Wednesday:
On the fist steps on ice I was very aware that the left boot is shorter, but it wasn't hurting, so I tried to ignore it. The blade is definitely not aligned well, I cannot get quickly on an outside edge on the left foot. The good news is that the right foot (the bad foot in the past) gets on the outside edge quite well. The high toe box is annoying in the sense that after each push the tongue has space to lower and hit my toes. It is annoying but not hurting. I will see only later if this extra space will affect the back turns. Overall I skated just around 15 minutes, I spent some time readjusting the blade
Thursday:
I knew from the day before that I cannot move the blade more towards where I feel I need it, without moving the screws, and that I won't do myself. So, in preparation to my next trip to the bootfitter, I basically have to decide if I needed punching out the left toe. So I decided to skate freely, push into the ankles to break in the boots, and forget the alignment for now. I just wanted to see if the left big toe is gonna hurt. The takeout from this session is how much I missed skating! Even with the blades not aligned I could go fast and have some control. At the end of the session my feet were cramping, so I may need punching after all, but on both boots? The right boot I feel fits well. I'll figure it out next week!
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