So I did my first Inline Stake workouts today. In the Quest for a Cure we will be on skates for some undisclosed amout on time and with a previous coaches ingrained rule "train like a pro race like a pro" I decided to grab some blades and hit the pavement for a little 14 mile glide. Well at the moment I'm living in NYC and skating to class is a great 7 mile run and bike so, why not skate it also? 10 minutes into it my legs, back and ankles were so cramped I could barley move and my freshly shaved legs were being rubbed raw from the low sock high boot combination. I made if over the 59th st bridge and into Manhattan where the cabs own the road. I only grabbed ahold once and it was to make a soon to be red light where a pothole the size of a small car nearly ate me for breakfast. I nearly hit 4 people that pulled the typical NYC walk into the street 10 feet to hail a cab and had a few close calls with quick moves by busses and cabs that happend to have me in a "New York Blind Spot" which is the area around a car, behind the front bumper that drivers don't care what's in it before making some amazingly stupid swerve, weeve or sudden stop. By the time I got to class I was pretty pumped on a adrenalin rush and very sweaty for an intense workout. My form got better on the ride home and I started really going to town and riding like I was racing. However, after getting to work this evening I found out that I was really tired. My Calfs were smoked and knees felt like they had been hit with a ballpeen hammer repeatedly for 3 hours. But I'm feeling stronger on the skates and after tomorrows recovery bike ride to class, work and around the park, Thursday will be filled with skating in Central Park.
-Crack on
Yacky
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