by Gemma • • Comments Off on #Juneathon Day 6 – The Curse of Juneathon
Sooo, Juneathon is obviously cursed. In 2013 I made it 10 days in before I hurt myself, this year I have managed 5. Still, despite the fact I need help getting from a lying down to standing position I persevered…
by Gemma • • Comments Off on #Juneathon Day 5 – The Day I Got Stuck on the Floor in Boots
Last night at practice our A Team were practicing for their first British Championships game of the season (which is tomorrow, come along!) so they needed a “team” to play against in training, which was made up of unrostered A…
by Gemma • • Comments Off on #Juneathon Day 4 – Zen Derby
I am so calm and relaxed as I write, after 20 minutes of Yoga containing lots of hip openers and back stretches. For me, this is how I prepare for Roller Derby, as I have 3 hours of scrim tonight.…
Do you know what, I felt pretty awesome when I headed out to run to the gym today. It’s only a mile and a half, much of it down hill (apart from the last quarter mile which is up a…
by Gemma • • Comments Off on #Juneathon Day 2 – Never Work Out Angry
Today started Ok, I was a bit tired, but coffee dealt with that. Then lots of little things kept happening that put me in a grump, and before long everything was putting me in a grump. I had planned to…
Well hello! I’m ummed and aahed for ages about whether to take part in Juneathon this year, and then suddenly decided right at the very last minute that I would, signed up, and here we are. It seemed like a…
Well, Juneathon is over and I can’t say I feel like I really gave it my all. While Janathon took place in a month that was hard in many ways, it was at least a month where we were slowly…
by Gemma • • Comments Off on #juneathon Day 28 – a Quickie in the Rain
A quickie from my phone. We travelled home yesterday, about a 4 hour drive, and it was raining and miserable, I really just wanted to sit and watch tennis, but instead I went for a quick run round the block…