Okay, folks. I'm back. I skated Wednesday and today. I'm getting a better hand on those backwards-to-forwards turns and the twizzles which they're a part of. Able to do them reasonably on cue now and coming out of them with reasonable momentum instead of all momentum ceasing the instant I execute one. Still a little disappointed at the speed which I'm doing them at, though. Ah well. Reasonably good form today. Skated 40 mins. Towards the end there was one of these older (older than teens, anyway), very athletic skaters on the ice with a same age coach. I was a little scared about us colliding into each other as we were both skating backwards rather quickly about half the time and tried to be careful, but it ended up working out ok. I did watch them closely and immitated a few of the maneuvers they were working on. Maybe I wasn't as fast, athletic, or graceful/limber, but I think I held my own, so that's ok.
Not entirely sure how I'm doing with the spin, though. I kept trying it a bit and it's maybe getting a little better, but it's not coming easy.
The ice was indeed a bit scratchy (it really does get bumpier as the week goes on, I'm sure they must resurface over the weekend), but it didn't hinder me too much. Plus, I seem to be collecting fewer bruises. The one on my right knee is finally getting a chance start losing its black and blue!
