Last month was another transitional month. As I slightly injured my ankle in September, and I took 2 weeks off, I had to rebuild my skating schedule and my muscles in October.
The muscles building process is a pain again, like... giving me pain and making me feel tired both in muscles and in energy (I suspect mostly from the pain). I do more or less skating 3 times per week plus the lesson, and I also take now (kind of like power) yoga once a week. I guess it was too much after coming from a 2 week of almost rest.
To add to the pain, I'm building a bit of frustration, because my goal is to test the Tenfox, hopefully this year. That forces me to work mostly on Tenfox, and while I'm progressing, it is a slow progress and I'm not getting much enjoyment and balance in my skating. That is my old story, as old as the building muscle pain.
The available ice time is Monday, Wednesday, Friday, the yoga is Wednesday morning and the lesson was Thursday, but I moved it to Tuesday to avoid the yoga leg burn before my lesson. It worked better 2 weeks ago, only, last week I couldn't skate on Friday, so this week I got too tired on Monday and it affected the lesson.
Looking ahead, I have 2 work trips and then there is Thanksgiving. I see that I have 2 choices, either to push through tiredness and frustration and keep working at the Tenfox, either to pull back and take a more balance and more pleasant approach to my skating.
At this very moment, I feel I want to push the Tenfox, because it feels close to testing. I think pulling back would left me as disappointed if not more, as the frustration I feel now. If I won't be able to push,
