Konigsee World Cup 2007

The season finale was the best event yet – with a local crowd and great group of supporters from home. I finished 20th after having problems skidding out of the spur! The encouraging thing is that I’m able to get a second run, even on a bad day! Overall, with all the points added up I’m 10th in the world. I’m looking forward to next season already, and to doing well! But for now it’s time to go home back to Bristol and get some quality training done! After some extra time in Igls coaching the Navy and testing some new runners. I’ll give a spring and summer report on progress, so keep checking and linking to my business website, which should be transforming in early summer too :)

Winterberg World Cup 2007

Top 10's are always good and I squeezed in with 10th place - my overall world ranking is now bumped up to 9th (just 1 point behind 8th with one race left to go next week!) And considering how traing had gone (you get 6 training runs in the days preceding the race at each track) it was actually one of my best performances to date! On the last day of training my runs felt ok but I was well off the pace with a 20th place!! No panic - there's always a reason when things don't go well, and on further investigation a support bar had come loose in my sled. I'm learning to put these difficulties, technical or otherwise, to the back of my mind and perform well - which I did! The picture is of me and Alexander Tretiakov with the BIG beer he got for winning the race! Thanks to Peter Wood for the photo, and supporting the rest of the team out here (his son Andy Wood was also competing for Great Britain - see his Skeleton blog in my links!).

Cesana World Cup 2007

7th place! My second top ten of the season, which bumps me up to 10th in the overall world rankings. I had an extra week in Italy while the rest of the team went home, which helped my result, as Cesana is probably the most technically difficult track in the world! A word to the weather (again!): it’s been so warm here that all the athletes were outside changing in the sun! There has been very little snow, I’m sure February in the Alps should be colder than this! The picture was taken on a day off at the beach, two hours away from the track, and it’s an ode to The Endless Summer surf film! It’s a great place here with warm seas and sun so close to mountains and snow – as long as they keep getting snow! Skeleton is a winter sport after all!