Junior World Championships

I am taking everything from this year and using it as a learning experience. I thought the race today was going to be great. training yesterday went well and I was so excited for today.

My push was great until my last step and I felt something in my hamstring. I got on my sled and figured by the bottom it would be gone. Well me and my wonderful leg muscles had a completely different plan. I had the trainer wrap my leg just for precautionary measures. I was warming up for my second run and thought I might be able to push without it hurting. Until I bent over. As soon as I took my sled from Martin, I knew it wouldn't be smart to push all out.

I pushed the best I could without making anything worse. I wanted to be extremely careful since World Championships are in 2 weeks. I feel back to 9th a the end of the race. I was really sad at first mainly because I knew I could have done better if nothing happened. But at the same time that isn't always true. I learned a new thing anyway today, that everything and anything can happen. So after another race I have moved on.

I am looking forward to this week. We don't have a race, I almost don't know what I am going to do with myself since we race every week. You get used to it. We are going to Oberhof (I don't know how to spell it and haven't looked it up sorry but its in Germany) we are pushing (well I will spend time recovering) and sliding. It is a track just for luge so there is no start ramp for us. We just have to lay there and go down. No running it will be perfect! 

Well I will be spending the weekend not doing too much. Just watching the bobsled races. Women race tomorrow and men on Sunday. They cheered me on today so I will be excited to cheer for them. It is funny it will be the same athletes that were in the team race! So its cool we are all juniors! I am going to rest but will tell you more about my next destination soon.

If you can't win, Go out with a bang...

Well the Konigssee race was a little bit interesting. I have never crashed and never lost my sled. Training was going well, the track was hard but I wasn't messing up completely and I was staying on my sled. 

The race was fun, after the first run I was in 17th place, I was so excited for the second run because I skidded a lot on the first and was ready to correct my mistakes. I got to the line and was ready to go. Nothing was different and I was ready to do well. My Kreisel (a 360 degree corner with a lot of pressure and a lot of loops) was going well so I thought. I got in and got all my steers correct, until the last one. I think I was a millisecond too late I came out and was extremely high. I should have relaxed as Martin had said to do all week. Instead I got a little nervous and drove out when I really should have tried to stay on the corner. I came out and well here if you would like to watch the rest I'll post the link.  

The crash looks way worse than it really was, so no one be scared. I was perfectly fine just a lot of black and blues and ice burn all over my butt. That was the worst part. So check this out...

http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=169

Click on Womens skeleton Konigssee race.

After all that I had to go home and get better, and race the team race on Sunday. I was so nervous to race and I really wanted to say no but I didn't want to let everyone else down. I knew I had to get back on my sled as soon as possible. I was all warmed up, my butt was healed and I was almost ready to go down. I was so glad Emily and Jamia were there to keep me company. Martin kept checking on me to make sure I was doing okay also. I got to the line and thought tears were going to come to my eyes as corny as that sounds. I couldn't help it. But the second I pushed and got on my sled I didn't think about anything just each corner as they came. My kreisel was the best it had been all week. Everyone was excited for me at the bottom, and I was so happy I went down the track before leaving Konigssee.

As a team we placed 3rd, it was such a cool feeling. We were all saying it was awesome to have our first world cup medal, even if it was just in the team race!