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January 7, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

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Well, the other day was crummy enough that I did something REALLY wild.

…I did figures.

… by my own choice

… no coach yelling at me

… when I literally could have been doing freeskate at the time.

If Mr Linney were still around, he’d fall over.

A figure 8 tracing on the ice.

I just figure I really need to get some edges and stability back, so… the basics are a pretty good place to start, right?

It was… not great. Ugliest forward 8s ever.

Pulled a groin on a 3 turn, also, so that was lots of fun.

I posted a video check in of me blathering about the whole thing over on my Instagram, Here.

A figure 8 tracing on the ice.

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I started back in early 2019, and ran into dual roadblocks in 2020 - the pandemic, and being severely crippled by FOUR PILLS of Ciprofloxacin - an antibiotic that destroyed most of the tendons in both of my feet.

Oh, and pancreatic cancer. Fun stuff.

I've learned to walk again, and in October 2021, I started back. Again.

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