Saturday Meh

 Well, practice this morning started out well and then it became increasingly underwhelming. And then it escalated to "painful to watch."

Movez - I ran through most of my moves and they felt okay, even the 8 step. But, the FI-BO turns were a total disaster today. I put a foot down after every backward turn. Not cool. I'm really frustrated because I know I can do them cleanly but for some reason lately, they are just gone. I skated around a bit giving myself a pep talk. I reminded myself that back in early January, I was still struggling to even get an LBO turn at all and that I have made progress despite how things look right now. It's okay if I need to give myself more time to get it consistent. Maybe an August test date looming over me is getting into my head and I need to consider pushing it back. Earlier this summer when I felt like I had loads of time, I was getting them turned consistently. But now that I know I only have a few weeks until the test I'm falling apart. I think it just needs more time to cook and taking the test after the new year might be a smart move if I want to, you know, actually pass and stuff. 

The 27 Program Challenge (8/27) - Honestly, I didn't feel like running my program today but I have a challenge to complete so I bucked up and started up my music. I fell on the opening jump combo, bailed on my Lutz combo (again), was dead slow on my step sequence, and almost ate shit on the final pose. Lovely. It's weird because my jumps, spins, and footwork were actually kind of nice this morning before I ran my program so I don't have an explanation for why it fell apart other than I was still in my head about testing. One positive is that I'm not as winded anymore when I'm running my program. I think running it every time I skate is helping with that.