Comments on: Adventures in Cross Training: Inline Skating

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:04:33 +0000

I’m terrible at rollerblading and any type of skating- I need to put that on my list of things to do!

By: lindsay

lindsay — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:21:56 +0000

cute pic of you in your skates! i can’t believe yours still fit!! my feet have grown too much. when i was little i practiced my “speed skating” around the driveway. i was gonna be an olympic speed skater… from south carolina. riiiight.

i don’t doubt that it was a good workout! i’m too afraid of the downhills just reading about them – i’d much rather haul it uphill so i don’t wipe out.

By: Glenn JonesG

Glenn JonesG — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:44:10 +0000

Very cool! I wish I was coordinated enough to rollerblade

By: emlit

emlit — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:03:12 +0000

I think I still have my inline skates lying around. They may not be from sixth grade, though…possibly eighth. I have recently been toying with the idea of dragging them out and skating around a bit. Thanks for all the info on how skating compares to running (and cycling!)–it’s interesting to have that information and to see rollerblading as something more than I did as a kid up and down my parents’ street.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:02:51 +0000

ooooh! I love rollerblading! My roomie and I do this on a trail near our apt all the time. I avoid hills like the plague though…I’ve had a few crash and burns on hills.

If this is something you end up doing more often–I would definetly look at upgrading those rollerblades. You would be absolutely shocked at how they’ve improved over the years. I used to have an old pair from when I as younger and it is like a totally different feeling once you get in some new blades. The shells are alot softer these days inabling for more movement. They have a lot more cushioning as well to avoid the blisters. And my old blades eventually ended up with screws coming up from the bottom–the new ones don’t have that problem.

Anyways, have fun out there!!

By: Jill Will Run

Jill Will Run — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:34:21 +0000

Awesome recap… is this something that you feel you can do even when it gets hot outside?

I would be terrified on the hills. I had roller blades when I was in my early teens and I rarely used them because I felt out of control…. and I’m a control freak. I’m trying to release a little bit of that need to control everything, but it’s a big part of who I am!

And ouch! on those blisters… hope they heal fast!