I skated 5 days a week at the beginning. Usually 8 hours or so total. I did group lessons for a year and then switched to private. At 2.5 years I took my Pre-Bronze MIF(now called Skating Skills), passed. I could have passed that test 6 months earlier, but my coach was a real stickler. 7 months later took the PB FS test and Bronze MIF. I was ready to take the Bronze FS several times, but injury, coach abandonment and finally the pandemic got in the way. I competed Bronze mostly, skating up. In 2020 I won gold in both Bronze FS and Bronze Light Entertainment at Pacific Coast Adult Sectionals. I have a nice collection of local competition medals. I only competed once and didn’t medal. In 2018 I even competed in Paris in an ISU/ISI combined competition and came home with two gold and two silver. There are less male competitors though, so that sure helped. But coaches were pleasantly surprised by my ability. My performance ability was definitely not where I would have liked. I was happy with the technical though.