Posted on 06 Oct 12:11 pm

In the box wisdom

While recovering between 250m accels yesterday, Parker Vance and I were talking about the good times & bad times of throwing all of your body & soul into long track ice speedskating.

We both agreed that on the good days, you just want to skate for the rest of your life, and never stop pursuing this wonderful sport until you are dead & buried in a box.

However, on the bad days, you just want to take the skates off, bury them in a box in your backyard, and get on with your life!

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6 Responses to “In the box wisdom”

  1. Dave Clements, on October 6th, 2009 at 1:22 pm Said:

    Nah!!! You were having a bad day but you gotta remember - a bad day skating is still better than any day not skating.

    Thanks for ZATAOSS - always entertaining and informing!

    Dave

  2. Bernie, on October 7th, 2009 at 7:33 am Said:

    Another expression for it: Skating is like pizza, even when it’s bad it’s still pretty good!

  3. Andrew Love- Burry Your Skates, Skate Forever – Speed Skate World- By Peter Doucet- Online Since 1999, on October 8th, 2009 at 12:36 pm Said:

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  4. Linda v., on October 9th, 2009 at 5:21 am Said:

    Good luck this weekend, Andrew! Where can it be followed ‘live’ on line? Any blinking numbers to watch?

  5. andrew, on October 9th, 2009 at 6:13 am Said:

    Hey Linda,

    no, local time trials are not broadcast, but the announcer at the Utah oval, John McClennan, runs speedskatingresults.com, and he almost always updates his site the day of each race.

    No blinking numbers, I’m not at the level worth blinking numbers…. ; )

  6. Van, on November 4th, 2009 at 7:22 pm Said:

    Had to return to read this post after some “bury these things and get on with my life” moments. I’m still not at practice, but I’m not shoveling a shoe-box sized hole beneath the hedgerow either.

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