Hamstring

So we've been in Whistler for almost two weeks now and I've been struggling with a hamstring injury the entire time. I first hurt my hamstring in Calgary during push championships, and then with team trials and racing so much, it wasn't given the proper time to heal and now it's really quit on me. The World Cup season starts next week with the first race in Park City, Utah, and I was scheduled to race with Bree Schaaf, however, with my hamstring injury I have been advised not to race. As an athlete, it's a very difficult decision to make- I always think I'm invincible when it comes to this sort of thing and believe I'll be ready to race next weekend. However, there's always the chance that I'm not 100% and end up doing more damage then anything else- which will set me back for a long time. Injuries are one of the most difficult things to deal with in sport, but I'll just have to give my hamstring some time and see how I'm feeling.

World Cup Team Announcement

The World Cup team has been announced and I have made my third consecutive World Cup team! We are currently in Whistler for a week of training on the Olympic track! Here's the press release: http://bobsled.teamusa.org/news/article/28560

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Team Trials

Team trials have officially begun! Team trials consists of a series of four races, two in Lake Placid, New York, and two in Park City, Utah. We are currently in Park City, Utah, about to begin the second round with the final races this Friday and Saturday to decide the World Cup team. Last week in Lake Placid I raced the first race with pilot Jamia Jackson, where we placed second and pushed a new start record- a 5.46, smashing the previous start record by .08 (a huge margin in bobsled)! The second day, I raced with pilot Erin Pac and we pushed the fastest start times of the day, with starts of 5.49 and 5.48, and finished second as well. The top 2 women's pilots will be named to the World Cup team (pilot Shauna Rohbock has already been named to the team), and the races are very close! This week I will race with pilot Bree Schaaf and then with Shauna Rohbock as a pilot sled (not officially in the race). Someone's Olympic dream may begin, or end, this weekend- so stay tuned for the finale!

Vancouver 2010

Back on the Ice!

Today was the first day back on the ice as the bobsled track opened in Lake Placid, NY, for the season. I slid today with pilot Jamia Jackson and we took two trips, down and safe! As always, the track in October is a little bumpy and slow- as it's pretty warm for bobsledding, but I'm so excited the season has started. We race next week on October 14-15 and I'll be sure to re-post all the details. As of now, I'm scheduled to race with pilot Jamia Jackson on Oct 14 and Erin Pac on Oct 15. As exciting as it is, there's other things coming up sooner- like my 25th birthday on Saturday.....

In the meantime- here's some push video from today.

Push Video

This video is from a training session in the Ice House in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I am pushing on the brakes with driver Jamia Jackson.