Race Day... Sort Of

Today we held a fake race among the 8 of us. All in all, I did alright. I had personal best times and am starting to feel much more comfortable on my sled. My coach has me not going 100% off the start, for in the past there have been a few "speed freaks" who have had potential but they concentrated only on their starts and failed to develop as a driver, and in the end never really materialized into much. With that in mind, today was good. I pushed a 5:13 and a 5:07, the next fastest was a 5:28 and the average was a 5:60. The track start record is a 5:01, and today, even feeling run down I know I could have given it a good run. But as the saying goes..... "Drive for Show, Put for dough" the only time that matters is your down time and start records dont equal winning or medals. However, my form is getting better and with each run I feel more at home on the sled and on the ice. I am learning tons, not just from my coach though. We have some great sliders here, some are beating other countries world cuppers in trainning and in Cesana we got to slide with and assess the womens Olympic Gold medalist. It is them who I am looking up to, to learn their approach to the sport, to driving and to planning their runs.

Day off tommarrow, we are heading into Dresden. It is a welcome break, a chance to let the brain slow down and the body recover. Then on Sunday it is off to Konigssee and Monday back to sliding.

Hope all is well back home. Like prommised, pictures to come, stay tuned.