A Sharp Mental Edge
Alex Karras, professional athlete and actor has been quoted to have once said, “Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.” And after having completed the first 6 weeks of my 2012/13 dry land training, I have to agree. This is not to say that my muscles aren’t growing, and that I can’t […]
Full Speed Ahead
New personalized training book “Have you heard the word on the street? I’m a certified cupist,” Leah, my athletic therapist says as I start to get onto her massage table. “Oh?” I say, entirely clueless. I watch as she pulls out a box containing small plastic cups, a rubber hose type deal, and […]
Winterberg for the Win
Eat. Slide. Eat. Workout. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. When you are on this kind of schedule, your experience of time and space become intensified, amplified and distorted. It may sound obvious, but I can confirm that travel at the speed of Skeleton is anything but conventional. The final stop on the 2011/12 EuropaCup circuit was Winterberg […]
Fuel For The Fire
Seven weeks. That’s a mere 49 days since we kicked off the 2011/12 season. Unbelievably, I have travelled to every track in North America and already completed 3/4 of the America’s Cup circuit. But I can say for sure that if I hadn’t trained so hard and been coached to hold on – this “ride” […]
Here, Hold This …
The colours of fall are decorating the Calgary skyline and with this change of scenery, winter athletes are becoming all too aware that the off-season is quickly morphing into the race-season. If everything goes according to plan, we will put our sleds on the ice in less than a week from today. I do the […]