March 2012
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February 2012
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winners
“the difference between being a winner and being a loser is how you pick yourself up again, especially when you’re down for the third or fourth or twentieth time.” — susan humphreys
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inspiration
“you can’t wait for tomorrow for something to happen or to get it — you’ve got to work hard and make it happen today.” — jean-françois hébert
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perserverance
“everything that i’ve ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.” — scott hamilton
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“I remember one morning getting up at dawn — there was such a sense of...”
– Clarissa Vaughn, The Hours (2002)
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lesson notes - 16 feb 2012
my coach gave me a new warmup this week. not sure if she did that because she noticed how little i do the stroking-around-the-rink warmup or because she wants me to work on my forward crossovers. but i love it! see, i often slack off on my pre-lesson warmup because i get shy — it takes me a few strokes to get into any kind of flow, and then suddenly i’m at the end of the rink, moving...
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