Attitude.

Wow, what a change in attitude from the last time I was here in Konigssee. It has been so awesome to travel with the World Cup team. I’ve been able to appreciate every second of my first fully-funded trip and the opportunity to watch the best sliders in the world compete here in Europe. It’s amazing how eager you get to slide when you’re not allowed. I watched my teammates for two days straight and while I learned a lot, I was dying to get on my sled. Today I was SUPER lucky to get the chance to forerun!! If I left tomorrow I would be happy knowing and believing that I would be competitive on this circuit overseas. I slid better than I ever have here and I most definitely contribute that to my attitude. Today, it was all about enjoying my time on the track because it may have been my only day to slide this week… and I just found out that I get one more day of forerunning tomorrow! Yippee. I can’t remember the last time I slid to have fun without the pressure of having everything figured out for a race. My pushes were even strong and I’ve been struggling with deteriorating strength towards the end of the season. It’s almost like being here is a new challenge for me and I’m loving it. Everyone on the team has been getting along great… I guess I just don’t have enough good things to say about being here.