Day 8

Down a wiggly path.

Freemounting didn't go so well today althoguh I did manage a couple (I blame it on hte wet ground :) ). However, I unicycled all the way down a gravel path which had a couple of bends in it and a slight downhill slope! yay

Day 7 - successful freemount!

Today I managed the freemount a few times, it was wobbly and not quite what you might call elegant...but I did it! There's no denying that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I14UYRvO3ps

^This is me freemounting

Day 6

After realising that the fence of the park was all that was holding me back, I made a daring step in going onto the grass...and it paid off! The grass was terribly uneven and bumpy so my unicycling was wobbly at best, however I managed distances of twice what I had done before!...until I came up with my next enemy...the bushes. I'll be on hte lookout for more space but i the meantime i'm going to also try freemounting. :O

Note: Different areas offer change and can be more fun :)

Day 5

Woot woot! Today I feel I really made some progress. I only did it for about 20mins, however some lil kiddies came along and so, of course, I didn't wanna look totally stupid. I managed going downhill as well as uphill and I was managing the full distance of the playground whole time.

I also realised something I was doing wrong before was getting into a sort of 'deadlock' position.

Tip
-Keep pedaling, but don't put so much pressure on the bottom foot that you can't move the other pedal i.e. deadlock.

Day 4

Improvement! I have somehow magically regained the ability to 'kindof unicycle'. I did lots of practising and did about 40ft (more than 10m)!! Happy days! My friends aren't gonna hear the end of this :D

Day 3

Bad day. For some reason I seem to have had an off day. I couldn't even get as far as I did on my first day and I just kept falling off. My mounting is getting quicker although I'm still holding onto the fence, so I guess its not all terrible, however I hope the muscles 'remember' how to unicycle again coz this has just been frustrating...

Day 2

This was much the same as Day 1, apart from I got just that little bit further! I've found going uphill easier and so am going to practise getting good at that before trying anything even harder.

Day 1

After only attempting to unicycle in the dining room, (gripping for dear life onto the hatch & chairs), I decided to brave it in the open. (que dramatic music). I thought the best place would be the little kiddie park around the back of my house because its rubber tarmac and so very soft.

Note: the park is really sloped!! & surrounded by a fence in a rectangular shape which I could hold onto.

I started off gripping to a corner of the fence, and to my suprise, (holding on with one hand), I managed quite about a couple of meters! I then did it without holding onto the fence so much & I guess it turns out my practising in the dining room had paid off because I could do about 2 meters 'free-hand'.

And that was the first day...

Unicycle Journal

Hiya guys, I have decided to copy a great idea and start a unicycle journal/blog thingy of my progress :) I'm gonna have to catch up because I've already practised properly for 4 daysbut I'll write as if they just happened. Hope you enjoy this :)