For the first time this year, I laced up the Bonts and headed for the beach to get in a late afternoon skate from the Newport Beach Pier to the Huntington Beach Pier and finishing at the Newport Beach City Hall.

While it took a couple of miles to get accustomed to the wheels under my feet, it only took about that long to get invigorated over the sunset skate at the beach.

From the perspective of a training session, it was all aerobic. No watch or heart rate monitor was worn though. Best guess on the time was about 55 minutes, covering 12 miles.

This was a nice change-up from weights and kettlebells and I look forward to the next roll.