One Hour Later

This morning I am excited. I went to bed early so as not to repeat the previous night (when I worked on SGA stuff until 12:30). I woke up at 4:58 (2 minutes early) and got to the music hall by 5:30. I was planning to play for a bit on my pad before doing my real practice.

Dr. Super asked me the other day how long I could roll for. I approximated about 15 minutes (32nds at 110-120). This morning I decided to try. Here's how endurance drumming works:

Minutes -3->0 Warm Up. Just do a nice open->closed Long Roll. Take a break.

Minutes 1-3: You know you can do this, but it's been a while since you did so you start to feel some shoulder pain.

Minute 5: Beginning to tire

Minute 10: Hit a wall

Minute 11: Get through the wall

Minute 20: Break a sweat (at 65 F)

Minute 30: Pain begins to subside

Minute 57: Go all out for 3 minutes - 32nds at 140 bpm at 8-12"

Minute 61: Stop, get a drink.

Minute 63: Blog about it.

Yup. A 1 hour roll. Pretty sweet. No way I can do anything else, so I'm going to have breakfast.