Back To The Beat

My lesson with JJ on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Gilbert.  I was on freshly-sharpened blades (had them done last Saturday and hadn't skated in them yet :-() but they were pretty much okay.  The session was relatively crowded (about 9 skaters and 4 or 5 coaches).  The ice was kinda stinky, which is rather unusual for Gilbert. 

Today's lesson:

• Time trial --we ran the FXO-BXO perimeter Bronze move and I had my best time in a while -- 1:02!  Maybe that's my best time ever, I've not checked yet.  If it's not it's close.  Awesome!  I didn't feel like I was going particularly fast so I'll ascribe the improvement to getting the BXO part down better.
• Program -- we spent most of our time getting back into my "Battle for the Beat" program after a couple of months away.  We ran the first part of the program a few times... I am definitely getting more power, I was going rather faster through the opening which might actually throw my timing off.  We then ran the second part a couple of times and it was a bit rough.  Toe loop still not too great.  There will definitely be some cleanup to do.
• Salchow -- just a little time on these at the end, working on improving my timing a bit.  I managed to hold the BI edge longer but then it got me confused as to when to jump.  Ugh.