Cast of Characters

Over the next posts, I want to introduce you to the people coming on the trip. I’m hoping I can get them to write these posts themselves! Our players in their own words, their own voices. Here’s a brief introduction, in alphabetical order.
Aaron—from Philadelphia. Tracie’s boyfriend. None of us know him yet!

[update: Blossom—a friend of Aaron and Tracie.  They made the trip sound so amazing at Philly Free Skate that she asked if she could be added at the last minute, and she could!]

Brad—skates with Inline Swine and on the Thursday night fitness skate. Natalie’s boyfriend.

Brock—a quad skater from way back when. Rarely seen on anything but bar skates and theme skates. Laurie’s beau.

Céline—from Montreal (looking forward to having a French speaker on the trip!) No one knows her, either. Søren’s long-distance love.

Dana 1—she’s Dana 1 because she signed up first. Skates and bikes. Paul’s squeeze.

Dana 2—the last person to sign up, and the hardest to get to commit! Sherron’s the only one who knows her well, and she’ll be biking. [update: Dana has to have wrist surgery, and was forced to pull out at the last minute]

Lara—I’ve met her once or twice on Tuesday nights, but she skates mainly outside of the inner loop, training for fitness (I think!)

Laurie—known for bringing watermelon to the Tuesday night skates. ALWAYS there on Tuesday. ALWAYS there on Thursday. She puts up with Brock on a daily basis.

Mar—skates with us on Tuesdays sometimes, but prefers Thursdays, because she doesn’t like the bar stops. We’re going to get her over that in Germany!

Natalie—a veterinarian and sometime Tuesday night skater, now a regular on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Brad’s girl.

Paul—also known as Bode. (Why? I don’t know.) Skating through his days with Dana 1.

Søren—a Dane currently wishing he was in Montreal with Céline, but generally in DC without her. We’re looking forward to meeting him (and hoping he knows some German!)

Tracie—another Philadelphian and Aaron’s number one girl. Looking forward to making her one of us (run now, Tracie…run!)

Sherron—came on a skate a few months ago and I talked about the great trip we were planning. Within a short while she’d decided she was going. Woo hoo!

Steve—your blogger. Regular on Tuesdays, organizer of Thursdays. The only one on the trip in a single.