I think everyone must be on vacation. The ice was almost as empty this afternoon as it typically is at seven in the morning. It was just me, my coach P, fellow adult skater G, and a couple of little kids. And they didn't kick us off at the end of the session, so P and I kept skating for about ten more minutes all by ourselves.
(The two little kids kept skating through my lesson, and about the third time they did, P gave their departing backs the stinkeye, muttered "Sometimes you just wanna..." and then kicked upward with her very sharp pointy toe pick. It was hilarious. Keep in mind that this woman is basically my 10-years-older doppelganger--the exact same hairstyle and color, same type of glasses, same build, I think she's a little taller--only even more apple-cheeked and innocent-looking, with huge bright blue eyes and a big smile. The incongruity was most amusing.)
Work was nuts today, and apparently when overwhelmed by email, my response is to skate like a bat out of hell. I'm pretty sure I qualified as a speed skater for most of my warm up; I know at one point I did the entire long side in five seconds flat. I wasn't too shabby at the power stroking either, at least the forward one. (I haven't done back power stroking in a few months because the Franklin rink was so crowded I was afraid I'd run into someone if I went backwards at more than a snail's pace, so that was...less good.) "Power" is one of the qualities the MITF tests look for, so I need to try and remember that feeling.
It continued through my lesson, which was nice. P said she's usually chivvying her students to go faster in the crossovers, among other things, but didn't have to do that with me. Same with edges; I still have issues making all the lobes the same size, but apparently the power and "flow" (another key word) are good.
The less said about the Waltz 8 the better. Uuuuugh. Maybe if I steal the cones they use in LTS and use them as markers I might get it into the right shape. Probably I'd just run into the cones and fall down, because it still seems determined to be a freeform squiggle.
(The two little kids kept skating through my lesson, and about the third time they did, P gave their departing backs the stinkeye, muttered "Sometimes you just wanna..." and then kicked upward with her very sharp pointy toe pick. It was hilarious. Keep in mind that this woman is basically my 10-years-older doppelganger--the exact same hairstyle and color, same type of glasses, same build, I think she's a little taller--only even more apple-cheeked and innocent-looking, with huge bright blue eyes and a big smile. The incongruity was most amusing.)
Work was nuts today, and apparently when overwhelmed by email, my response is to skate like a bat out of hell. I'm pretty sure I qualified as a speed skater for most of my warm up; I know at one point I did the entire long side in five seconds flat. I wasn't too shabby at the power stroking either, at least the forward one. (I haven't done back power stroking in a few months because the Franklin rink was so crowded I was afraid I'd run into someone if I went backwards at more than a snail's pace, so that was...less good.) "Power" is one of the qualities the MITF tests look for, so I need to try and remember that feeling.
It continued through my lesson, which was nice. P said she's usually chivvying her students to go faster in the crossovers, among other things, but didn't have to do that with me. Same with edges; I still have issues making all the lobes the same size, but apparently the power and "flow" (another key word) are good.
The less said about the Waltz 8 the better. Uuuuugh. Maybe if I steal the cones they use in LTS and use them as markers I might get it into the right shape. Probably I'd just run into the cones and fall down, because it still seems determined to be a freeform squiggle.
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