SFIM08

The San Francisco Inline Marathon 08 was a great event overall, smooth course, good food, nice atmosphere, great prize. Ruri wasn't planning to skate it but last minute other kids were planning to go so she went with them. As usual, she did her best and got second out of 13 skaters for Female overall half-marathoner (kids/adults together). This is the first time she tried to skate the half (last one was 10k, which she finished in 56m). One interesting observation was that she skated the last two laps with her hands on her back, which is something I tried to get her to do but failed. It turned out that she was given a water bottle by the staff and she didn't know what to do with it after finish drinking it:-) Skating with hands at back forces you to get on edge and set the skate under your center of gravity. I should recommend this to our coach as a training tip because the kids still tries to skate outdoor in indoor form, which tires them out very quickly. Here is a photo with Ruri skating with hands at back.