When I first saw the event for ice skating, I was excited but a bit apprehensive because in the past, my feet have started hurting within minutes of wearing the figure skates that Lynah Rink has. I’m really glad I still went, because although the figure skates still hurt, I got to try out hockey skates! Though I definitely still need to practice skating in them, I think I like hockey skates a lot more. It was fun skating in slow circles with the other people that went, though we all felt like extreme beginners compared to GRF Sam-in the time that it took us to make one loop of the rink, we saw him whoosh past us three or four times. It was nice to go with someone actually good at skating who could give me tips on how to use hockey skates; I probably would have fallen a lot more times without any instruction.

I’m not sure why, but I always push off of my left leg and so the workload each of my legs do is very unbalanced. I tried to also use my right leg to push off, but I think it’s something I still need to work on a lot before it feels natural. My goals for the next time I go ice skating is to use my right leg more evenly and maybe to try moving backwards. I had a ton of fun!