Back to Reality

I had an amazing weekend at the Canadian Championships! There were disappointments, surprises, and sensational thrills all around! I got to high-five the pairs medallists and got my picture taken with Asher Hill. I watched Weaver and Poje do a program run-through in their track pants. I saw Amelie Lacoste an Myriane Samson watch the first flight of their events from the stands. Most of the events delivered in the excitement category and it finished with thrilling back-to-back performances from Shawn Sawyer and Patrick Chan.

Yesterday it was back to reality for me as I came home and got back on the ice, only to recall that I can't skate nearly as well as the skaters I was admiring all weekend. Sigh.

With the Christmas holidays and the preparation for Canadians, I haven't done much blogging about my own skating. It's been up and down. I didn't get to skate much during the holiday and although the break was good for my joints it wasn't terribly good for my jumps and spins. I had some real inability to do camel spins and back sit spins there for a while, but they seem to have returned somewhat. I've been building back up my confidence in my jumps and working on better speed and technique. My spirals are not too bad and I can do pretty good leg pulls on forward or backward edges. My three turns are still a bit wobbly especially backward insides (I hate those ones). I started learning Jr. Bronze Skills and the coach teaches it a bit different than the pattern posted on the Skate Canada website.

My program is coming together although it has been a month since my coach cut the music and we still haven't finished choreographing it! 2:39 is actually a lot of time to fill. I'm registered in a competition in just under a month so I would like to get it finished. Although, I just found out there's only one other woman in my category so that's kind of taking the excitement out of it for me. I'm sewing my own dress and I just have to make some small tweaks here and there, then put some decorations on it and it will be done.

I signed up for an adult ballet class thinking it would be good for my posture and flexibility, but I hurt my foot in the second class and I'm not really enjoying it as much as I hoped I would. Good thing the instructor is a childhood friend of mine and such a good teacher, that I will stick it out. Plus I want my money's worth :P

On Thursday we are having a competition simulation that I will attend. It should be interesting because my dress and program are not finished! I hope it is not too embarrassing!