Monday was a pretty good skating day, so good that I had very sore muscles. I've ran through all my exercises for Adult Gold Skating Skills (the moves in the fields now are called skating skills) and for dance, and the Tenfox. I even took a fall and that is said to be proof that the skater works hard and pushes over comfort zone to be able to progress.
Wednesday was not so good, I was surely a little tired and it was crowded. It rained heavily and I guess people that couldn't do their activities outdoors, came in for a skate. I didn't feel safe to ran my usual exercises on the lenght of the rink, so I worked on spots. I did have breakthrough on the back spin that had up to then an inconsistent number of rotations and it always ended with loss of balance. Now I accidentally hit a strong inside edge on the spinning foot and the spin kept going, I was able to repeat it several times. Fingers crossed it will show up on the next test session. The forward spin is finally where it was 2 years ago when I started to look for new boots, is is crossed and centered. I see the strong skaters centering with the free foots extended and then crossing it, I cannot do that, I'm rushing to cross, I guess worrying to not lose my balance, but that is something I want to work on. I even try some change of foot spinning, with one successful try at low speed. I'm avoiding to spin too much as I still have a temporary mount on my blade. I'm still not jumping for the same reason. I also work on FI twizzles whenever I'm on ice. On my right leg, so counterclockwise rotation, I get 2 rotations (a tiny bit wobbly but improving). The left foot is stuck on 1 revolution. Like with all moves that are better on one side, I analyze the good side, the bad side and compare... I've realized that on the right foot I'm pressing in the boot and on the blade, on the back part of my arch, and on the left foot I cannot get an uniform pressing, and so, of course, I'm wobbly. I'm getting back to the idea that I have to have the left boot stretched a little more. It is slightly small and I feel my big toe is pushed towards the middle and I think that is why I cannot keep a constant pressure, for twizzles, but for obviously for everything else. As I'm going through all these, suddenly Wednesday doesn't sound so bad.
Friday morning I've called the bootfitter and he answered! (I called occasionally during the last 2 months and either he didn't answer, either our schedules didn't align) and we agreed to drop the boots after I skate and pick them up Saturday morning. Skating felt good, I ran all my usual exercises. I paid more attention to the twizzles and I've felt the same need to stretch the front of the left boot. I've remembered about the back spin very late, and... it was semi successful. I cannot wait until Monday to work on it again! And on twizzles, as I'll have the boot streatched.
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