I'll have one of everything, please.

Ooof. Today was one of those really sore days for me. Everything I did on the ice hurt except for MIF so, obviously, I spent more time on those than anything else. Ouch. Today will be a Motrin day for sure.

Movez - Started with forward and backward edges as a warm-up then moved right into the Circle 8. Nothing groundbreaking but at least it's not getting worse. Perimeter Power Stroking felt easy today, especially the end pattern which was controlled and flowed well. Alternating BX-BO also felt okay. The session today was lightly populated so I felt good about working on these. Power Three Turns were just okay. I started them on the blue line doing both sides before I moved them out to the perimeter to do the full pattern. I'm still struggling with power on these. I'm doing the move but they lack the push and drive that I think the judges are looking for. Finally, the Five Step Mohawks. I made sure to count in my head so that they had an even cadence and I made the lobes bigger so that I had to squeeze the fifth one in. I guess I could just do four nice big lobes instead of five. Oddly, these actually feel like they have some power to them. They just feel good and I really like working on them.

Spinz - Started out with one-foot and two-foot spins and then started working on program spins. Ok, the sit spin isn't going to happen anytime soon. Let's be real here. My ankle is so stiff that I really just don't see a recognizable sit spin happening in time for the competition in about 8 weeks. I thought maybe I could switch it out and do a camel spin in its place but I only got one half of a revolution and it wasn't pretty. So...I can either keep working on the camel or I can revert back to the original program spins and do a two-foot spin and then a scratch spin at the end. I'll have to talk to Christopher about that. But, I did practice the other spin entry (RFI three turn and step forward) and that's getting better. Backspins also got worked on. Again, nothing Earth shattering with these but at least they are not backsliding.

Jumpz - Every jump I did today hurt. Every single one. I really didn't want to push it but I at least wanted to say I worked on everything. In particular, I spent some time at the boards with the toe loop trying to unwaltz it. Only one out of the many I did out on open ice was a proper toe loop. But hey, I'll take it. Loop jumps were easier from the backward crossover entry today and not so much from the RFI entry. I threw some salchows, waltz jumps, falling leafs (leaves?), and half flips in there as well.

So yeah, I pretty much touched on everything today but didn't really spend a lot of time on any one thing. I really just wanted to get off the ice before I hurt myself.