we had our closed-door bout on Saturday, against Syracuse. They have a practice space that is deep in the bowels of one of the shopping malls there, and it's kind dark and chilly (at least until you get warmed up) and if you open the door leading to it at the wrong moment one of the outer pack referees might get a door to the face. BUT IT'S THEIR PRACTICE SPACE AND THEIRS ALONE, so I'm jealous.
Anyway, we won by some totally insane amount (checking Facebook......253-48). Afterwards we found out that their B team really only has six members, so the rest of their roster was made up of A team and Fresh Meat skaters (apparently one jammer said to our jammer at the line "I've never done this before - even in practice!")
Sigh. I was talking to one of our referees afterwards, and he said something I've been thinking for a while - that unlike a lot of leagues, our B team has a pretty high skill level. 3/4 of our team has played for more than two years (more than half have played 3+ years), and to put us up against a bunch of "THIS IS MY FIRST BOUT" skaters is....well, it gets annoying, to be honest.
I finally bit the bullet and got a new pair of sneakers. My old pair were about five years old and I think they contributed to my knee issue the last time I went jogging. I went to this local store that does personal fittings and threw myself at their mercy, and they gave me (well, not gave me, but provided me with and then I purchased) a pair of Nike Air Pegasus 29's. We'll see how well they work out the next time I skate, which isn't going to be until Monday at the earliest.
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