LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Mia Thermopohits, Little Miss Mayhem and Absolut Zero are lacing up when we arrive. They seem tough, decked out in elbow and knee pads, helmets and roller skates. The gym at the Lincoln Sports Foundation is empty, and as Thermopohits helps me lace up my skates, Mayhem and Zero take warm up laps around the neon-green taped rink on the ground. Their skate wheels thud thud thud as they cross over every floor tile.
They’re also whizzing by so quickly it makes my photographer, Matthew Mittlieder, a little dizzy to follow them around the track with the camera.
I ponder what my skater name would be…