Thriller show

Welcome back to the latest installment of my skating blog and I’m in the lovely Welsh city of Cardiff. We’ve just finished show number one of two, for our Chiller spectacular and are really enjoying the whole experience. A little tired now but its first show down after a full week rehearsals and it went great! Shows are very different from the competitive aspect of our training it’s all a lot more crowd pleasing with elements to it we are not allowed to attempt in competitions.
Pre-season has been pretty steady, lots of running, gym work, dance sessions and absolutely no ice. Weather has been fantastic for it though! I was training with the football reserve team here too, mainly doing drills and agility but it was great fun and a shame the season here has finished. So now I’ll probably start my rock climbing again, just to keep me active. The rest of our time is taken up by the World cup, watching the beautiful game and relishing in all the excitement that comes with it.

Skating wise, we’re back on the ice at the start of July which we are really looking forward too! We have a just been selected for skate America Grand Prix which gives us an early goal and with a bit of luck could be awarded our maximum allowance with a second Grand Prix later on.
Depending on our funding throughout the season we will try and get out to some ISU internationals as well! All squad skaters have been asked to compete at Sheffield at the end of August, which is extremely early for us but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.
All the very best and keep your chin up!