Tara's Day
Tara's Day
7:30
Wake up and warm up. Breakfast is usually a bagel with butter, a glass of orange juice and a vitamin.
8:30 Tara's mom drives her to the Detroit Skating Club. Tara doesn't have the whole rink to her self but she works 1 on 1 with her coach Richard Callaghan, who also coaches Todd Eldredge. (When's she's in Texas, Tara works with Megan Faulkner.)
Tara has four practise sessions a day. She spends most of her time working on the different elements of her program. In practise Tara wears tights and a practise dress with a turtleck sweater over it. For practise at competitions when judges are watching she wear nicer dresses.
9:45
Tara takes a short break and gets something to drink and talks to fellow skater Erin Sutton and her other friends at the rink.
10:00
Session 2 - Tara works on the elements from her short program.
10:45
Tara takes a quick break and re-ties her skates, they tend to get lose after you skate in them for a couple hours.
11:00
Tara skates by her self now(with out her coach) and practises what she learned in the morning. If she's having trouble with something she usually asks Todd for help.
12:00
Lunch Time! Tara usually eats a turkey sandwich, juice and a couple cookies that she brings from home. She usually eats with Erin.
1:00
Session 4. Lesson with Richard Callaghan. They work on the elements in her long program.
1:45
Tara works with her ballet coach; Marina Sheffer and her other coach Craig Maurizi.
2:45
Tara's done skating for the day. She grabs a snack and her mom drives her home.
3:00 - 6:30
School. Tara is tutored at home so she can skate during the day. After school she helps her mom make dinner.
8:00
Tara watches TV, talks on the phone, does homework and whatever else she feels like doing until she goes to bed.
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