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First Inline Jump Attempts

May 9, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

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Ever since trying a few off-ice jumps at the lake a couple weeks ago, I’ve been looking forward to / dreading the day when I can start trying to jump again.

Woke up yesterday morning in a very “LEEROY JENKINS!!” kinda mood, so decided to go for it.

A large middle aged woman on inline skates, setting up for a waltz jump.

Yesterday afternoon I went to the waterfront rink with the sole purpose of trying a few waltz jumps. In and out, just wanted to try a few:

The First and Second Attempts

The Third Attempt

It went OK, I guess. I left the ground – technically – so it counts.

Definitely underwhelming, though!

I have no idea when waltz jumps became so terrifying.

Anyway, I didn’t screw up my Achilles at all, but I’m not sure that means much for a little hop.

The Spin Attempt

As a fun, embarrassing bonus, here’s my sole spin attempt from yesterday:

It was bad enough that I cut my losses and called it a day.

Oh, it’s going to be a long road!

Lap Skating

Anyway, I went back to the rink this afternoon, meeting up with a friend for some distanced exercise. We skated laps and chatted about all kinds of things.

… and the next thing I knew, my husband was telling me that we’d been skating for 34 minutes.

THIRTY FOUR MINUTES OF LAP SKATING! No stopping, and no problems at all!

Oh, and that’s 6 days in a row of doing weight bearing activity, including like 14 km of walking in that time.

I really think the cipro nightmare is finally ending!!!

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Hey, I'm Marie!

I skated as a kid, and have been making the long, rough road back as an adult.

This time, I have a husband to drag along with me :)

I started back in early 2019, and ran into dual roadblocks in 2020 - the pandemic, and being severely crippled by FOUR PILLS of Ciprofloxacin - an antibiotic that destroyed most of the tendons in both of my feet.

Oh, and pancreatic cancer. Fun stuff.

I've learned to walk again, and in October 2021, I started back. Again.

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