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Here we are, It is Thursday , and it has been a busy few days. unfortunately that means the updates have been few and far between, and am sorry about that, but there has been so much going that it has been important to focus on everyone here, I am sure you can understand. Going back to my last entry it was on Sunday after we completed Dance and Style compeetition, seems so long ago. Monday morning we had training for Freedance, which is a much better time frame this year for skaters to have the ability to recover and prepare for whatever is next. Last year there was training and competition in the one day which was far from ideal, with this years program much better in my opinion. The senior did train at 6am ... read more

I am sure practice does make perfect however , it generally takes too long for most people. Anyway regardless we had officiall training today, and while every skater ever on the universe (some poetic licence) gets to the first training at worlds and has a heart attack, todays experience was pretty good. A reasonably calm skater, and a fairly good practice. The pressure is off a little when you know there is a level you are trying to apsire to that you aren't quite at yet, and are attending an event like this to learn and develop, with that state of mind I certainly think days like today run much easier. I am just hoping that calmness conitues on for tomorrow. After training we had time to go and watch Daniel and his friends play hockey ... read more

And we are away, for a change a reasonably peaceful departure, no mad traffic, no airport issues, No overweight mad re-packing (couple of little shuffles) , am starting to think packing issues were all fedsy's fault. And now we are winging are way North-north-west towards Asia. Internet on the flight is great, but no Facebook, no google, doesn't seem to want me to loginto hotmail, so not all that useful, but it is nice that they tried. The little cherub is sort of sleeping, hopefully she will stay alseep for a bit, had an argument to get her Vegetarian meal but in he end they brought one down from Business which was nice. Other than that little hiccup the China Southern plane is pretty much the same as any other international flight, with all the things ... read more

7 days to go: It has been a much shorter time than normal between National Championships and Worlds this year, and today is the first time where I was thinking it would be nice to have a little more time. While everything is going really well and hard work is showing, there is alwyas more to be done, I guess if there was another three weeks when it got close the desire to have more time would still be there. Travelling to Europe , south America , or even North America has a level of ecitement to it that I have to admit, heading off to China just doesn't have the same "zing" . I am sure it will be enjoyable (a little concerned about the air quality) and hotel looks fantastic , but just not ... read more