Running & Skating

I did my 6 mile run indoors this morning at the Wasilla Sports Complex, then went downstairs and raced around the ice skating rink on my new ice skates.  Finally, after about 20 years, ice skates that actually fit.  That was really fun.  Now if I could just improve my skating.  I can speed really fast going forward but am struggling to make any progress at all in reverse.  It shouldn't be that different, but it sure is!  One of these days I want to take figure skating lessons and really learn how to skate.