skating season arrives :)

Every year, when October arrives and my local rink reopens, I wonder briefly "why am I doing this?" Then I get my figure skates on, and glide and spin and jump... and I remember. The feeling of air past me, almost flying, and then landing maneuvers... it's a high for me.

This week was my second week of practice this season. Tonight's skating... I rocked. Moved with precision and good upper-body control. Landed all of my Freestyle 1 moves up to standards. Worked on F2 moves and actually successfully landed my full-rotation lutz! There were a couple of moments of fist-pumping tonight. :) It usually takes a couple of months to resume end-of-season form and syllabus.