![]() ![]() The sport isn’t a new phenomenon and though it grows bigger with each passing year, its history stretches back to the 1930s, when Leo Seltzer commenced his roller derby marathon, in which people on skates raced another in a desperate attempt to come first in a gruelling endurance event which covered 3000 miles in laps around a banked track. I’ve even read Roller Derby 101: The Fresh Meat Training Manual by Punchy O’Guts a few times – it’s a great little instruction manual but in true armchair athlete style, I have yet to commit to the attempt in real life. Every few months I consider joining a league and commencing training, but every time I push it back again, convinced that I’ll make a fool of myself. When I moved to London, I attended some bouts and am still a loyal follower of lots of derby accounts on social media. ![]()
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