Skating! And Medals!

[przed]

I don't know if I've ever mentioned in here, but this year Ros badgered me into signing her up for figure skating lessons. (At this stage, it's really more just foundational skill skating lessons, with a bit of fancy stuff thrown in for fun.) She's really thrown herself into it, and has got me to take her skating once or twice beyond her lessons every week.

This week was the end of season competition, and Ros decided to sign up for the three categories in her age and skill level: one foot gliding, the obstacle course race, and figure skating elements. She ended up doing really well!

She came in fourth in the race out of a field of seven, which is really great. She frequently overthinks stuff like this, and takes things really slow, so it was a fantastic result for her.

She did even better in the other two events. In the one foot glide she came in second out of ten, and right behind a friend of hers who's turned out to be a bit of a prodigy. (She and the friend she goes skating with on Saturday night are always having mini-competitions for how long they can glide on one foot, so I suspect that helped.) And she also came in second in the elements, out of a field of three. (In my entirely biased opinion, her forward and backward turns completely rocked.)

Here she is on the podium for the gliding competition. Awww.

Comments

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Goooo ROS! :D

The Zed family is just kicking butt all around!

[przed.livejournal.com]

It's definitely been a bit of a sporty weekend for us. *g*

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Go, Ros!!!!

Well done to your girl.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Way to go Ros! Marvellous result.

[przed.livejournal.com]

She did so well, and had fun doing it.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Fantastic, good for her! What a lovely thing to be learning :)

[przed.livejournal.com]

I was a bit sceptical going in, but she's had a great time and is already a better skater than me, so it's all good.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Lots of congratulations!

I am beginning to suspect you might both be hyperactive...

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I don't know about hyperactive, but we both enjoy doing the active stuff. Her rather more than me. (She just informed me this morning that gym is her favourite class. When I told her it was my least favourite when I was in school, she looked at me like I was a crazy person.)

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Go Ros!

[przed.livejournal.com]

\o/

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

\o/ \o/ and that picture is adorable.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It is adorable, isn't it. \o/

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

How fun! I loved skating as a kid and did a few fun shows at the local rink. She looks so cute!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Next up with the skating club is the ice show. It seems to be a terrifyingly big deal. There's run through and dress rehearsals and everything.

[togsos.livejournal.com]

Congratulations Ros :D

[przed.livejournal.com]

I shall pass along the congratulations.

[cyanne]

That's awesome! And it's wonderful that she's having so much fun.

[przed.livejournal.com]

That she's having so much fun is the best part of it all.

[uk-sef.livejournal.com]

Well done, Ros! It must be extra hard doing a one foot glide in wellington boots. ;-)

[przed.livejournal.com]

Not just wellies, but super cute Bogs wellies. ;-)

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

Watch out Winter Olympics, Ros is on her way... *g* I love that there's so much of this stuff available to you guys where you live. Excellent community resources.

[przed.livejournal.com]

We are lucky that there are so many options for activities in our neighbourhood. (Soccer starts up in just over a month! Yikes!)

As for the Olympics, Ros has already told me that if she goes to the Olympics it will be as a figure skater. I'm doing my best to manager her expectations without squelching her dreams entirely. (The kids who do make the Olympics are already doing a crazy amount of training by Ros' age, and there's no way we're doing that. But I'm all for doing an activity you enjoy without expecting to be a champion.)