Oh my gosh! I have access to wooden furniture with small storage units inside… I think they call it…dressers?! Oh yes, today I ended my week-long life of a nomad, and established my home at the OTC.
For the first time in 8 days, I can actually set my toothbrush on the sink, without worry that I’ll forget it before my next relocation. I even have a room all to myself tonight… seriously…that NEVER happens at the OTC. But, I think God knows that I could really use a night to myself after jumping from couch-to-bed-to-bed-to-futon-to-bed-to-OTC this past week. It’s great.
This was a really awesome weekend. Saturday I watched goalball with many of my skeleton mates. All the men on the team are, in some capacity, legally blind. Every athlete wears a blindfold, and the entire game is played based on hearing and touch. Each athlete must have trust and faith in their teammates that they will A) avoid running into you B) stop any balls flying in their direction and C) have their trust and faith in you as well. It's really cool- and very inspirational.
U.S.A. goalball scrimmage
I alllllllso got a new helmet today!!! Well...new to me. The helmet is a very well respected brand in the skeleton world (UVEX), and is being sold to me by Katie Uhlaender, 2010 Olympian, at just over 1/2 price. Katie had stripped the padding out of the cheek pads (her personal preference) - so my friend, Greg West, had a field day padding up the helmet for me. It looks AWESOME now!
We went to the push track for a few runs today. I brought the new helmet to give-it-a-go. In my old helmet, I had to breathe very shallow before sliding, so as not to fog up the shield. I let out a couple big puffs of air in the UVEX, and NO FOG!!! I can see! I can see! Jokes about me needing a windshield wiper may begin to cease now... psssh
Video of my push at the push track today
Tomorrow another group of new sliding school athletes will be arriving. It's great to meet so many people from many different backgrounds - including a wide range of athletes with really impressive stats. National track athletes, professional soccer players, weight room trainers, football players, etc. ... My claim-to-fame of being a middle-distance runner doesn't fit-in with the background of most of the crowd...but that's ok, i'm still majorly pumped to be here :)
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