We have had two races since Christmas break and while I have finished 7th and 10th I still have a lot of things I still need to improve upon before Vancouver. Some athletes are simply satisfied with finishing a race, or just qualifying for the Olympics; I am definitely not one of those athletes. I set daily/weekly/monthly/yearly goals for myself and am constantly analyzing myself athletically. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy everyday, and I am very fortunate for the life I have. But I will always be a fighter, and doubt there will ever be a day in my athletic life that I can't find something that I can improve upon or do differently. Some people would disagree with my mentality, but I see it is a strength. While some athletes find it easier to make excuses or try and justify a weakness or result, I a, always looking inward first.
My main focus for the coming 4 weeks of training/racing we have is to just take every run to fall into a complete comfort zone on my sled. Luckily we have a week of just training coming up next week and I hope that we are able to slide double sessions so I can get my run count up. I am still 80 runs behind on the year compared to my teammates. Which if you multiply by the average run time (45 seconds) which works out to about an hour of time on my sled (again my over analyzing/tracking every aspect of my training). So from here on our any extra runs I can get are going to be very valuable.
We are In Oberhof, Germany now for our next world cup. I enjoy sliding on this track, it is a real luge track in the sense that you have to really drive the sled in every curve. This style of track suites my natural abilities better, as I have a tendency to overdrive a lot. We race Saturday afternoon. Stay warm!!!
Julia
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