Rusty Blades
02-21-2006, 09:50 PM
An excerpt from my skating journal (http://www.geocities.com/diannebest/skating/intro.html), returning to ice after 36 years away, 17 hours ice-time now:
My one-footed glides off the T-starts were much better, much longer than last session. My circles weren’t toooo bad but not great. As the ice got busier, I had to move away from the faceoff circle and started doing tighter circles in the end zone. Hum, these inside and outside circles are getting better - I am getting more comfortable on a single edge! As the night progressed, I started doing inside alternating scallops and outside alternating scallops down the ice and starting to feel smooth and confident on my edges again. I tried some inside 8's and outside 8's as well and by the time I left the rink I had a BIG smile on my face - YES! I can feel it again, I can feel it coming back! WAHOO!
For the first time in 36 years I began to feel like a SKATER again, not just a tottering on broad on ice! I AM THRILLED!
My one-footed glides off the T-starts were much better, much longer than last session. My circles weren’t toooo bad but not great. As the ice got busier, I had to move away from the faceoff circle and started doing tighter circles in the end zone. Hum, these inside and outside circles are getting better - I am getting more comfortable on a single edge! As the night progressed, I started doing inside alternating scallops and outside alternating scallops down the ice and starting to feel smooth and confident on my edges again. I tried some inside 8's and outside 8's as well and by the time I left the rink I had a BIG smile on my face - YES! I can feel it again, I can feel it coming back! WAHOO!
For the first time in 36 years I began to feel like a SKATER again, not just a tottering on broad on ice! I AM THRILLED!