Warm-upz - I ran 2 laps, walked 1, then did some dynamic stretching until it was time to go downstairs and lace up. On the ice, I did my typical warm up including several passes of BI 3 turns on both sides. I'm proud to say that I've made a lot of progress with these. The RBI 3 turns are consistently good and now my LBI 3 turns have finally caught up. I didn't have a single foot down on any of them today! Once CSI is over, I'll start working on the BO 3 turns again. It's been a while. I also did a couple laps of the forward and backward cross strokes from Silver Moves. These are feeling more natural. The backward cross strokes used to feel steppy but I think I'm finding my groove with these now. I jumped a bit and did some spinning before moving on to my programs.
Compulsoriez - I ran through my compulsory routine a couple of times reminding myself to keep the speed going because I would be disappointed in myself if I did a nice routine but then got deductions for going over the time limit. The BI 3 turns were okay and a tried my best to hold and extend on those exit edges and to not rush through the whole thing. Jumps were nice and the sit spin at the end was centered (albeit still squatty).
Free Skatez - I didn't run it with the music but I did run the whole thing and it went well. I was still struggling with the final attitude spin (I'm not sure why this one element has completely abandoned me but if I struggle with it at the competition, I'll just turn it into a scratch spin). I worked on spins a bit to make sure I'm holding those entry edges and getting things centered. I had some really good spins today!
I had a chance to look at the schedule for the competition and to see who my fellow competitors are and I'm pleased to see some familiar names. There are only 4 of us competing in the Bronze Compulsory Moves event but there are 7 of us registered for Bronze Free Skate! That's exciting! It's never fun to compete alone. I'm excited to see my skating friends next week and to cheer them on as they skate their programs. This is what I love about skating: it is such a supportive community and competitions are so fun and not at all stuffy. We all cheer for each other and genuinely want our competitors to do well. We all feed off of that positive energy and come home feeling like a winner regardless of our results. So nice!
So yeah, overall, it was a pretty good practice and I'm feeling more and more confident going into this competition next weekend. I'm just going to keep on keepin' on and feeling good about overcoming whatever the hell was going on with my skating these past couple of months. I'm finally feeling like a badass again :)
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