Just as I was saying in the previous post, last month I was so busy, there was no time or energy for skating. That is except last week... I was so exhausted that I took a day off work and I got to go skating.
I went to my home rink on a 1.5 hours session. I had the time to re-lace the boots and play with the blade alignment. One of my friends/ occasional instructor was skating too. He approached me to compliment on my improvement! I was surprised... At this point I haven't skated for 2 months... and I haven't really trained the last 2 years... But my friend said I look confident and down in my knees. Well, it was such a needed bust of positivity! Then I got to skate once more last week. It was still good skating, only I developed a blister.
I still have struggles to overcome. Firstly I need to have the blade professionally aligned. The screws need to be moved, so new hole drilled, old holes covered. I cannot do that myself and I would be afraid to decide on my own where to put the new screws. It's long story, maybe I'll have time to write a separate post while the boot alignment happens, so I'll have a record of all the accumulated knowledge. I've decided to go to my old bootfitter/ sharpener, not the one that helped with the custom boots, because he is closer and less busy. I think they are equally capable. He has a $90 fee for coming for an hour on ice and adjust the blade on the spot.
I still have to build the skating muscles.
Mostly, I have to figure out a skating schedule. Honestly, this is mostly a life balancing problem, so yeah... I need to figure that out.
