Today I went on the ice for the first time in over 2 years and my veins were spewing out rust. Couldn't keep my balance, couldn't start and/or stop properly. Pure ass basically.

I partially blame the skates. My skates had absolutely no control on the ice. The even seemed to have a pivot point on the blade. I was either too much on my heels or too much on my toes. I'd try to stop and the edge on my right skate would catch, but the one on my left wouldn't, causing my left leg to 'slip'... which would almost certainly tear my groin to shreds. I've already had a pulled groin playing hockey and good god, those suckers take AT LEAST 6 months to heal properly.

They were sharpened months back but never used (due to the surgeries)... and sharpened by one of those "lemme do these by hand cuz I know everything" kinda fuck heads. So after looking like I had just put on my first pair of skates ever, and retying them 30 times, I finally left the rink and had them sharpened somewhere else by an automatic machine. Man... the edges are awesome now.

Tomorrow... since the skates won't be the issue, I just have to work on my ankles and knees remembering they have to remain solid and work in unison to create that smooth skating motion I used to have many moons ago.