Lara's Skate Bio

I started sk8ing in pre-K and still have the award for it. Continued to yearn for skating so the first real purchase I remember making with my own money (that I made from washing my parents’ car) was a pair of white quad skates from JC Penny’s, $40 (boy have I upgraded!) I even took those skates to college with me. However I never really skated until I moved back to Houston and found a nor-easterner that had inlines and introduced me to the streets downtown--then it was history. Next I found the Texas Club group that happened before the Tuesday night skates out of the parking lot at Fuzzy's. I made lots of friends and still consider them special.

For many years I skated downtown and then I decided to make fitness my focus. I used to skate out in Brookshire with JD Crislip and others early on Saturday mornings until that stopped when the price of gas skyrocketed. Then it was Memorial Park for training—however now it’s too rough and I prefer skating Sunday mornings with the Clear Lake group in Friendswood. We go to Starbucks after the skate—that is the best part (ask Chuck Bridgeman). I have skated many Texas Road Rash and Northshore Inline Marathons plus many Eddy Matzgar workshops.

Recently I have started participating in local duathlons and sprint triathlons since skating marathons requires so much travel. Plus on my plate right now is scheduling a wedding to a road cyclist—Chris Langley—for 10/30/10.

This is my first trip to Europe!