Home In November

Alright, well I spent the past week in Washington State, and nothing against it or the people that live there but i'm glad to be back.

Before I begin I wanted to thank Miguel and Joey for organizing and putting the event together and for inviting me to skate. Everyone was really welcoming and I had a good time. Also Robin Pfander for letting me stay at her house while I was in Washington, that really helped out a lot not having to pay for a hotel room. And also Chad and Jess for giving us a ride to the rink and to get food pretty much everyday that was pretty cool of them. And also everyone for showing up or tuning in to watch. Remember this was an exhibition before the season begins, it was more of a test run and the January event will be even better!

I skated NSC and did alright. Right now I'm still figuring out my equipment which is why I skated on two different boots haha. Falling in the 500m was pretty rough. My left ribs are a little swollen and my right knee is a little purple. Not to mention Chad getting his head smashed into the ground and Ben ending up in the hospital with a bruised pancreas and Joey hurting his wrists. I'm sure it was exciting, but it wasn't exactly what we had in mind.

This I can tell you, the floor was awesome. And because this is my blog and I could careless about being politically correct I will tell you this:
We all skated on the same Hyper Wheels. Before the event we were under the impression that we were going to be skating on the Hyper's from Nationals.. the composite blue hub (not the alum. hub) but that was not the case. We ended up skating on the 2nd generation Koas (the first koas with the six spoke hub) but they seemed to have been sitting awhile because they were off-colored like old wheels. To say the least, they did not perform up to expectations, which is why hyper has two new better wheels, unfortunately they were not for us.

I got a 2nd and a 4th in the 500m and 300m. If you realized, I was originally scheduled to skate the distance events but myself and Justin Stelly were switched because it would have been much more difficult for him to sprint after skating ice for the past 3-4 months. I wasn't exactly impressed with the way I skated but I wasn't that disappointed. I did zero and I mean zip zero speed work before this race so I'm no where near my top end. The one thing I was a little surprised about was my start, for some reason it just wasn't there like normal, it won't happen again.

Well today I went back to work and I also stopped and picked up a variety of fruits and vegetables so that I can start getting the amount that I really need, which is more then the suggested amount. I plan on starting up some small weight/technique work that I wasn't doing before November and trying to get myself in better physical shape then I am now which I think will just give me a little more energy (along with the fruits/vegetables) and make certain things easier for me.

Well that's about it for me. The next time (besides league meets) that anyone will see me is NSC 2 in January.