In preparation for the impending trip to Costa Rica and in an attempt to not look like a total idiot on a surf board (or not on a surf board, as it were) I have been working on my balance.
Skating is really helping. I have found, contrary to popular belief, that skating is not like snowboarding. Snowboarding is a piece-o-cake in comparison. When you ride, the bloody thing is attached to your feet. To ride is to be one with the mountain and carve graceful edges in the snow. Skating is more like trying not to die.
Don't get me wrong, I really like skating, but I'm always acutely aware that I may hit a rock, or a branch or a curb and end up face down in pavement or break my arm or something. Skating is also a whole lot more work than riding. I am getting a very buff left quad if I don't say so myself.
So back to the balance. I have been doing a lot of those one-legged tree-standing things from my Yoga class - those help. Also, if you stand in surf position on the metro and close your eyes, that is a good exercise in balance as well. I nearly took out a tourista the other day because I was focusing a bit too much on my inner chi and not enough on the kid from Kansas behind me.
So...I shall continue to balance around town. If only I had one of those standing desks.
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