Workin' The Moves

Today's lesson with JJ on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Gilbert, as usual.  Nice, ice, only 4 or 5 skaters.  Michelle was working on her Christmas program -- Josh Groban's "Believe"... one of my favorites!

Today's lesson:

• FXO-BXO Perimeter Stroking -- another time trial.  This one was 1:15.  That's better than the previous 1:22 but not as good as the best so far, 1:12 (or 1:10?  I gotta check!).  Bleah.
• BXOs to BO edges -- most of the lesson on these.  The thing I wasn't getting was that the BXO needs to be nice and deliberate and drawn out... not rushed.  We also reviewed the pattern.  I am sooooo slow at these!  It makes me want to scream.  Fortunately it also makes me want to fix them.  It's just kind of daunting.  I have a hard time watching while doing these and I get nervous I'll clobber somebody.

I couldn't stay and skate the 2nd session as I had an early work meeting.  Grrr.