Mids Update

Here's me on the podium at Mids with my medal and engraved trophy bowl...

I skated a much better program than I anticipated after a week of absolutely disastrous practices. My combo spin (camel, COE camel, sit, back sit) went really well at the beginning of the program which was encouraging because it had been a mess all week. The spiral sequence was fine. I landed a clean axel from the spread eagle. Then, nerves started to kick in. I did my single toe-single toe combination, but popped the double salchow right after. It turned into a nice big single, so it wasn't too terrible of a mistake. After that, I knew I had to hit my last jump pass or I wasn't going to AN this year. Somehow, I managed to relax through my footwork and flip-loop-loop. Then, I gave the last jump pass everything I had left, and landed it! (It was a double sal-tap toe-axel). I was so surprised that I forgot about the layback after, and did some extra 3 turns before I remembered to spin. I thought I was late, so I rushed the layback and it traveled a bit, but I was early coming out of the spin. So, I did a crossover and ended right in front on the judges, on time with the music.

It still wasn't a perfect program, and it didn't have the technical difficulty that I originally planned, but I was very happy with the way I skated. I think my presentation and power have improved this year, and that was my main goal. I just wish I could get the darn jumps up to the same level as the rest of my skating...