My Love of Skating
Welcome to my 1st blog post. My name is Cathy. I began my skating journey 22 years ago (1997) in Albany, NY. I enrolled in the ISI learn to skate…
It’s Okay to Hang Up Your Skates for a While
If the hardest thing about adult skating is actually taking that first tentative step (…especially when you forget to take your blade guards off…), then the second-hardest thing is showing…
Why I Chose “Frozen Fitness”
How Figure Skating Changed My Mind About Changing My Body I was never a particularly athletic child, and I was even less so an athletic teenager. I preferred the solidarity…
Adults Skate Too Apparel – Coming Soon!
Exciting news! AST Apparel is launching on Monday 7/22 at 12pm EST (US)‼️You can sign up for an email reminder at https://shop.adultsskatetoo.com, and you'll also receive our newsletter so you…
Identifying as a Figure Skater
Identifying as a Figure Skater did not immediately come to me. For months, maybe even the better part of a year, I "liked skating" or was "taking skating lessons." I…
Grand Prix Assignments – Ladies
I don't know about you, but I am so ready for the next competition season to start. Summer already seems to be going very quickly which is terrifying and not…
How I Found Something I Wasn’t Really Looking For
A few things in my life have been serendipitous: I met my now husband at a bar on a random night out, I applied for a job in a major…
Lake Placid Adult Skating Weekend 2019: A Retrospective
Ever since reluctantly unlacing my skates in the Herb Brooks Arena lobby for the last time last June, I have been looking forward to this year's Lake Placid Adult Skating…
UGH! Just Take the Win!
If you're a perfectionist like me, strap in because this week's reflection takes aim at YOU. As of two days ago, I have been in Learn to Skate classes for…
How a Change in Coaching Changed My Perspective
A little over six months ago, right after I completed my second winter show program, my coach came to me with some news. She was moving to Colorado in a…