Mid month update

This is the second week without skating... But let me finish telling you what two weeks ago happened. I approached that week with the intention on working on the training process. That's what I've done on Monday, read about it here. Then, the rest of the week was kind of blah...

On Monday, after the session I skated on my own, I also had my private lesson. I lately added a second lesson on Thursday and they were all focusing on the Ten Fox. But as I haven't registered for the test, I felt I could use half the time for dance, half for something else. On Thursday the week before, I had some instruction on figures, question about the Foxtrot mohawk, then dance. This Monday (2 weeks ago) I wanted my coach to see the new 3-turns (with the free foot kept out) from the Pre-Juvenile moves pattern. They were mostly ok. The first correction was to use the upper body twist more (watching to align one arm towards the center of the circle). The second correction was that on some of the back turns, I wasn't turning on the back of the blade. So, with the back at the side board, I was instructed to "feel" the blade as I was turning. That helped a lot. Then we worked on the Ten Fox, but I don't remember much, I think it was on the right track.

Tuesday I don't usually skate. With the training process in my mind I happened to come across an article about muscle recovery. I was reading and experimenting about that a lot last year, as I was having muscle pain often. And I've decided that, at least for now, it feels that I work hard enough on Mondays, that I would need the Tuesday to rest and allow the muscles to build. But this particular Tuesday I was having a meeting around the skating rink anyhow, and I would have been able to squeeze in an hour on the studio rink. I don't feel that I put that much effort when I'm in the studio. But the ice wasn't done... again. My plan was to do figures and the ice was really not usable for that. Of course I could have done other things, like jumps, but being that I plan my effort for the whole week and try to pace myself and rest the muscle, it's not easy to switch. They offered to do the ice then, but 15 minutes were gone already, they would have take 15 minutes more to do the ice and then the ice would have been wet, and I couldn't have seen my tracing for figures anyhow. They said I can stay longer, only, I couldn't, I had the meeting... I feel very conflicted about this "adult only, cheep ice". I'm trying to keep things in perspective... especially nowadays, how I would love to have that ice, or a frozen puddle in the backyard. But at that particular point in time, the perspective was different. I was trying to "train" using a process... It doesn't matter to me that ice slot is cheaper then usually. I arranged my work around that ice, and my sleep, because it is not so busy. But I put a big effort into it. And the staff, chooses to not have the ice done, because only one skater skated before (member of the staff, not on scheduled ice time and for free too), and it didn't make sense to redo the ice after just one skater. Well, then don't let unscheduled skaters on ice... I don't know... perspective changes by the day.

Wednesday I went to my regular session but I was upset about the previous day. I was trying to shake the negative emotions and try to think of training process. It didn't work. A friend was visiting from out of state and we talked for a while. The new virus was already making headlines so that may have unconsciously affecting my mood too. I've also knew I wouldn't be able to have a lesson the next day as I had another work meeting I had to do so I couldn't find any motivation to push the skating.

Thursday, no skating.

Friday, rinks were starting to close for fear of the spreading the corona virus, not my rink. I went skating and there were many of the regulars skating, but the mood was gloomy. I kind of don't remember my skating...

Saturday and Sunday there were rumors of my rink keeping some session on, then off, then on, then it closed...

Last week I stayed mostly in the house, I did a quick trip to the grocery store, and I was lucky to be keep my appointment for spaying neutering at Anti Cruelty for 3 cats. It was their last day open. I had an appointment for this week for another 3 cats but that's gonna be postponed indefinitely...

Starting with last weekend, all my state is going into quarantine for 2 weeks, until April 7th...