I don’t know how it all started but on Friday I found myself talking to my boss about training for a triathlon. A sprint tri to be exact. She is a triathlete herself and is currently training for an Ironman that she will do on her 40th birthday. She has only been “off the couch”
First let me say that, derby is constantly doing a number on my ego. There is rarely a month that goes by when I don’t question myself – do I really want to do this? But I always answer, yes, what else would I be doing? Nothing is as exciting as derby or as motivating
I took a lot of time away from this blog lately. I needed some distance as I was having issues with a few things that I had to work through (without sharing with the whole world LOL). Here is a quick update on what I’ve been up to: Sick! Sometime during the beginning of August:
Introducing Te Kill Ya Sunshyne: Te Kill Ya attended the Ft Myers Derby Girls very first bout back in 2007. She knew right away it’s what she wanted to do. The next week, she joined the league. At the beginning of the 1st season, she broke her leg at practice, in dramatic fashion, after flying
Introducing Handi-J: Handi grew up skating in rinks in Illinois so when she heard about the Ft Myers Derby Girls she decided it would be a fun challenge and started playing February of 2009. Ten years ago she married her husband, Brian, who remains a constant supporter of FMDG and is an avid member of
Last Wednesday when I was at open skate my shins took 45 minutes to warm up. Bad news. Then came Saturday: I warmed up ahead of time as usual. I thought I was good. When I warmed up with everyone else I had to stretch once or twice. Then right before we did our endurance
Introducing Peaches ‘N Carnage, 00: Peaches ‘N Carnage, a.k.a. Lea Elmer (like Elmer Fudd and the glue company), joined the Fort Myers erby Girls in August of 2011. She loved to roller skate and derby looked fun, and although she thought she was not naturally competitive or athletic, she quickly proved herself wrong; being awarded
Introducing Little Debbie Smackcakes, #5-0: Once upon a time a few years back, Debbie worked for a very demanding company and when she finally escaped their grasp, she needed something to do with all of her free time. After discovering knitting was not her thing, she came upon roller derby online, joined the Fort Myers
This week I had a lot of trouble with my tight shins/calves. I warmed up as usual but they just weren’t cooperating. I figure it could be either one of two things: A. They might have tightened up since I last had a massuese work on them three weeks ago or B. It was related
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