Today I put 5.5 miles on my inline roller skates in Pleasanton. Chengmei came along with me but she doesn’t skate. She took some photos and enjoyed the fresh air, but mostly she was terrified watching a 63 year old fool rolling around the park with wheels on his feet.

To ease Chengmei’s mind, I wore my all of my usual skating protective gear (helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist pads). Also, at her insistence, I wore bulky “hockey underwear” that provides hip and tailbone padding. It was a fun outing, I had a great workout, and nobody got hurt. Chengmei was quite relieved when I took off my skates and the ordeal was over! Here’s a short video clip of my skating session today…