Konigssee, Germany
What a day! I tied my personal best push at 4.90s twice in a row and set 2 new personal best times at 48.18s and 48.11s, but the best part of the day…….. I never ever ever ever have to take another run down this track! I really don’t like it. Way too short with way too few corners and a Kreissel I really never did get the hang of (ironically until the last 2 runs I took in which I think I finally figured it out, alas!). It was supposed to snow 40cm yesterday so luckily that did not materialize and we had a fair good race. I have been fighting through a cold for the past 9 days and it took until race day for my legs to not feel like they were filled with concrete. Finally today, the day after the race, I think I have drained most of the goo out of my sinuses. Yes, it was so lovely all those tissues. They have put pseudo-ephedrine back on the ‘in competition’ banned list so there was no chemical relief allowed for me this time. There are some things we can take while not competing, but we cannot while competing and I guess once pseudo-ephedrine was taken off the list last year people must have started to abuse its stimulant properties so now it is back on the list. Too bad.
Aly and I had our first joint interview today regarding our upcoming book ‘The Business of Marriage and Medals’ and it was very exciting. The reality that we have gotten to this point with the book is starting to hit home. It is almost done and people actually have an interest in it! It will be ready for sale in March or early April so check the website www.marriageandmedals.com for up to date information.
Today was a thrilling day off filled with e-mail catch up, laundry, a phone call with Aly and the kids, and this blog post. Tomorrow we fight through the snow covering most of the roads Germany and Switzerland and will hopefully end up in St. Moritz. Now that’s a track to my liking – almost 70 seconds long and with 19 corners!

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