Re: Sizzling/Drizzling Lessons & Practices, 4/28 - 5/4
Cinderella dahling! It does seem like we're the only ones out there this weekend. Or everyone else is just reading our conversation. About my height, it comes in handy when doing camel spins, and field moves. My coach wished I did spirals, since she thinks if I was more flexible, they'd rival the top Senior ladies. Methinks she's exaggerating!
About me meeting Jeff Buttle, I have a cute lil story about that. We were told before we went up that he might not be at the sessions we were going to watch, but we went anyways. We got there about a half hour before the session started. There was a little hallway that overlooked the arena, and me and my friends were in there looking at the skaters skating. Out of nowhere, my friend, Kristen, points down into the arena with a
look on her face. We look down and see a guy in red pants walking towards the exit into the lobby. My other friend, Steph, then screamed "OMG!!!! THERE'S JEFF BUTTLE!!!!" We all started screaming like it was 1964 during Beatlemania. We all almost cried too! It was so overwhelming! My other friend, Jenna, tried to get into the arena seating and didn't quite know how to work the door and fell over. Jenna's mom was in the washroom when all of this was happening, and she knew that he was there after hearing our screams. So, yes, this is my crazy fan story, and those red pants he wore, WOW! They were hot! (Refer to pics again to see those pants
) He's a total sweetheart too, and I was totally heartbroken after his LP at worlds.
Getting back on topic.........I think that's great that you're out there on the ice, even though you don't have a typical skater's figure. Join the club! I look like I should be the man half of a pairs team. He he he! The love of the sport is all that matters. I think you're friends are jealous that they're not talented skaters like us!
Right now, I skate twice a week. Mondays for an hour and a half and Tuesdays for an hour and 15 mins. On Mondays, I do 15 mins of skills, 15 mins of dance, 45 mins of freeskate and 15 mins of stroking in that order. On Tuesdays, I do 15 mins of spins, 45 mins of stroking and 15 mins of stroking. It's nice to have a mix of different things to work on. Before the sessions, I try to go for a lil jog to get my knees warmed up. I stretch out my knees as well. No dance (I HATE ballet) or pilates for me, although I'd like to try pilates. I have Osgood Schlatters Syndrome in both of my kneess. It's a form of tendonitis, and it affects the tendon that wraps around the front of my knees. If I don't warm up, my knees get really stiff after about 30 mins of skating. I take Celebrex to stop inflammation, and it works well. I also have shin splints from doing track in my youth.
I'm broken and I still skate!
I'd probably recommend 15-30 mins of aerobics of some sorts before skating. I did that for a few years when I did synchro, and it really helped get warmed up before you skate. No need for on-ice stretching after doing aerobics, since you get everything warmed up during the aerobics. Talk to your coach about off ice training and see what he/she says.
I think I'll stop blabbing at you now! I'm really enjoying talking to you and I wanted you to know that! So until next time, Happy Skating!
P.S. you can call me Starshine or Sari if you want, both work.
It's why I don't contribute very often on "The Edge" forum; half the time I don't even know who they're talking about. How cool that you got to meet him (and others); now that is really a thrill.
