Monday. I went to the new rink, the hockey house, and... I'm quite happy. We were only 4 skaters on ice, I was able to go through all my patterns and exercises without any interference. There are some inconveniences... It starts at 11am so I have 1 hour less time for work in the morning compared to when going to the 12pm session from the other rink. Also they had country music that I never listen to, I could go as far and say that I dislike it, but the rhythm is actually mostly waltzy, and that I like, so as long as I ignore the lyrics it's not tragic. In time I probably could use the earbuds and listen to my own music, though I don't think they are very good at noise canceling. For now I rather don't wear them for safety reasons too. The blade alignment... not perfect but not bad... I did get tired, I left 10 minutes early, but I did lots of skating. The protein powder I bough to help with muscle recovery it's nauseatingly sweet and gave me a little stomach pain, so much for a quick vegan protein fix. I'm thinking to try and mix it with oats and fruits.
Tuesday: I was thinking for a while now that I would like a lesson so I can get my coach's opinion on blade alignment. He will be able to see if some of my difficulties are actually technique/ body alignment problems and not blade alignment problems. The only thing is that I want to be in reasonable shape (not very tired, and not very hesitant) so I can show him full MITF exercises so he has enough to make an opinion. I know I cannot skate on Friday, so I thought let's try and skate on Tuesday, and if it goes well enough, have break on Wednesday and maybe set a lesson for Thursday. I went again o the new rink and while it wasn't crowded, there were 3 adults that took over specific patches of ice, like circles or lines, and a child, pretty good figure skater, that was going fast and not watching. I was not able to run my exercises on the full length of the rink, then mid session, I've got tired. Overall it wasn't a bad skating day, it just not left me confident enough to set a lesson. The boots felt pretty good, the left one feels not straight in whatever way I move the blade and that makes me think again that the boot may be too short, even if I'm not hurting, I may not be able to push into the blade effectively test, and I may have to punch it again.
Thursday: I did go skating and the one thing to report is that I am not feeling so tired anymore.
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