Thats a wrap...

Wow it's hard to believe that my rookie bobsled season is over! It's even crazier to think about the journey God has taken me on over the past year. My life is completely different now than it was just one year ago.

I spent the month of March getting in some extra training on the ice before next season. I spent about half of the month learning to drive. It was a blast and I definitely think there is going to be some driving in my future. But I feel like I really need to spend this off season working on my push and then seeing how far I can get as a brakeman next season. So I spent the second half of the month working some rookie kinks out of my push.

Pushing Megan Hill in the March America's Cup scrimmage. 

I'm a driver (kinda)...

Whoohoo! I can drive a bobsled. Well, I can drive a bobsled from the lower/begginer start anyways. This video is of my very first trip coming through the exit of curve 17 onto 18 (the hardest curve on the track). Its a blast. But moving up to a higher/more advanced start will bring more speed, more height, and more danger. So I'm in no hurry to move up, yet.

If you drive in driving school, that means that you also have to break for another new driver. Simply saying that these sleds are uncomfortable does not give the pain you experience justice. It is horrible riding in the back of these old begginer sleds. I hit my hip so hard that I couldnt even get out of the sled or walk for a little bit. Now my hip is swollen and it is the biggest of my many bruises. Sorry for showing so much leg...

World Champion Bobsled Brothers...

USA completely dominated World Championships this year, and it was great to experience it on our home track. My homegirls, Elana and Katie, got Bronze in Womens bobsled. And the USA1 mens team won both the 2 and 4-man events. Making it the first time any American has ever won both events in the same year.

Steve Holcomb's (USA1 Pilot) trophies.
These are passed down to the reigning World Champion each year and engraved with their country and name.
One name dates back to 1928!  



I'm too excited to sleep...

I've been waiting for tomorrow since I was in high school. Yep, God willing, tomorrow is the day I learn to drive a bobsled!

A few weeks ago I got an email from one of our coaches that said I was selected for driving school and that my first mission was to find a sled. Little did I know what he meant. Today another coach handed us a shovel and said to start digging....

Behold, we found sleds to drive tomorrow!

Notice the guys in the background preparing their snowballs to nail me with.

Mascot Mania...

The Harlem Globetrotters came to town this week and the best part of the game was the awesome mascot performance!

I was so inspired that I decided to volunteer to be Tony the Eagle at the Women's Skeleton World Championships. It was a fun time of falling flat on my face, chasing kids, and slipping down a hill of ice on live international television.

blast from the past...

I came across an old video from Eurpoe that we never posted.

Check out the Katie & Brittany Show Episode 2 Yo!





World Championships are coming...



Its hard to believe that Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships will be right here in Lake Placid, NY in just a couple of weeks! Last weekend some of us bobsled athletes headed down to the Albany NY state capitol ice rink to promote our races. It was a fun time of pictures, autographs, games, and skating with fans!




Skating with teammate and
Olympian, John Napier.

 


Me and fellow rookie, Katie Eberling, taking a picture in the
Olympic Gold Night Train Bobsled replica with some little fans.