#ecs9

I got a one! 🎣 First 21 pass: HAUNT Sampler Mix. I'm just scraping my way into the 21s club with this, but gotta start somewhere. This was from probably my longest set in a very long time. It unexpectedly ended up being over 4 hours because Sean was out running what turned out to be over 20 miles at the time 😳, and I didn't want to feel like a lazy ass, so I just kept grinding. Some set highlights (see Facebook for additional pics): -First 21 pass, obviously -39 Girls Coast Stamina songs, including: -Crab Rave Marathon @190bpm (1.52x) - normally not noteworthy, but I was already incredibly tired by then and not ready for the drop back to 190 -Unexpected SDE on some really easy song toward the end of the set #ITGstamina #ECS9 #girlscoaststamina #dancegames #InTheGroove https://www.instagram.com/p/CGmW7kMpFmq/?igshid=6bziwi9cc0e5

My ECS9 set this past Saturday literally floored me. I gave it all I had, finishing my 7 song max/1 hour set with one 19 and six 18s. (I'm used to taking longer breaks between songs when I play, so this was as much as I could've demanded of myself.) Though the support I got from @uks34n and friends in the Twitch chat and elsewhere was what really inspired me to push through the pain, my biggest achievement was unquestionably not quitting when times got tough, and ooohhhhhh did they ever! The FA (well, lack thereof) says it all. 😂 Anyway, MASSIVE thanks to Sean for playing coach and supporting me, skateinmars for the song recommendations when I needed them most, Ian Pyles and all the other contributers for making this all possible, and all the friends who messaged and joined in on Twitch to hang with us and cheer me on. Maybe if you guys cheer harder next year, I'll do a set of solid 20s or 21s. 😝❤ #InTheGroove #ITGstamina #ECS9 #TeamBBC #dancegames #rhythmgames https://www.instagram.com/p/CFd3y6xpuWW/?igshid=1oil06iqp2cm6

While stamina is always in season 'round here, and ECS9 is now underway, SRPG4 is now done and dusted. I won't pretend that I achieved great things; in fact, I was relatively disappointed in my performance this year. I didn't make any huge gains or exceptional breakthroughs. What I did do, however, was give it my all every chance I got to play. Perhaps that all-or-nothing attitude — playing either hard or not at all — was actually what held me back, or maybe I'm just getting old and eating too many corn dogs. 😄 Either way, it seems I'll need a new strategy going forward, and I'm all ears for any suggestions and constructive criticism people have to offer! For now though, I'm just going to allow myself a moment to smile over the small wins — that I made some footspeed progress, that my stamina probably didn't get any worse, that I stayed in fairly decent shape amidst all the event cancelations and everything going on in the world, and that I stuck it out with you guys through SRPG4 from start to finish! Thank you to everyone who participated for keeping me company in the rankings and to everyone else who cheered me on, despite how silly my dance pad shuffling must've looked to many of you. Now, on to ECS9! #ITGstamina #ECS9 #SRPG4 #dancegames #stepmania #InTheGroove https://www.instagram.com/p/CEx6NUTFTsA/?igshid=k0q71tv14bb2

From a few days ago. I tried something atypical from my current routine before this set: during the day, in addition to my 100 Day Challenge (https://www.facebook.com/groups/100in100days/?ref=share) daily workout, I spent roughly half an hour walking on the treadmill (as opposed to spending almost the entire day marinating in bed or on my ass at my desk) while working. I always work hard throughout the day, but I usually do it while stationary if I'm at home, which I have been a lot more than usual these past couple of years. Though running used to annihilate my legs for ITG when I was doing it regularly, some movement during the day really seems to make recovery between songs seem faster as well as being beneficial in so many other ways. Hopefully, I'll be working more movement into my routine again going forward. Set highlights vid coming soon. #ITGstamina #ECS9 #SRPG4 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDmAJNPpq2-/?igshid=159h2mnq0fwli