New member intro: roller derby

[Annie#7]

Hi all,

My name is Annie, and I play roller derby in the U.S. I've been vegan for 13 years, spouse and child are vegan also. I've only been skating for just over a year, and would love to talk vegan fitness with others, especially any skaters out there. Part of my motivation to improve my game is to show that I can hit just as hard as my meat-eating teammates (I can). ;o) In all seriousness, derby is a great sport to release frustration over things like animal exploitation/suffering, and I'd like to keep playing for as long as I can. I figure the healthier I am, the longer I can skate. I'm no youngster.

Thanks for maintaining such an awesome resource for vegan athletes all over the world. This board is incredible.

Annie

[Lordmuppet]

Welcome!

we have at least two roller derby people here. There is a roller derby thread so you can see from there.

[Annie#7]

Terrific, thank you!

[Lordmuppet]

Terrific, thank you!

let me know if you can't find the thread

[Linnéa76]

Welcome Annie!

[loveliberate]

Hello & Welcome Annie!

I have 3 vegan family members all into roller derby in some way. Hopefully I can get them posting on here soon!

[xrodolfox]

Welcome!

[Annie#7]

Hello & Welcome Annie!

I have 3 vegan family members all into roller derby in some way. Hopefully I can get them posting on here soon!

Oh please do! I would love to chat with any vegan roller derby folks.

[soniczip]

hi & welcome!

[FormicaLinoleum]

Hey there! I don't read the intros very often, so only just saw this.

I've been skating with London Rollergirls for just over 5 years. Been vegan for over 6, I think. To be honest I can't remember which year I went vegan right now!

I don't post loads but sometimes post about derby. Which league do you skate with?

[Annie#7]

Hey there! I don't read the intros very often, so only just saw this.

I've been skating with London Rollergirls for just over 5 years. Been vegan for over 6, I think. To be honest I can't remember which year I went vegan right now!

I don't post loads but sometimes post about derby. Which league do you skate with?

I skate with a newer league (I think just over a year or so old...) called the Aurora 88s in Aurora, Illinois. About an hour west of Chicago in the U.S. I'm slowly getting better, but I want to increase my training outside of practice so that I can improve quicker. I'm mostly played as a blocker, which I prefer. My agility is not good enough to be a jammer. We're ending our first travel season this August, and starting our home season again in the fall. We have three intra-league teams that play each other. I'm 39 and would like to get as good as I can before I'm too old to play derby. ;o)

[FormicaLinoleum]

I also am 39! I'm just over a month away from 40, and I'm the second oldest skater in the league and the oldest on our travel team charter squad. It can be a little challenging to compete with skaters in their 20s and early 30s--though I feel relatively fit I do know that being "older" can make it a bit harder for my body to recover and take the hits.

I have a training log on here that shows what I do to support my derby training: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23653. You should start one, too! I'm not amazingly good at keeping it up to date, but I try.

[Annie#7]

Thank you so much for sharing that with me! Reading your training log is very helpful AND inspiring! I'm going to start one myself, even if it's just in a notebook at home. Keeping track like this will help me stay accountable. )