Ice Skating 101: Blister 2, Shauna 0

We skipped ice last week bcos we were in Legoland. I thought of bringing Lil Shauna for some practice during the PSLE marking days but life was just too busy.

The battle with the blister is still raging. The secret weapon this week is the gel and I m hoping that it would work. We tried at home and realised that the "piece" couldn't be too big so that she wouldn't "step" on it while being taped on. The shop auntie said that the sock would be able to hold it in place or a small piece of micropore tape will do the job. We kaisu and use the micropore to tape all of the sides.

It was both jump and spin day and I was really hoping that the gel would work or it would be a really painful session. Coach Raymond worked on her flip jumps and I think she got a few of them eventually bcos I saw him nodding away. Then it was her sit spin. I lost count the number of times that she fell on her butt while spinning. She said that it was quite fun to fall though.

At the end of the class, Coach Raymond said that her sit spin position is ideal but she only managed 2 rounds and needed at least 3 to be considered to have done a sit spin. She needed to hold a little more and have to learn how to stand up after that.

Apparently, even with tape on all sides, the gel still shifted. Zzzzz. As a result, she still developed a blister on the smaller foot. The gel still failed and now I am hoping that the ezeefit footie will find its way to Singapore and would be able to help. Haiz. When will the boots break in?!

This afternoon, we headed back to the rink. This time, we not only taped all sides of the gel on her foot, we taped around her foot. The tape cannot be too tight bcos it restricts movement and she can't skate. The extra tape must have helped bcos she didnt complain about much pain on the smaller foot. It was then the bigger foot that gave us problem. Zzzzz. When will this end?! We taped another gel to the bigger foot. The result? The gel shifted on both feet despite the extra tape. Haiz.

The spots were sore. When I checked just now, there didn't seem to be any new blisters. I don't know if the gel is helping or maybe the micropore tape is. We just have to do more trial and error moving on.

By the way, her skates with the new pink laces!

Mummy