Amy Purdy

week would be with running blades and next week would be with like these tippy toe feet.

And we did it out of necessity.

Like I needed to be able to get a certain look and shape and action out of the foot.

So we had to get really creative with the feet.

But I remember leading up to the semifinals, we had used up all my feet kind of, we hadn't used my running blades yet.

I never even thought of using my running blades.

They were in Colorado and you know, you film out here in LA.

And I remember Derek and I just thinking like, gosh, we,

Like, you know, we've kind of figured, not figured it all out, but like, what are we going to do this week that's dynamic and different?

And then we found out we had the quick step, which was something that Derek was worried about with me because you really have to travel.

So you have to have that bounce to your feet.

You can't like stay in one spot.

And, um, just last minute, I think, actually, I think it was, my husband was like, why don't you try, uh, your running blades?

And he overnighted them to me.

We got them on like a Wednesday, you know, the show then airs the following Monday.

Wow.

So that Wednesday we started playing around and just, you know, choreographed it quickly and it ended up being so cool.

I had no idea that I could run or dance in running blades.

Yeah.

And, um, and we were just like, gosh, there's just, there's endless possibilities if you're really willing to work for it.