First pair of skates! They are pretty and SUPER comfy. After all the break-in horror stories I was worried... they are stiff, but squishy around the edges and seem to fit my feet like feet-gloves.

Now my question: I have heard several mentions about keeping skating diaries. I assume these are to keep track of your progress or time or something? What is a good way to keep one of these?

I keep an online one. http://fyre-n-ice27.livejournal.com/

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Hannah,

My skates were similar to yours.. first time they were lovely!! a bit tight but otherwise ok... then they hurt for the next few weeks... but they are getting much better now

Skate diaries...

I keep mine online as a blog - www.cooeey.com (its aussie based but anyone can use it)... Im also intending on posting my videos of my progress (so far they are pretty bad ) and linking it up... I just write up a summary of what I did each session I skate, or do off ice stuff, what was hard, what I need to work on etc, just so I can look back in a year (or less) and (hopefully) see how far Ive come. Even now its helped... I was REALLY struggling with 3 turns in the first 2-3 weeks of my skating (yes, thats the length of time I had been doing lessons and I wanted to do a 3-turn ), and once I got them, and even now, I look back and ask how could it have been so hard?? I still stuff them up, but Im still at a stage that I feel good about my skating because I can do them!!

I also keep track of my training hours in a little book... its mainly so in the future I can get used to how often I should sharpen my skates etc... My husband has decided that Im obsessed

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My Progress Report!
"Did I mention there is only ONE rink in Melbourne?!"
"If you're not flying, you're obviously not trying!!!" - courtsey of the guy who helped me up off the ice after my last spectacular and sore fall

It's a very good obsession, so no worries. Most men just don't get it.

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I have been keeping a journal of my re-beginning online to.http://www.geocities.com/diannebest/skating/intro.html

I can't believe anybody would be interested but some of my friends say they follow along.

Once I get farther along, I think I will condense it all into a timeline on how long it took for an old broad to learn the basic elements

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My husbands a skater as well (senior ice dancer actually ).. so he does understand it... but he's decided he should have introduced me to a cheaper obsession.... like a recreational drug!! (joking!)

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My Progress Report!
"Did I mention there is only ONE rink in Melbourne?!"
"If you're not flying, you're obviously not trying!!!" - courtsey of the guy who helped me up off the ice after my last spectacular and sore fall

I keep my journal at MSN SPACES: Figure Skating Blog

I keep it to keep myself motivated to progress and to keep track of what I can do etc. I also keep a journal that I take to skating with me so I can write down new techniques so I can remember them and know the correct technique.