My roller derby bout!

Well, Sunday was my first roller derby bout, aside from a couple of bruises, I suffered skinned knuckles (from tucking my fingers under and dragging them across the floor when I fell) and a split lip, which would have been worse had I not had in a mouth guard.

My team won and it was an amazing experience. I feel like I've been talking about the bout for weeks now, so I'm pretty tired of talking about it, so I'll just share a few pictures. I have some videos on Facebook if anyone wants to see me take some big hits. Surprisingly, the hits look brutal, but they really didn't hurt me as much as tripping over fallen teammates.

I was the jammer here, the only person on my team who could score points during this round. My face looks fat thanks to my mouth guard.

My team. I'm the one on the floor on the right.

There's me in the front making room for my jammer (the girl behind me).

I spent a lot of time on the floor.