Havent given up on the uni, it's just cold

This will be redundant for some of you, but i want to put all
the facts in one place for my own reference. BTW... i LOVE the
font consolas. people complain that it's ugly without smoothing.
But so what ? turn on font smoothing dumbass.

I had a wonderful time on day three of my new unicycle practice.

Prior to installing the 20" wheel on my uni i had oh about...
10-15 hours of practice on my 24". 1/3 of that over the course
of the prior 2 years, the remaining 2/3 over the prior 3 months.
Now then, i've installed the 20" and since then put in 2 hours of practice
over 3 days. BEFORE installing the 20" i could do- 0 revs unassisted, 5ish
with a fence. AFTER installing the 20" [along with the longer
cranks from the 24, and better pedals to eliminate my
heel-to-crank problems] i am going on average 8 revs unassisted,
unlimited with assistance. not much i know but it rocks, i have
made measurable progress each day of practice. My max run has
been 36 revs which is (according to the math) 90 feetish,
probably more like 40-50 due to wobble and the fact that im
doing this at a tennis court, and assuming it's "normal",
that's only 78 feet.

[no that's not bad math... i'm using 'rev'
to describe what is really a half-rev...
i can't think of a better term. i keep a
tally of how many times a foot gets to
the 12:00 position... a rev... if you
have a better term... im all ears]

Wobble ? Oh yeah... wobble. i'm still putting way too much
weight on the pedals. But my balance is improving. I know
this because the 2nd time i did the 36-run i was for some
reason tending toward the fence around the court. I was
doing the stupidest strangest things with my body in order
to avoid touching the fence... but i kept going strong.
Seriously, the only thing that stopped me was the fact that
i reached the corner... I'm not ready for the turning yet.

Both of my 36 runs were done intentionally trying to go slow.
I was forced to deal with balance issues more directly.
I think that's what i'm going to do from now on... maybe a
*bit* faster than those 2 runs, but i need to *feel* it.

I ramble, but this'll be copied and pasted to notepad so i
can read it years from now and giggle.

Hrmm... oddly enough there's only one thing i can think of
that i haven't mentioned. I can almost always mount, and
just go. I know it sounds lame but shit it means alot to me
that i don't have to hang on to the fence for those first
2-3 pedals. i've understood that the fence is ultimately
the enemy and that's been enforced by y'all [especially
you, zogola.] i just mount... go 8 strokes, tap the fence,
go 4 strokes, tap, go 20, etc. I'll be working on just
mounting at a curb and going at it that way soon enough.

Oh and i'm not worrying much about shorts vs pants, foot-on-pedal position, posture, where im looking, anything. On the other hand... if i try to practice at home in my hall, i'm SOL. Odd eh ?

I just hope riding a uni is like riding a bike... cuz it's
so goddamn cold out here in the winter i'll only have 1-2
times a week to practice this winter.