A blog about skating...from the view of an adult skater. Sometimes I'll write about my own skating journey or about my adventures on my Synchronized Skating team. Other times, I'll write about my own observations as the Ice Monitor at the Ice Rink where I skate. And still other times, I'll write about skating in general, Team USA, the Olympics, or other skating. For now, the names of the coaches and students at the Rink are pseudonymns, but if you know my rink, you'll quickly recognize who is who.

Monday, August 23, 2010

New Skates :(

So...I got new skates. They are Riedell 355's and I have my old Wilson Coronation Comet blades on them. They aren't the best skates in the world, but they are certainly a lot better than what I was skating in as far as the fit and the comfort level.

Tonight I met with the skate guy and he adjusted the blades for me, they are still not quite right, but they are definitely better than before. I'm feeling alot better about things when I don't have the searing awful pain in my foot, but there's the new pain of breaking in skates to deal with.

I guess the most amusing fun was that i skated for an hour with synchro in the new boots. Um ouch. But, synchro practice went really well. I totally nailed my back lunge and am getting stronger with the rest of the program. I'm slightly disappointed that we are going to have to be an Open Adult team instead of a Master's team and i'm REALLY disappointed that one of the skaters that gave me the most of a headache last season will be skating with us. I sincerely dislike being yelled at by pre-teens. It just doesn't seem right for a 12 year old to be bossing around adults on an adult team. 

I do love the program we're doing though...i really like the music and the choreography thusfar.
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