Humira: Gave myself my first shot on Tuesday. It wasn't as bad as I thought it might be; basically it's akin to an allergy shot that has the needle stay in the skin about twice as long. I got some post-injection fatigue that day and the next, but it went away. I had a very bad pain day on Thursday, set off by two hours of my worst trigger, ( Read more... )

Ugh. I got distracted talking to P before the freestyle session started yesterday and got on the ice with my blade guards on. I was hanging on to the boards with my left hand and managed to sort of let myself down gently, so it didn't hurt at the time. Today: OUCH. My whole left side is screaming at me ( Read more... )

Forward camel into beginning forward layback spin:

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Forward camel into layback spin from Skater on Vimeo.

Waltz/half-loop/Salchow jump sequence (aka the very awkward one I mentioned a few weeks ago):

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Waltz, half loop, Salchow jump sequence from Skater on Vimeo.

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My lesson with our local spin doctor went well, although I find it incredibly ironic that after all this PT to strengthen and learn how to use my butt muscles, the biggest thing keeping me from a back spin is...I don't use my butt muscles. *facepalm ( Read more... )

We had a guest coach for the adult edges class today, a Russian fellow whose background is, I believe, in pairs. It was nifty. He had us do really clean, deep versions of alternating forward crossovers, and for the example, he started on the goal line about a third of the way from the wall (his axis was a bit further in than the one on the hockey ( Read more... )

A couple things I've been working on: Pancake and tuck spins. Or, "finally, spins where my natural inclination to turn my free hip out works to my advantage!"

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Pancake and Tuck Spins from Skater on Vimeo.

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I'm going to be the only person competing in my level at the competition in three weeks. It'll be like an exhibition with a medal at the end ( Read more... )

For those of you wondering what it would look like in person, here's the dress for my program: ( under the cut )

Woo-hoo! Today I did my whole program, to the music, and was finally comfortable enough with the steps that I could make minor adjustments to hit everything on time, from the waltz jump that landed nicely on a beat, to getting the windup done for my camel-sit spin just before the music swelled, to starting the footwork sequence on time and ending ( Read more... )