The Chicago Outfit’s first home game of the season is coming up this Saturday, April 26th, so that means it’s time to meet some of our newest skaters! Read on to learn more about Sugar McMayhem and her Mighty Girls.
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Sugar McMayhem and two of her Mighty Girls.
by Hip Czech
I thought about trying out for The Chicago Outfit for over a year before finally deciding to do it. As a mom of two kids working full time as a librarian, it seemed daunting to add the commitment a roller derby team requires (including several practices a week, and hours running and promoting the league) on top of my already packed schedule. Would I have enough time for my kids? My husband? Would I have enough time to kick back, or even enjoy a glass of wine every now and then?
Last Fall however I finally decided: this was it! I didn’t want to have any regrets or grow old wondering “what if…?” I signed up for the Chicago Outfit tryouts in December 2012. Luckily, I passed and started attending practices at the beginning of this year, not knowing really what to expect or whether I’ll be able to balance everything. Or if my life would slide into complete chaos…
Generally speaking, yoga moms don’t come home with impact bruises. Zumba moms don’t have a cadre of friends who call them by a different name – possibly one implying violence and/or debauchery. And it’s usually frowned upon when PTA moms knock each other down. Derby moms are a breed unto themselves, and the Outfit boasts its share of hard-skating, life-juggling, attending-parent-teacher-conferences-with-rink-rash supermoms. The other moms at school or around the neighborhood can’t believe we play roller derby; we have trouble understanding why they don’t.
I asked the Outfit moms to share the good, the bad and the hilariously awkward moments of balancing derby with parenthood – that time we caught our toddler trying on our mouth guard, or when a little one learned to read and asked exactly what a teammate’s derby name meant. Here are a few of our favorite #derbymomproblems, from some of our favorite Chicago Outfit derby moms…. Read more
“Hi, mom, it’s me, Kevin. I just wanted to see how roller derby was, and did you do good, and see if everybody did the whip….”
