Down with the flu

Well, it turns out that there is another thing that gets in the way of being able to skate every day.... catching the flu.

On Wednesday, I had my "pickup lesson" per usual - although it wasn't "usual" because Will was out with a pulled muscle so his skating partner did it instead. She's a stickler for body alignment, so we spent the 15 minutes (it was more like 20) working specifically on my body placement - and it actually helped a LOT with some of the backwards stuff. When I found out that Anna would be doing my lesson, I was scared sh*tless, but it all turned out good! I was really looking forward to practicing with these new alignments on Thursday. They made a huge difference and I could really tell things were falling into place.

Then on Thursday, I promptly got the flu.... and it went to my chest... and it wasn't until today that I started feeling good again.

Damn.

I'm going to try to skate tomorrow, and we will see how long my lungs hold out.