This is for Friday and Saturday:



Blue skies:

My coach worked with me on choreography for my interp...we left my layout and most of my steps and stuff the same, he's just much better at body movement, connecting moves, and other little things I don't think of. Let's just say it was pretty damn funny watching my 38 yr old straight male coach choreograph a pretty sexy interp for a female skater. :laugh: But I seriously love what we've come up with!!

Flying camels are getting better and better!

I was jumping pretty good yesterday too for the most part (except for below)

Yesterday my rink didn't have ice (stupid hockey) so I went to another area rink...there were already a bunch of skaters in town for US Nationals and they were there practicing. Carol Heiss and Karen Kwan were there coaching, most of the skaters must have been novices or juniors because I didn't recognize most of them. Must be nice for Carol to be back home coaching on her old turf! Needless to say it was a pretty fun session.

Grey roof:

We lost ice today again (at the only rink w/Sunday ice) due to stupid hockey.

Lose all the ice this week at my rink due to US Nationals (it's the official practice rink), so I have to trek out to a different rink.

Lutzes. I was working on them yesterday and I keep coming up in my skating knee way too soon.

Sit-change-sit: Started out pretty blah yesterday (on the back sit), but they were getting better toward the end of my session yesterday.

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Glad I'm not the only one that finds the salchow totally confusing. I have to have my coach draw me the pattern on the ice so I know when I'm supposed to jump.

j

this is for yesterday:
Blue Skies: got my choreography! Good thing, as the competition is on 8 Feb!!!! Everything is nice in it (no Ina Bauer) and it goes really great!

Grey Roof: My spins were kinda crappy, as I'm under the weather with a virus. I was EXTREMELY COLD on the ice, didn't warm up (the only warm place on me was my toes cause I was wearing toastie toes in my boots). After I got off the ice, my stomach hurt a lot and I felt like hurling....

Music: instrumental version of Shakira's "Eyes like mine"

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Blue skies: Synchro formation program is coming together. We worked out some important kinks.

Grey roof: Synchro dance number. . . is still NOT FINISHED!!! I think there's about a minute and a half left to choreograph. And we have 3 practices left to do that before our competition. Needless to say I'm feeling rather stressed ou!

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Blue Skies:
Skated with a bunch (15 people!!!) of the adult skaters from my skating club at the Holiday Rink at Union Square. Not too early either (10am), nice and pretty empty. We went to the landmark Sear's Fine Foods for those famous Swedish pancakes with lingoberries afterwards.



(Note: Yes, it's a tourist trap. Most people don't bother going here b/c of the LOOOOONG lines and we're just too lazy to go in long lines! That said... for a tourist trap, price is not too bad. That said, almost everyone went for the pancakes. A few also risk their arteries for the bacon. And no, I was very good and didn't have any bacon there! )

And yes, we skated under blue skies, not windy and comfortably cool weather too!!!

Grey Roof:
Took a spill on the tailbone. Not too bad thankfully. Barely missed the bird doo-doo that was also on the ice though. (EWWWW!!! )

Holiday rink closing this week!!! (Which means that my home rink is gonna be even MORE crowded *sigh* Until at least after AN, I'm now going to the morning FS session on Friday now too... so that should take care of the need to skate on those crowded weekend sessions.)

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Cheers,
jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

I've always dreamed of skating outdoors, but never really thought of the risks...

The pancakes look yummy though - at least virtual pancakes won't hit the hips! (drool)