Ice skating, take action and be Batman

Last weekend I went ice skating with some friend's kids who were young enough to fall and cry multiple times yet still skate 2X faster than me. It has been a good decade since my last time ice skating and after all the Olympics watching it just seemed like ice skating was a right athletic people have over regular people. We can have never done it, put on skates and just be fine. I didn't image a triple lutz or anything fancy, I just figured I could do it ok. I was not ok. I learned three things that day. 1- Ice is slippery. Doesn't that sound dumb. But those first steps I was really feeling how icy ice is. Enough of that, it is embarrassing. 2- The ice rink was playing the same play list they were playing when I was a kid and would go roller-skating. Fun nostalgia, but probably time to update some songs. 3- We have no athletic right over anything. Guess I need to do more than skate once a decade to be able to ice skate with a seven-year-old. 

Whether you are training for a triple salchow or to run for a long time until there is some sort of arch telling you it is time to stop, join me on Wednesday night for Strength Training for Runners. Live to your screen and always free. Stay home, get strong. 

TAKE ACTION
If you are based in Portland, here is a community event for you to promote or join. The group is called Runners Take Action and they are hosting a 5k on March 22. The proceeds of this fundraiser go directly to the Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization (IRCO). 

ON CONFIDENCE

• We become who we believe we are. So why not be Batman! 
• Saturday Night Live had the women's Olympic hockey players on. They got huge applause and they DID THE WORK! 

HALF MARATHON DEBACLE
Last weekend at the USATF Half Marathon National Championships the lead car for the women's race went off course taking with it the top three women who ultimately realized the mistake and turned around. The wrong turn lead to a confused podium who didn't realize they had won, disappointed runners who were led off course and a ruling that is basically saying, yeah, that wasn't great but we don't really have a way to fix it. More on the chaos here. The crowned women's winner isn't interested in winning this way and the woman who should have won is being gracious as anything despite missing a world team, a podium spot and prize money. Yes, athletes are required to know the race course BUT if you were red lining a world championship race, I think you would follow the leader too.