Seconds of Fame...

I made another commercial! It is pretty sweet! Megan Hill, one of the bobsled drivers, is sponsored by McDavid. They used a video clip from the day I raced with her. Check it out:

And if you missed my Mt. Dew commercial from a few years ago, here is. Don't blink at the :08 second mark or you may miss me.

National Team Camp...

A couple weeks ago we had our National Team Camp at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. It was a pretty awesome week!

One of the coolest things was that my sister just happened to also be in Colorado Springs at the same time for some of her training. So she came to visit me one night. It was probably the last time I will see her before she leaves to go overseas. I may not see her again for at least 2 years!

Bobsled Team Reinbolt

Jumping off the podium. 

Here are some more pictures from camp:

Look closely to see Michael Phleps
eating dinner right behind us :)

Bobsled & Skeleton athletes after a good
weight room session at the NSCA.

I teamed up with Steve Holcomb
in a crazy team cooking competition.

Bobsled ladies having some fun! 

My awesome teammates are kind of a big deal.

Check out this awesome video highlighting team camp.

(I didn't make this one, our USBSF Marketing Director put it together.)

Back in the crib...

Yah! Last week my housing got approved for the summer and I moved from the Lake Placid Baptist church basement back into the Olympic Training Center! 

My time living in the church was awesome! I am so thankful that the church was willing to house a teammate and I for 3 weeks. But now that we are back in the OTC I realize how blessed I am to be here and I am learning never to take any of this for granite. Only a few people even received summer housing so I have been humbled by the fact that the USOC considers me worthy to be here and thankful that they are covering my living expenses while I train hard to represent our country. 

Meanwhile, training is going great! I love my teammates and we have such and encouraging training group. I feel like it is going to be impossible not to be a incredibly better bobsledder after this off-season is over.  Here is a picture of the 1980 Olympic ski jumps where we are currently sprinting hills 3 days per week. We even got to see some jumpers fly off of those things a few times. It was incredible!

Ooooooh they're really growin' now...

Training has basically become my full time job and I love it. I have 7 lifting sessions, 3 sprint sessions, and two recovery run/core sessions each week. I'm trying to get those muscles growing and this commercial has become a regular joke in the weight room when I get caught checking my muscles out.

I live in church...

Just being on the National Bobsled Team is not enough to be guaranteed housing at the Olympic Training Center, crazy I know. There is a long process that the USBSF and USOC go through to allocate housing. The date athletes were supposed to be notified about housing keeps getting pushed back time and time again, kinda makes athletes like me loose some faith and trust in our sports governing body. Meanwhile, summer training started back up on May 14th, and there was still no word on housing. But fear not, God had/has a plan!

A teammate and I are temporarily living out of the basement of Lake Placid Baptist Church! It has been awesome to say the least. One of the things I really wanted to do this summer was to get involved with a local body of believers and now it is impossible not to. We wake up every morning in kids sunday school room and are always meeting new people around the church. It has been such a blessing so far and added a much needed dynamic to my life in Lake Placid. However, we would really like to get into the training center so prayers are much appreciated.

P.S. We even wrote a song called "I live in church". Lower case "c"of course - because thankfully the Church is not confined to a building :) Stay tuned for the world premiere of our musical awesomeness!

April in Arkansas

It was so good to be in Arkansas for most of April and half of May. I basically just spent a whole lot of time getting some much needed rest and relaxation and hanging out with my family.

I also had a blast speaking at several schools and a Church group about my experiences in football and bobsledding! 

Then it was time to make the 23 hour road trip back to Lake Placid, NY for summer training. I think a combination of the time off and warm weather definitely gave me some re-newed focus and motivation.

Back 2 School...

I'm super honored that several schools have asked me to come speak about my experiences in football and bobsled. Here is my speaking schedule:

• April 17th: Grace Hill Elementary/ Rogers High FCA 
• April 24th: Judsonia Elementary School 
• April 24th: Trinity Baptist Church (tag team event with my sister!) 
• April 27th: Westside Elementary School
• May 1st: Rosebud Middle School