The US Figure Skating Association, the same one that puts on the National Champs that you see on TV, also has an adult division. And, like the kiddos, they put on a national championship every year. Which I, perhaps foolishly, decided to enter.
It's being held one suburb over from me this year, so I figured I might as well give it a shot. I didn't realize that it's actually kind of a big deal and there are apparently over 800 skaters registered. Now, there are four disciplines (ladies, men, pairs, dance) and five test levels with five age groups, so I'm only going to be competing against 20 skaters or so.
But needless to say, it's a big event so I've officially started panicking. Especially since I've got a pretty difficult program planned and have yet to skate the whole thing clean. Oh, and we're not finished choreographing my second program. And the competition is middle of April. Yeah, it's sneaking up on my really quickly.
And before you ask, no triple axels here. With adults it's primarily single jumps but you'll see a few doubles and even some triples in the higher levels.
I will be very happy once it's over with and I can relax. I'll be really happy if I can medal.
