Olympic trials start in 2 days

Its been a great week and change of sliding here in Lake Placid. Tomorrow is the last official training session before the races on Wednesday and Thursday. Last week was dominated by wet weather around 50 degrees which is not conducive to fast ice. As a result we had a pretty slow track until Sunday when the weather cleared and dropped down to 30 degrees. On Sunday the track sped up almost 4 seconds which made sliding alot more fun! Kudos to the track crew at Mt Van Hoevenberg for getting the track in such great shape and dealing with all the bad weather!

My training in the last week has been very methodical. I have been testing alot of equipment and working on the track a section at a time. It came together fairly well today, but I still need to fix the middle section of the track tomorrow, before Wednesdays race. My starts have been very fast so far. So fast that they have been consistently faster than what I pushed in the race last year! That is a result of a great summer of training and preparation.

Occasionally I will think about all the years I have been training for this moment. Its been a beautiful experience no matter how it turns out. I am trying to keep that out of my mind to decrease the pressure on me. I generally handle high pressure situations very well and this week will be no different. I have a plan and a series of steps that will lead to success, they key is to execute and dont get in your own way!

“I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today.”