Great Skate!

Practiced today for 45 minutes. Great skate!!! Went towards the end of a long public session, and the ice was much better than expected. I was the only one on the ice for the first ten minutes I was there. :)

Edges: All of my edges were there! and BI edges are coming along, a little shaky though. FI and FO were great!!

Mohawks: A bit scratchy with the R to L weight transfer. Still beautiful L to R.

FXO's. Steppy today. I don't seem to have as good of flow with CW. I think it is a mental block more than anything. Keeping knees bent helps a lot.

BXO's: Fell once on these, but that's a good thing. I got right back up and tried the same maneuver. Scratchy with the cross. CCW feels a bit more comfortable now. I just have to look behind me and keep my head and arms up!

Spins: a couple of good two-foot spins, nice and centered. If I don't keep my upper body stiff, my spins travel and I wobble all over the place. I just have to remind myself to keep my core strong and my shoulders square.

Stroking, etc: I have been practicing dips and stroking with the knees waaaay bent...good quad workout! Also tried a spiral...it's only at hip length. and sorta did a "shoot the duck". The other day, I tried a few "bunny hops" which are kinda fun, but feel very unnatural.

Great skate overall. Just as I was taking my skates off, someone came on to the intercom and ordered everyone to evacuate the building immediately. Turns out there was an ammonia leak in the building. Very dangerous stuff to breathe! It even ended up being breaking news.

I can't wait until next monday for another class. It's been almost 3 weeks!!! The make up session with be one week after that. Then onto Adult 4!

Foggy Skate

Someone left the door open....
Dry, hot summer air + damp cool rink air = FOG!
It was definitely the most humid place in the state of Utah. I don't mind the humidity, but the fog was very thick and I could barely see people across the Olympic sized rink. It was distracting and I had a less than pleasant skate.

My backwards edges have dissappeared. I don't know if I am afraid of falling, or just having an "off" week. Please come back soon LBO and RBO edges! LFO and RFO are good - and my RFO has greatly improved, including the leg extension.

First BIG fall!!! I was doing a BXO going CCW and completely tripped over myself leaving me landing on my butt and my two feet straight in the air!!! It was a slow-motion kind of fall, but left me stunned for a few seconds. And I luckily thought to lift my head slightly during the fall, saving it from cracking on the ice. At least I made it through my first really nasty fall. Slightly sore, but definitely OK.

BXO going CW are coming along nicely! Arms still flailing at times to keep my balance, but looking and feeling better. CCW are lagging. My "knock=knees" may make things more difficult, but definitely NOT impossible. :) Anyone else have "knock-knees" or are the opposite: "bow-legged"?

Found a cool "glow in the dark" skating session held weekly at a rink about an hour away. I'm going to try to convince my husband to go along with it. Sounds like it might be fun...maybe dangerous?? I'm picturing a rink that is pitch black with glowsticks swirling around the rink....

Crossing fingers for a better skate tomorrow...