Rachel competed at the Pueblo (Colorado) Figure Skating Competition this last weekend. She's been doing well in the competitions this year and has been steadily improving. She got a new routine for this competition that is much harder than anything she's done in the past. We were all a little nervous going into it because she never really "gelled" with the program and was still not really comfortable with it the week before competition. She just wanted to finally get a first place finish since we are about to finish up our first full year of competition. She did manage to get a first a place finish on her compulsary routine (placed 1st with 4 out of 5 judges) and we were overjoyed. I told her to just relax and skate her freeskate for fun, that she had her gold medal now. Nothing doing, she wanted another Gold. She did it, the 1st place decision was unanimous with all 5 judges putting her in 1st place. I think her friends back home heard her squeal with delight. Needless to say we had to tie a rope around her feet to keep her from floating off into space after that.
And yes, for those of you who know the inside joke about Rachel doing jumps on the ice, she is officially jumping in competition, and should actually have an axel jump in the next couple of months (just the hardest jump there is). We have a standing perscription for David for Valium that we slip in his coffee before each ice time. Seems to be working, David hasn't dressed her in the Michelin Tire suit just yet.....
Pictures and Video to follow....We have them, but the computer isn't playing nice these days, and doesn't seem to want to share....
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