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Skating podcast!
Allison Manley, an awesome adult skater, has started a skating podcast where she interviews skaters, officials and behind-the-scenes type people. I listened to her first one with Kurt Browning and I really enjoyed it. Check it out!http://web.mac.com/ -
Monthly update
After I passed Junior Moves on Jan. 30, I started working on my program for Adult Eastern Sectionals. I had five weeks to put my program together and practice like crazy. And what was the first thing I did ( Read more... ) -
Hooray!
I PASSED JUNIOR MOVES!!! WHEE!!!The warm up went pretty well. I couldn't do the power pull-quick rocker pattern very well, but I did a few slow exercises and then got off. I wasn't too nervous ( Read more... ) -
phew!
The test session was originally planned for the 15th - EEP - but they moved it back to the 30th! Thank goodness. I had almost a week and a half off the ice from the holidays, I was a sloth and ate unhealthily and gained a few pounds. So at least I have a few more weeks to work back up to the full test. I did a full runthrough for my lesson on ( Read more... ) -
hooray
I switched around my axel takeoff, and I landed 4 clean axels today! Instead of doing the reverse S pattern, I did a simple two-foot glide, straight down the blue line, slowly, and then stepped forward. I landed two back-to-back perfectly, then the next I dropped my shoulders forward and had to step out, and the next one I landed fine, and then had ( Read more... ) -
sigh.
Well, I didn't pass my Junior MIF on Friday ( Read more... ) -
Moving right along
Axel update: I landed a clean one last Friday. And none since. :P Oh well. At least I got it on video ( Read more... ) -
am horrible skate blogger, not v. good
I really must apologize to any readers left out there for my lack of blogging. You see, I leave my regular LJ signed in because most of my friends are friend-only, so I have to sign in to read their entries. I also have precious little time for updates, so that all-encompassing journal gets them more frequently. I have not abandoned you, I swear ( Read more... ) -
moves ahoy
Ugh. I hate summer skating. The ice is terrible and choppy from the super-crowded sessions before mine, and I'm always exhausted because it's way earlier than I usually get up. And I've had a really hard time skating more than twice a week. Consequently, my legs felt like lead today and I couldn't do a lutz. Bah ( Read more... )