I'm home! What a day, I'm physically and emotionally drained right now, but I have to say I LOVED IT!
We had one of the judges deliver a seminar on NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) for skaters this morning, and a few competitors attended. She gave us some good advice and techniques to help keep the nerves under control, and I have to say I think they helped me a lot, as I'm usually quite a nervous person.
I skated the warm up just doing stroking, and a few crossovers, getting a feel for the ice, and was the last in the group of 4 to skate.
I tied with another skater, and due to there being fewer competitors in the pairs dance than expected, we both got a bronze medal.
I am thrilled - there will be a video going in the competition section as soon as I have it from my friend who filmed it for me
I did miss out a crossover though, which I didn't realise until after when my coach told me - but she said I nailed everything else
I think I have the competition bug