. I live in the country, near mountains, so when the weather is good, and I'm feeling stronger, I'll be doing a lot more walking and hiking.

If anyone has thoughts on how I can get my strength back without doing too much too soon, that would be great. :)