so I"m not allowed to say much, because of secrecy... (like it really matters though) but they don't want other countries to know about the track ( Read more... )

That's right - I"m part of Olympic History ( Read more... )

It's cold ( Read more... )

Alas, the end of our trip is nigh. We race first thing tomorrow morning, and we're driving out of Italy less than an hour after.

So I'll be back home in a few days :)

Sliding this track is crazy! Most tracks are Left-Right-Left-Right, and the occasional trick or straightaway. This track is Left Left Right Left Left Right Right Right... it's really fast, and really crazy. It's also, by far the longest track I've ever been on. We've been having a great time pushing though, because its a really steep start, so ( Read more... )

You know what's fun? we were trying to find a mall in what we later found out was Oulx, and took a wrong turn at a traffic circle in Cesana, and wound up in France :)

How many times in your life can you say you took a wrong turn and wound up in France?

It's hard to believe less than 2 years ago, the Olympics were right here! And now, here we are training ( Read more... )

Woohoo! So two races down! After the 4-man race Sunday, we'll all head out to Cessana ( Read more... )

"Der Bob is Gesturtzt" I think that's how to spell it anyway... "The Bob is Crashed". Too bad I can't hear my own announcement.... Anyway, I have a wicked headache now, but am otherwise unhurt. I was a little dizzy at the bottom of the track (where we stopped), so the coaches have put me on concussion watch, but I'm otherwise OK. Not my first ( Read more... )

Well, my first Europa cup race is over, and I'd say it was an incredible success ( Read more... )