Well, I can now successfully and theatrically fall down while skating either forwards OR backwards! Am I talented or what?
Before I went on vacation last week, Will told me to start spending half of my practice time skating backwards. Today was my first practice after vacation - so this probably wasn't the best time to follow his instructions - but I did.
Trip, flail, crash, sliiiiiiiiiiide. Ow. It hurts either direction.
As happened after my last long layoff, things didn't go well in general, and I spent most of this practice just trying to stay vertical and reasonably in control. Failed on both accounts (I managed to fall down forwards as well. I'm ambeedecstrus!
Sigh. One of these days, I hope I can look back on these months of embarrassment and abject failure fondly from the perspective of a proficient skater. How long should you persevere before you admit failure and take up something safe like lion taming? :)
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