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Cincinnati Rollergirls 2010 Season Schedule

Captain Painway — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:24:13 +0000

Ok, so I'm a little slow at getting this out, but you have to understand that Star Trek Online came out this past weekend, and it has completely taken over my life. Seriously, I'm having dreams of battling the Borg.

Here is the 2010 season (so far). Away games in teal:

March 27: Black Sheep vs. San Diego Derby Dolls. Silent Lambs TBA.
April 17: Arch Rival Roller Girls.
April 24 @ Grand Raggidy Roller Girls.
May 8: The Chicago Outfit Roller Derby.
May 29: North Star Roller Girls.
June 19: Brewcity Bruisers.
August 7: Silent Lambs @ ROSI (Rollergirls of Southern Indiana).
August 28: Black Sheep @ B.A.D. (Bay Area Derby) Girls.
August 29: Black Sheep @ Sacred City Derby Girls.
September 11: Black Sheep @ Charm City Roller Girls.

It was also announced that we are getting new uniforms this year. They will still be black and white jerseys, however they are way cooler looking and are sleeveless (there is an option with sleeves, but I like the tank top myself).

Now that we have the warehouse, we're also having practices five days a week. Yay for extra practice time, boo for eating into what little free time I have left.

In other news, my new skates are like a dream and a half, except that I tore open a nice blister on my right arch.

It looks even nastier today (oozy...) but its bark is worse than its bite. I just need to wrap my foot up with some athletic tape (I bought yellow and pink. Stylin'.) and I should be good to go. My problem was skating an extremely soft, counterless boot for the past two years. I'm loving the added support these new skates give me, but I need to adjust my form accordingly. These Minx skates are so light in comparison, and the Lowboy wheels... well... I want to take them behind the middle school and get them pregnant. They're that awesome.

Injuries

Captain Painway — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:47:00 +0000

I got my first real injury on Thursday (that's not shin splints or overuse injuries).

Basically, me + skating clockwise + wall = jammed bloody finger. I feel really lucky that it's my hand, though. So far this year there's been a broken leg, broken tailbone, broken foot, on and on. At least I can skate with a hurt finger.

Shin Splints!

Captain Painway — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:23:00 +0000

Yeah, that's exactly what I wanted to hear at practice today. We're doing pace laps, I'm keeping pace pretty well, and then... bam! Severe pain in the lower legs. Don't get me wrong, I've been having dull pain in my shins since Monday (damn parade), but nothing as debilitating as what I felt today. It got to the point where lifting my legs wasn't even an option. I guess that's what I get for constantly pushing myself beyond my limits.

Gotta love having to Google shin splints to figure out what the hell they are. According to MedicineNet.com:

Shin splints are injuries to the front of the outer leg. While the exact injury is not known, shin splints seem to result from inflammation from injury to the tendon (posterior peroneal tendon) and adjacent tissues in the front of the outer leg.

Shin splints represent one member of a group of injuries called "overuse injuries." Shin splints occur most commonly in runners or aggressive walkers.

Or skaters, it seems.

Shin splint discomfort is often described as dull at first. However, with continuing trauma, the pain can become so extreme as to cause the athlete to stop workouts altogether.

I can agree to that.

A primary culprit causing shin splints is a sudden increase in distance or intensity of a workout schedule. This increase in muscle work can be associated with inflammation of the lower leg muscles, those muscles used in lifting the foot (the motion during which the foot pivots toward the tibia). Such a situation can be aggravated by a tendency to pronate the foot (roll it excessively inward onto the arch).

Similarly, a tight Achilles tendon or weak ankle muscles are also often implicated in the development of shin splints.

Yeah, that all sounds like me too. Grrreat!

Thanks to our wonderful Dr. Kil-Dear, I should be back to normal in no time. Ice and anti-inflammatories will be my friends. Now the Icy-Hot is kicking in. Ahhhh....