skatingforums
On the Ice => Sitting on the Boards Rink Side => Topic started by: 4711 on June 02, 2013, 05:21:57 PM
-
I found a place with ice throughout the summer, but it's south of the big city (my husband would have a conniption if I told him I wanted to drive there), over 70 miles, estimated drive time of an hour and twenty minutes (but everybody is driving that direction most f the time, so probably th drive would be longer.)
Realistically speaking, I could only make the trip about once a month, if that often....
So I got curious, how long do you drive on average (although I believe I am too German in my distance calculation...in one hour you traverse half the country, while here in the US...you are just reaching the suburbs...)
-
August-March, I skate at a rink 15 minutes from my house and 10-15 mins from work. Location-wise, it's awesome.
But April-early August, it doesn't have ice. So I skate mainly at a rink that's almost exactly an hour from my house and work. 70 miles. Occasionally I go to other rinks that are more like 1 hour 20 minutes away. I try to get to the rink twice a week. It makes it hard to have much of a social life.
-
It's 50 miles to the rink and back.
-
78 miles round trip.... I make the drive 5 days a week.
-
Ermmmm... Don't hate me! I can see my rink from the end of my road! It takes me between 5 and 10 minutes depending on whether I stick to the tarmac or cut across the grass! :P It takes me 45 mins-1 hour to get to work from there though. :-\
Last summer when my rink shut for repairs we managed to get limited ice time at 2 rinks. One was 65 miles (1.5hrs) each way and the other, much smaller rink, was 50 mins (~35miles) each way.
-
November to mid-March, about 10 minutes; mid-March to the end of October, closest ice may be 30 minutes, one or two days a week; if there are hockey camps the ice will be closed, next closest ice is 80 miles, one day a week; other rinks are 150 miles away.
I used to do the long drive once or twice a week in the off season but I am too !@#%^ old now! I may do it every other week this summer.
-
2 rinks, both within 15 miles to my house. And, the beach is less then 3 miles away too.
-
45 minutes to one rink.
1 hour to the other 5.
There's a dead rink 10 minutes from my house, all the other rinks are packed (even freestyle) but no one will reopen that dead rink.
-
Four minutes (driving across the street) to my main rink when there's ice time I can afford (soon I will be making more, super excited to start lessons by end of summer) and then 40 minutes and a toll to my backup rink that has evening public sessions.
-
Too long / too far - generally 30-45 minutes for home rink.
Secondary rink is only 15 minutes away but I stopped going there because of scheduling.
-
I'd say it's 15-20 minutes to each of the 3 rinks I skate at regularly. My general rule is that I won't skate anywhere where I'd have to leave the house more than 45 minutes before the session starts (so accounting for traffic and time to get skates on), otherwise it's too much time wasted in transit for an hour or so on the ice.
There are at least 2 rinks even closer to my house, but they have either inconvenient times or lesser ice quality, and for an extra 10 minutes in the car it's not necessarily worth it. I'm in awe that some of you commute so far to get to the rink!
-
35 minutes, door to ice, to my regular rink. (Drive time = 20 mins) Another 15 to my second-choice rink because of traffic.
-
3 minute drive. In rush hour if I don't take back roads it can be 10 but I am usually not going to skate at that time. If I get every green light and all the planets align I swear I can get there in 1 minute.
-
20 minutes each way usually. There's a sister rink (both are park dept) only 2 miles from me, but I go to the other one because 1. the closer one doesn't have times I can go, except on the day I have to go to the farther one anyway to work; and 2. I work at the farther one so I can skate for free there.
There is another rink about 25 minutes away. There are a few others anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour away. There is no lack of all-year ice here, which was unfortunately not the case when I was a kid (otherwise I'd have advanced a lot faster).
I don't think I could drive more than 45 minutes each way to an ice rink on a regular basis. My biggest concern whenever I think of moving from this crappy area, is that none of the places I'd want to move has a close-by rink with tons of available ice time to fit my crazy schedule. My first choice for living location is about 100 miles from the nearest indoor rink, so unless I hit the lottery to be able to open my own, I would either have to settle for a pair of dry-land Pic Skates (TM), or quit skating completely.
-
I skate in 3 rinks.
30 min to two, 15 min to one. Half the time I drive to the 15 min one, half the time to the 30 min one. Luckily, the skating times do not change too much with the summer.
-
30 minutes each way to my home rink. 10 minutes each way to my backup (which would be my home rink if they hadn't taken out one of the rinks for roller derby!!!!)
I'm lucky to have several options available, even though they're not as convenient as I would like.
-
Closest rink is 10 miles/about 15 minutes away. Best rink is closer to 30 minutes away. It's a double surface with awesome ice quality. I'm going there Wednesday for my first private lesson since February and lung issues.
-
1 hour 15 minutes for me, door to rink entrance.
-
30 minutes by bus - thank you bus company for operating a single bus from near-ish my house to near-ish the rink :)
It's probably 45 minutes when you include the walking at each end :)
-
15 minutes to my main one, 20-25 minutes to my second.
-
My home rink is 15 minutes away. The rink in my home city is 3 minutes away. XD
-
15 minutes one way and I skate several days a week. Work gets in the way of skating more.
-
35 minutes to the winter rink. The summer one is about an hour door to door, but, from my camp it is 25 minutes. Or, often I go kayaking in the morning and take a detour for skating in the afternoon on the way to the camp. I have not figured out that distance.
-
I consider myself extremely lucky ... I live about 7 minutes from my local rink. I guess that means I should be practicing more often... 88)
-
About 7 minutes. I can even ride my bike if I'm not lazy/am more organized.
-
My main rink is about 7 minute drive - very close and easy.
The rink where I take a weekly lesson is a 40 minute drive in traffic - 30 minues on the weekends or very early in the morning.
Another rink I occassionally skate is about 15-20 minutes drive - and it is in another state!!
-
There is one 5 minutes from my house. I can walk it in 10 if I cut through the park. Problem is there are only publics twice a week and no freestyle. My usual rink is 20 mins from my house with traffic. Secondary rink is 40 mins away.
-
About 5 minutes. I should bike/walk it more.
-
:WS:
It takes me an hour and a half to get there as our rink (blocked) down (I'm from England) and I go every week at least once.
I hope you continue to skate despite the distance
-
:WS:
It takes me an hour and a half to get there as our rink (blocked) down (I'm from England) and I go every week at least once.
It's totally worth it. Have fun skating! :)
-
It is! It was meant to say my rink 'shut down' but for some reason they changed it to '(blocked)'?...
Thank you, you too! :)
-
I'm close enough to my home ice that I can bicycle to the rink in about a half hour. It's about 15 minutes by car in afternoon traffic. I don't ride the bike in v. hot weather but on cooler days it's a great way to arrive with warmed up legs.
-
The closest rink is always open. It is a 15 minute drive + 3 mins to negotiate the multistorey car park.
18 minute bike ride, easy parking, no car parking fee.
I'd ride every time except now I'm transporting kids & it is winter here. Come the warmer weather and they are on their bikes too.
The other rink is not nice and 60+ minutes each way...
-
It is! It was meant to say my rink 'shut down' but for some reason they changed it to '(blocked)'?...
Thank you, you too! :)
Swear filters can cause much hilarity...had a lady sign up...did not think much by it, names can be weird...but Thingeyson, that took the cake...had to take Nixon's nickname off the list that time :)
-
It's now two hours on the weekends due to beach traffic. I have an alternate route that brings it down to hour 30. But in the winter it's an hour.
And even though it's summer, public is full. Even on weeknights.
-
I have basically given up and am taking horseback riding lessons this summer. The crappy hockey rink 1/2 hour away has 1 hour of public skating on Sundays if you are willing to put up with hockey kids having sliding contests across the ice while the rink manager organizes games of tag or carries his 2 year old in his arms while he's skating around and pretending to slam her head into the boards (she's wearing a hockey helmet, at least). (I have had to point out to several hockey kids that if they skate right into my toepick, it is highly likely that they will not scare me or knock me down, but that they WILL put their eye out, a la Christmas Story).
I've been going, for what good it does me, because I can't make the next closest ice a hour and a half away because of the times, and I'm too !@#$ old and have too much work to do to drive the four hours there and back to the only other open rink in the state once or twice a week. Sorry if I sound cranky and bitter... :(
-
I have basically given up and am taking horseback riding lessons this summer. The crappy hockey rink 1/2 hour away has 1 hour of public skating on Sundays if you are willing to put up with hockey kids having sliding contests across the ice while the rink manager organizes games of tag or carries his 2 year old in his arms while he's skating around and pretending to slam her head into the boards (she's wearing a hockey helmet, at least). (I have had to point out to several hockey kids that if they skate right into my toepick, it is highly likely that they will not scare me or knock me down, but that they WILL put their eye out, a la Christmas Story).
I've been going, for what good it does me, because I can't make the next closest ice a hour and a half away because of the times, and I'm too !@#$ old and have too much work to do to drive the four hours there and back to the only other open rink in the state once or twice a week. Sorry if I sound cranky and bitter... :(
you are planning a trip to see ONskater....
I can see it:
Riding lessons...skating....
How are you on concrete mixing and dirt shoveling?
;D
-
Swear filters can cause much hilarity...had a lady sign up...did not think much by it, names can be weird...but Thingeyson, that took the cake...had to take Nixon's nickname off the list that time :)
Something on the forum are rather strange...
Well, at least there's a place for all of us figure skaters to talk to each other!
-
It is! It was meant to say my rink 'shut down' but for some reason they changed it to '(blocked)'?...
Thank you, you too! :)
You probably accidentally typed an i instead of a u in shut :)
-
From work or from home?
From work:
Rink #1 - 20 minutes via street traffic
Rink #2 - 45 minutes via highway in rush hour traffic
Rink #3 - 80 minutes via highway for 21 miles then via street traffic for last 10 miles
Rink #4 - 90 minutes via Long Island Rail Road, subway and crosstown bus
From home:
Rink #1 - won't go as it's too close to work and almost 90 minutes away
Rink #2 - 20 minutes via highway (most of the time is spent getting onto the highway and then looking for parking) If taking public transportation: 35 minutes plus 15 minute walk through a large park
Rink #3 - 25 minutes via streets. If taking public transportation: 35 minutes with only one change of subway
Rink #4 - Never drive to this rink. If taking public transportation: 90 minutes via two subways and one crosstown bus.
Could be worse. Used to skate at a rink that took over 2 hours to get to via public transportation (didn't have a car then) and only skated 1 hour. The things we do for love....
-
You probably accidentally typed an i instead of a u in shut :)
Most probably! Whoops! :-\
-
About 15 minutes from home depending on traffic. Adds about 10 minutes to my drive home from work so weekday (6 PM) LTS lessons work out great.
-
Recently moved. Nearest rink is about 10 miles away and takes 25+ minutes to drive, second nearest rink is 25 miles away but has easy freeway access and 30+ minutes by car. I opt to spend 50 minutes taking bus to the nearest rink because it's the easiest and cheapest considering gas & parking, plus I get to relax (or get stuff done on the phone) rather than drive ::>)
-
My main rink is right on campus- 20 minutes from home, or about a 15 minute walk from my building on campus. Parking on campus is a nuisance, though. There's plenty of free parking by the rink, but only for the rink- I can't stay there all day. And if I try to go there and then park up on the main part of campus after morning skating, there's no way I'd find a spot- our lots fill up by about 9. It's a conundrum I haven't quite solved.
My secondary rink is about 15 minutes from home in the other direction. But I'd have to pay for public sessions there so I go less often.
-
Closest rink is less than 5 minutes drive but I usually walk, and take the scenic routes so anything from 15 minutes to over an hour, however no options for lessons there.
Next closest is around 10 -15 minutes drive depending on traffic then there are 2 others that are around 15 - 25 minutes drive depending on traffic and there's another around 30 minutes but I've heard they're a bit funny about anyone doing anything other than laps then there are 2 others within 45 minutes drive
So plenty of options but they are all closed during the Summer and have limited hours during the Winter as they are only really there for the hockey :-X
-
My old rink was 30 mins door to door (I think it's ~40 miles round trip). But they have slashed freestyle. I now skate at the rink a bit further away; it's about 50 mins drive (it's 76 miles round trip).
-
I'm a visual person, so here's my commute to the rink...
(http://www.afterness.com/skating/images/rink_to_house_map.gif)
Our rink is seasonal. The nearest year-round rink is 1-1/2 hours away.
-
I am super lucky on this topic!!!
15 minutes BY BIKE from work, and 5 minutes BY BIKE from Home. Honestly, I don't complain. This is much better than the 3 hours spent in the car when I was little.
Okay, that was one of my major concerns when finding my new apartment.
-
I'm doing my best to get back to skating this year! Super excited about this. The "local" rink to me is an hour and a half away and only has ice October - April when hockey is in season. There's a club at the civic center and getting to the rink once or twice at week is probably all that I'll be able to do. Eventually, I'm moving to the Atlanta area and will be able to skate regularly there. I have family close by one of the rinks and have plans to make a weekend trip once a month during the off-season to have a lesson and get some practice in. THAT commute is close to 5.5 hours. Crazy things we do for skating!
-
Success! The two girls and I cycled to the rink. Finally had weather that was good + good attitude from the lasses.
Doing it again next week - weather will be good again.
-
I'm doing my best to get back to skating this year! Super excited about this. The "local" rink to me is an hour and a half away and only has ice October - April when hockey is in season. There's a club at the civic center and getting to the rink once or twice at week is probably all that I'll be able to do. Eventually, I'm moving to the Atlanta area and will be able to skate regularly there. I have family close by one of the rinks and have plans to make a weekend trip once a month during the off-season to have a lesson and get some practice in. THAT commute is close to 5.5 hours. Crazy things we do for skating!
First off, good for you!!! That's great to hear you will be skating again :) lol I had to laugh at your statement about the "crazy things we do for skating!" Because my non skating friends and family think I'm nuts to drive as far as I do for ice time and getting my skates sharpened. But in the end I find it all worth it ;)
-
It's all about the passion and whether it gives you pleasure. :)
-
I didn't realize how far some of you drive! I thought I had it bad with a 20 minute commute (light traffic, rush hour takes me a bit longer because it's a dead standstill). There's only one rink in my town.
-
Wow, some of you have a long way to travel! My rink is a hair over 10 minutes away.
-
In the winter, I public skate at a rink about 5~ minutes, but take lessons at a rink 15 minutes away. Now that it's Spring/Summer, I drive there for public too.
-
Man, I feel lucky. There's two rinks within 15 minutes of me, and at least... 4 more within 30 minutes. Some have terrible traffic to get to though. And all of them are open year round!
-
My rink is 1 mile from my house, and 3 miles from work (which allows me to skate on my lunch hour, since there's an 11:30-1:30 public every Monday-Friday). Just getting back into skating after quitting in 1999... and now realizing how ridiculous it is that I didn't get back into it sooner, since I've lived a mere mile away for the past 9 years!
-
40 minutes each way for us. Too much gas money.