how far I've come, or something like that

I was brushing my teeth this morning and was reminded:

I joined our league in July 2008, and my first bout was in November 2008 (as a member of a pickup team mostly comprised of another league).  A few days before that bout, those of us skating traveled to that league to practice with them.  Their coach had us do an endurance drill that left me in total and complete tears at the end.

Nowadays, we probably do drills that make that seem like NOTHING AT ALL.

so, yay.