sutherland

sutherland

  • Joined: April 10, 2014
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Monday Clinic

I made it all the way through tonight’s clinic, missing no reps; but it was a light crowd, so the coach went pretty easy on us – no end-to-end after the skating drill.  I’m still happy I made it through…

Why Write This Blog

Especially after my latest clinic experience, a friend or two has questioned why I write this blog.  After all, it’s not like my kayaking blog, where I actually know what I’m doing; or my programming blog, where I’m writing about…

Blame it on the Blood Bank

So … Monday night clinic … yeah … Not a good performance this week.  I knew going in that it would be bad, but had no idea, really. Last week I donated blood.  And it was a double-red donation, so…

Monday Clinic

So did a week of interval training make any discernable difference in my performance?  Maybe. I talked to the coach before practice about changes I’d made in my workout routine this week and he thought they were okay.  He also…

A Stab at Interval Training

So Monday’s clinic taught me that I needed to add anaerobic exercise to my routine.  Today I made a stab at that. First, this is not a recommendation or suggestion for what you should do.  I’m not at all knowledgeable…

Back at the Hockey Clinic

Yes, I’d been planning to start back with the lessons in January, but I had several things that would have interfered with Monday nights and didn’t want to start if I couldn’t go every week right away. Did the three…

Sunday Skate

RDV had four hours of public skating today, so four 45-minute sessions.  I made it through three of them. I broke each session into two 10-minute skates with a 5-minute break and ending with a 15-minute skate. The first ten…

Getting in Shape

Next Monday I’ll be getting back on the ice for my first hockey clinic in almost a year.  Since my last clinic (where I had the interesting experience of slamming face-first into the boards), a variety of things we’ll call…