If you’ve seen my recent challenge updates, I’ve been rollerblading… a lot…

How does an avid runner who usually shuns other versions of cardio as “frou frou” bring herself to rollerblade?

Umm…it’s super fun, duh!
Photo by Mag3737 at Flickr here.

Why I Love Rollerblading

• It makes me feel like I’m 10 again or like some 70s disco skater
• I get to whiz by all the runners who are huffin’ and puffin’ their little hearts out.  “See ya later!” I shout while flashing a devious grin (ok, so I don’t really do that, but it sounds like fun)
• It’s easy on my knees.  All the running I do means my little knees need a little break here and there.
• I feel like a tourist.  I blade at the beach w/ the boyf who rides his beach cruiser.  We get to see our beautiful beach city and the little restaurants and shops that we take for granted having lived here for so long.
• I avoid cat callers.  You know when you’re running on the beach and, though you feel like youre hauling a**, you’re certainly not running fast enough to avoid gawkers and pervs?  Well I’m just a blur to you now, pervs!
• I get really odd tan lines that I find rather funny (and a good conversation piece).   Am I the only one who finds that humorous?
• It actually burns calories!  Based on my weight, an hour of moderate rollerblading burns 410 calories says this site.  It’s definitely less than an hour of running, but definitely more than an hour of yoga (and more than that Hip Hop Hustle class where I just giggled and looked for the bartender).

Give-Away Round-Up

• It’s not too late to enter my give-away for Crispy Green freeze-dried fruit packs here.
• Twirlit is giving away some gorgeous bags here.  I’m all over it!
• Soap and Chocolate is giving away Holey Donuts here. Ends tonight!
• Fruit.Veggies.Life. is giving way loads of loot including energy bars here.
• Hop, Skip & a Giant Leap is giving away Amazing Grass here.

Did You See?

• Hungry Girl in the LA Times here and our own bloggie Danica is quoted!
• That’s Fit post on top 5 most “eco-friendly” energy bars here. They put Amazing Grass’s “Chocolate Whole Foods” bar on the bottom of the list due to taste!  Do you agree?

Any of you guys rollerblading this summer?  Doing any less “conventional” forms of exercise?  Experiencing pervs at the beach while running?

Happy Wednesday!

<3, The Cranky One