My previous post ended with the news that sliding had been cancelled for a couple days because of the snow and winds that had engulfed the track. So, what do we do now? Of course we could do some indoor training...which we did. Another alternative was to hang out in our rooms at the training center (see picture 1 - Yes, those are the rooms. Yes, there are 3 people in each room. Yes, I'm 30 years old and back in a dorm room). Needless to say, no one was willing to stay inside all day.
Winter sports athletes get some sort of strange high from being cold (I haven't mastered it yet!). So, the most obvious options are....
Picture 2 - A race through 4 feet of snow.
Picture 3 - Build an ice cave in case it gets really bad inside the training center.
Picture 4 - Jump off a pile of plowed snow into a pile of powder snow.
Picture 5 - Figure out how to get out of the powder snow when it's 3 feet deeper than expected and only your head is exposed. Reminder: I'm 6'4"
I love training!
1 comment:
A few thoughts and observations:
1. It's too bad we can't have one of our premiere Winter Olympic training facilities in Orlando, San Antonio or San Diego where a little thing like cold and snow won't get in the way of our Winter training.
2. I bet the Canadians are still training...
3. I'm sure the Russians are...
4. If Todd's 6'4", then I'm 6'4 1/4," just for the record.
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