In my case, it's between 20 to 45 minutes, depending on the commute.

This morning I was REALLY lucky and got there in 20... DURING MORNING COMMUTE hours too!!! (It's usually the case that it's closer to 45 minutes!!! )

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It takes me approx. 30-45 minutes to drive to either my practice rink or my club rink. After my Wednesday-morning lesson at my club rink, it takes me up to an hour or more to plow through the morning rush-hour traffic to get home (where I shower, sleep 'til lunch, and go to work in the afternoon).

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You guys are lightweights!

Home club rink: 3 hours, 10 minutes from our home one way, round trip of 340 miles. We do this every week, staying for 2-3 days. Dd's coaches are there.

Secondary rink: In another state entirely, 45 minutes away one way, 84 miles round trip. We do this once a week just for extra ice time.

For a grand total of...
7 hours 50 minutes and 424 miles of driving for ice each week.

We have a beautiful rink about 10 min from our house, but we don't go there anymore...

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The rink is 3 miles away. In the winter I drive, in the spring and fall I bike.

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My main rink is 11.3 miles away (google mapped it ), and it takes me 20-30 minutes to get there.

I rarely skate on weekends, but one rink I do go to (if I actually skate) is 12.9 miles, and also takes 20-30 minutes. The other is 32.8 miles away, but if I go there it's on a Sunday morning with no traffic and I get there in about 25 minutes.

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Takes me about 5mins to get to my primary rink where I skate 6 times a week and my secondary rink is about 20mins away where i skate once a week.

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Before I got married, the rink I take lessons at (and still do) is a 5 minute drive away. After I moved away from that town to another suburb, it is a 15 minute drive on the expressway. I only take lessons on the weekends early in the morning so traffic isn't an issue.

However the condo that my hubby and I purchased actually has a rink right across the street. I do freestyle sessions there once a week (only once a week because the other days, their last freestyle ends at 5:30, and I get home at 5:15, bleh) and also go to their public skate (doesn't get too crowded) at noon on Saturdays. However, the facility itself is old and run down, plus the owner is supposedly "cheap" (lots of coaches in the area including my own coach used to teach here, but they all moved to my primary rink when it opened up)...i can't speak for the quality of instruction here but it's very convenient if i just want to practice on my own.

There is another rink (supposedly the Chicago Blackhawks practice there or one of them owns it) less than 10 minute drive away, but their ice time is super expensive, almost twice what I pay at my primary rink, but the facility is beautiful and large. Even the group lessons are more expensive as well. I only go here for public skate with my friends.

I loved that rink! Actually, I loved the fireplace in the lobby It was my favorite rink to compete at. The new one is great...but there's no fireplace

So true! You can't beat having a rink in your own backyard.

That sounds about the same distance as mine- it takes me longer to park then to get there!

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I don't drive, so whereas my rinks are both relatively close, it takes me a little longer to get there as I rely on public transport.

As the crow flies:

My primary rink is 1 mile away. I can get there in about 15 minutes door to door, with one bus. I can walk it but I normally skate in the evenings, and I am not prepared to walk through parkland in the dark!!

My secondary rink is 3.6 miles away - this takes 2-3 buses, and I can do this in 45 minutes door to door, on a good day.

I skate at my primary rink 2-3 times a week, and my secondary rink 1-2 times a week.

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It's 12 miles from home to rink, and 19 miles from work to rink. It's about 45 minutes for so for either (one is city driving, the other rural).

PedOnSkates didn't post yet but I believe her drive is something like 120 miles. Gotta admire her perseverance!

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I journey there takes 15 mins, back the journey back when is traffic takes 30 minutes. Unfortunately at our rink the ice is not flat, it goes uphill, so once a week I travel to a different rink. It takes me 1.5 hour, but the ice is flat and smooth.

The rink is about 15 minutes away by car, but I carpool, ride the city bus, and will soon ride a bike to the rink.

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6) Learn a new cool spin!

I have told this story before on other threads.
Gordon is close to correct on my commute.
It is 117 miles from my house to the rink in Scottsdale. It is then 127 miles from the rink to work. That is twice a week on the weeks I don't happen to be on call. My pager doesn't work that far, and I need to be able to get to the hospital within 30 minutes. I am on call approximately one in 3 weeks.
When we have ice in Tucson it is about 20 miles from home and about 5 miles from work. That is a luxury.
This time of year is fun because it's cool enough that I can take the dog with me in the car for company. Once it starts getting hot in the desert, she has to stay at home. She is not allowed in the rink. This has nothing to do with the time she decided to poop on the crappy ice.

So what is it that drives you (literally) to get up so early and lose sleep to do this? I mean, it's hard enough for me to get up at 5:00am to skate at a rink that's just 15 minutes away, so it just boggles my mind. . . I really want to know!

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Not sure if I win or not. My closest rink where I take lessons for singles is 20 minutes from my house.

My current pairs partner and I practice at a rink that is about 50 minutes from my house. (I actually pass my closest rink on the way there).

However, my last partner lives in another state. I live just outside of Atlanta, GA, and she lives in Baltimore, MD. So, for us to practice, my wife would pick me up at work, drive me to the Marta station which I would take to the airport. Then, after the flight, flo would pick me up. The next morning, flo would drive about 25 minutes to the rink.

Looking at Google Maps, and if I were to drive it, it would be 550 miles!!!
And, we did this about every other weekend for 4 months!

Rob

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