I went ice skating last night again. I absolutely can't stand the rental skates, so I bought my own skates. I figure that they'll be worth it in the increased enjoyment I get out of skating, even the little skating I might do in the future. I do enjoy it, so I'll probably do it at least a few times a year, and that will definitely make for a good use of skates.

I find that, after I hit about 40 minutes of skating, I start to get really tired and have more trouble keeping my balance. My first time skating, I fell about 45minutes in, and I did the same thing this time. Fell really hard on my ass, and I'm finding it hard to sit today, as everything feels painful. I also have some really annoying whiplash. :( Hence the ow's in the title.

I tried to learn some stopping techniques this time, as well as practice some longer glides. I'm pretty good at your basic forward stroking. Push off with one skate and glide on the other, switch stance and kick off with the opposite skate, repeat until going very fast. And I can turn no problem. But staying on a single skate for very long really seems to unbalance me still. Going to keep practicing at it. Maybe try some crossovers during turning.

Doing the ice skating is also whetting my appetite to finally get that new pair of roller blades that I've been wanting. I think I'll buy a new pair in January. My current pair is complete shit from 15 years ago and barely works.

Fun stuff. I may even take some lessons at some point. Any of y'all out there enjoy this enough to join me?