Sometimes Love Hurts

I love skating! I mean, duh. Why else would I do a thing where I risk injury every time I step on the ice? Today, though? Well, it was just one of those days where every thing hurt. Every.little.thing! It was so difficult to get anything done this morning because my left leg was throbbing. Just doing a simple 3-turn was really painful. On top of the leg pain, I was having a very difficult time catching my breath (mild asthma). It was all super discouraging and left me utterly exhausted by the time I left the ice. But, I did work on stuff so it wasn't a total loss.

Spinz - Nothing was centered today. That's pretty typical of how I usually skate but today was especially "travely."

Jumpz - I worked on all of my jumps. In fact, I think the bulk of this morning's practice was jumps (oddly, they didn't hurt as much as the spins). My jump sequence completely left me, though, which is not surprising since 2/3 of the jumps land forward on my left toe pick. Salchows and salchow-toe loop combos were fine as were my loop jumps. I just hope everything comes back to me by Saturday.

Compulsoriez - I ran this a couple of times and, with the exception of the jump sequence being wonky today, this is just fine. It may just be the only thing I'm kind of confident about.

Programz - I didn't feel like running my music today (don't tell my coach) but I did run pretty large sections of the program and spent some time working on those transitions to/from the various elements. If anything improved today, it was the transitions. Those feel pretty comfortable now. I even worked out what to do if I end my spin facing the wrong direction so that's one fewer thing to worry about.

I guess we all have good days and bad days. Today was bad but I know the next time I get on the ice it will be better.