I skate from seven in the morning until 11 every day, except for weekends, then I go straight to school until five. This is the first time I've actually got weekends off. I've grown up like this, but I think it's easier now than it was before. But, said Davison, that edge and the grind that goes with it are well worth the physical and mental fatigue. Oh, everybody has days when they don't want to get up.
Sports is so much more than athletics - it teaches life skills.
The benefits are unnumbered. It takes you so many places. We're starting to see the payoff now. The hard times are in the summer and fall when things don't quite come together as well, but now once we're into December and January, stuff starts to come together and you start feeling pretty good about your skating. The Royal Glenora Club representative has targeted major international competitions for later this year and the 2002 Winter Olympics at the age of 21.