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Mar. 5th, 2019 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeWent ice skating last night.
The public skate starts at 7 and I got there around 7:10. There were some hockey dudes on the ice and they must have told them they could have the ice until someone showed up for public skate, which was me. Then they took a while to resurface because they had to put gas in the zamboni. Someone else showed up to skate so I didn't feel so bad about kicking the hockey dudes off the ice.
The other person only stayed for about 20 minutes so I had the entire rink to myself for about an hour which was fucking awesome. I spent most of that time skating right to get used to it and it worked because my left hip is sore today in a "good solid workout but not too much" way
The lesson I took last week definitely helped, I can now stop on the right side and kinda stop with both feet like a figure skater. I can't stop on the left side yet, although I got close.
I also practiced skating backwards and I did a lap of the rink that felt like pulling teeth and then there was about 15 feet where it clicked and I was gaining speed and it felt perfect and easy skating backwards before it went back to a struggle. So I'm getting there!
I can now do right crossovers 75% of the time, although they aren't pretty, but I know I hit this point with my left crossovers three or four skate sessions ago, so I'm on the right track.
I've got my lesson tomorrow night and I'm not sure if I want to skate Friday night at that rink, I don't know how busy it gets. I might just skate saturday afternoon and maybe workout thursday night instead. This weekend is also NWHL and CWHL playoffs so I want to time my skate around the games that are streamed. I'll be making a post about those games in a bit.
I gotta say, it was awesome being the only person in the rink. Despite how cold it was, I worked up enough of a sweat to take my coat off. It was great.
The public skate starts at 7 and I got there around 7:10. There were some hockey dudes on the ice and they must have told them they could have the ice until someone showed up for public skate, which was me. Then they took a while to resurface because they had to put gas in the zamboni. Someone else showed up to skate so I didn't feel so bad about kicking the hockey dudes off the ice.
The other person only stayed for about 20 minutes so I had the entire rink to myself for about an hour which was fucking awesome. I spent most of that time skating right to get used to it and it worked because my left hip is sore today in a "good solid workout but not too much" way
The lesson I took last week definitely helped, I can now stop on the right side and kinda stop with both feet like a figure skater. I can't stop on the left side yet, although I got close.
I also practiced skating backwards and I did a lap of the rink that felt like pulling teeth and then there was about 15 feet where it clicked and I was gaining speed and it felt perfect and easy skating backwards before it went back to a struggle. So I'm getting there!
I can now do right crossovers 75% of the time, although they aren't pretty, but I know I hit this point with my left crossovers three or four skate sessions ago, so I'm on the right track.
I've got my lesson tomorrow night and I'm not sure if I want to skate Friday night at that rink, I don't know how busy it gets. I might just skate saturday afternoon and maybe workout thursday night instead. This weekend is also NWHL and CWHL playoffs so I want to time my skate around the games that are streamed. I'll be making a post about those games in a bit.
I gotta say, it was awesome being the only person in the rink. Despite how cold it was, I worked up enough of a sweat to take my coat off. It was great.
