OK - so the honeymoon is over - I just had my first practice that didn't go well, hurt a lot, and was really frustrating. In other words, the hard work is beginning.
I spent the morning working on evening out my stroking and then doing the edge control exercises. I discovered almost immediately that my hips hurt, my shins hurt, and pretty much everything was harder because of that. The ice was really crowded this morning too, which hyped up my already overactive intimidation gene. Sigh - I knew this wouldn't be all hearts-and-flowers... I just didn't expect reality to hit so soon! Hell, it's only been a little over a week!!!
For some reason, I just couldn't find my center of balance today on the stroking exercises. The effortless smooth skating from Friday last week devolved into windmilling arms, poor posture, and a lot of embarrassing moments. Of course, the most logical thing to do when you are having balance issues is to do those finicky edge control exercises (NOT) so after half an hour of unsatisfying skating, I switched over the the edge exercises... and didn't have much more luck. The ruptured duck was back on the ice, in spades.
I guess this is just one of those mornings where the magic doesn't happen. I want to chalk it up to everything hurting and making me respond strangely... at least I hope it's that and not that I just had a lucky week last week and the reality of my cluelessness is returning. We will see - but I can tell that the honeymoon is over and the real work has begun.
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