Third day of sliding, what a ride

So I've now had 3 runs down Whistler, over 2 days, much nicer from last year, where in 2 days I had had 5 runs down. I slid with CAN 6 and CAN 3. Yesterday our runs were a bit tricky, the track is much much faster than its ever been, which is obviously a huge bonus for Team Canada as we prepare for the Games, where the ice will be about this fast if not faster. But it means the pilots need to be on top of their game every run down the track.

Before sliding even started, I needed to get my sled, which was down in the shop, so a few brakemen and myself steal two trucks, book it to the shop, lift our sleds into the trucks, only to realize that we only have 1 strap, and now definitely not enough time to take 1 sled up and come back with the other, so one of the other brakemen and I sit in the back of the truck with my sled, and we hold on to it, while we drive up the winding steep road, as a light snow comes down. Safe, probably not, hilarious to look at, most definitely.

Last night there were 4 crashes, which is not so awesome. Fortunately two were very minor tip overs, so no one was injured, the other two I can't say the same. For my two runs last night, we had some bumping and hard hitting, our second run was more like us being a little ping pong ball being bounced from wall to wall to wall. Definitely not fun on my head nor my body, and today I am definitely feeling it. Fortunately for me, its a day off from not only working out, but from sliding as well, so I will be rested for tomorrow's workout and then sliding. But onwards and upwards!