Monday, February 9, 2009

Mondays are so hard....

I am SO not a morning person. Getting my sorry ass out of bed at 5am is bad enough, but on Monday's, it's nearly impossible. I struggled this morning, but eventually I did get out of bed and get moving. Once I'm actually out the door, I guess the body just realizes that I'm NOT going back to bed and stops fighting :)

Not a bad workout today. I concentrated on the skating backwards stuff that Will wants me focusing on more. The lesson on Friday was a real eye opener - I really got the hang of where my problems were, and after today I can say (with a straight face) that I'm getting it.

At the end of the practice, I went back over the Dutch Waltz some more. It's supposed to take up the WHOLE length of the ice, and I always come up about 30% short of the end. It's the only time I've ever NOT been able to fill up a space. Back in my dancing days, two jumps and I was already against the far wall of the studio... that was always a problem for me because I'm so tall. On skates, however, I don't seem to have the problem, and am really having to WORK to get the pattern to end up at the other end of the rink, and not way short of it.

More to work on, I suppose.... there's ALWAYS more. :)

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