An Incredible Lightness of Being

The day started unremarkably:  rain beating on the windows, grey skies, a feeling of not being ready to wake up, but knowing I'd hit the snooze bar a couple times already.  Washcloth, floss, toothbrush, hair brush...all sort of mechanical.  Then the nine mile drive to the ice rink and somewhere on the route, something happened.  Imperceptible at first, but a sense of relaxation, contentment, ease.

By the time I got out of the car, my mood was inexplicably light and good.  Laced my skates, mentioning it to my friend Pat.

Some warm ups on ice, and it felt very natural, and I felt loose.  It was like joints actually worked!  My coach, Alexandre Chichkov, came on the ice and we started the exercises.  I can't say that I was "good" but I can say that everything was comparatively better and I felt more at ease on the ice than at any time in the last year!  A lightness of being...

I have no idea where this sensation came from, but it feels so good!

American Cup (Long Track) Salt Lake City March 2-4. 2012

Liz made her post-accident return to competition this past weekend, and met every goal she had set for herself, notwithstanding the residual issues relating to recovery of nerve function.  When I said "She's Back" in the last post, I had no idea how far she had come.  Her own words at her blog "The Speedy Ice Effect" are better than anything I could write:

http://theunstoppableleftturn.blogspot.com/