Practice Improvement

So, last week I only made it through 20 minutes of practice. Tonight, I didn't make it through the drills, but after some good stretching, I kept skating on my own. I didn't need to sit out at all.

The big news though... I made it through a whole jam and I kept up with the pack! I know it's only 2 minutes, I know it's not a big deal to a lot of skaters, but to me -- yahoo! Two weeks ago, I could only keep up for about 2 laps of the jam. I'm really comfortable looking behind me and skating. I can't really DO anything about people coming up behind me at this point, but I see 'em, dang it!

So I am remaining very hopeful. Very, very hopeful.