The track is clear for Bradley Chalupski...(pronounced Chu-loop-ski)
Plant my spikes....::slip::.....damn it I freaking need new spikes I can't dig in worth shit in these fucking things anymore; ok that's a little bit better...
1...::rocks back::.....2....::rocks back::......damn it this ice is sticky but better than the last time at least my sled is moving.......3.....::rocks back::..... good first step.....
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO
Keep the sled out in front of you...dig...get lower....turn your legs over faster....fasterrrrrr
There's the red line....should I jump on now? Last time I outran the sled so I should probably just jump on now before that happens again and I almost trip over my own two feet....but I could run farther but I'm not sure....I wish this stupid groove was plowed better....freaking Canada....
UMPHHHHHHH JUMPPP!!!
Crap! Jumped too far! Scootch back, BACK goddam it! Shoot, if I don't get settled before I get out of the groove I'm going to go skidding into one again and I'm going to be pissed. Back, back....ok this seems like a good position, a little far forwards but no time for that now, this is how we are going down. Nothing we can do about it now.
Ok, be QUIET on the sled, whatever you do just don't go skidding into the first turn and screw the whole freaking run before it even gets started. We want to have a good start and maybe, just maybe a little bit of SPEED this time. Just take the hits as they come because that is going to be faster. Back to basics. Just relax, breathe, keep your form and let the sled run.
Out of the groove. Don't skid...don't skid....sweet! Clean into one for the first time in four runs and picking up speed. I'm actually a little bit to the left....which hasn't happened yet so that's good. A little head steer...nice! Still no skids. I think they actually did clean some of the fucking snow off of the track! Holy Shit they actually did something.
Onto turn one. I never really know what I'm supposed to do with these early shallow turns. I'm not really carrying enough speed to do anything. I mean, I know what I am supposed to do in theory but every time I try to do something it just makes things worse. I really wish I was good enough to do something. I wonder if other people actually do something or if they just say they do. I guess someday I'll be able to do stuff here but for now lets just let it ride....
Form, form form. Want a middle early entrance into two....nice cross-over and we are in dead where we want to be! We are picking up speed now so I think we have left the skidding issues behind for this run at least thankfully. Nice little down-steer out of two and we are putting together something nice going into three. Wow I'm so relaxed I'm not even holding on to my handles I'm just cruising along...this is the most relaxed and comfortable I have felt all year....this feels great like I'm gliding on air....
We want a dead middle entrance into three, it's that long and shallow right. Look up but don't periscope and keep yourself relaxed....cool we have a nice line going don't need to do much just a little head steer to the right and we are on right where we want to be. I'm actually enjoying a run down this track for once.
Ok let it run around and little downsteer out of three. Want to go as early as we can get into four because it's that nasty downhill left hook so we need to get over to the right. Little right head-steer....SHOOT no TOO FAR! TOO FAR! GO LEFT! LEFTTTTTT. ::BONK off of right wall:: ACK now I'm going to be later into four then I want ...now my back end is fishtailing b/c I'm in wayyyy to straight going into the curve....frigggginggg......argghhhh.........HARD DOWN-STEERRRRR...GO DOWN HILL GODDAM ITTTT....
Another hard down-steer to get out of Curve four....wheeeee! And I'm up on 5 pretty hard...is there even I straight between those curves? I mean I know there is but damn am I missing it. I don't think I wanted to get that late into 5 but whatever it wasn't that bad. Ok.....here comes the hard part 6-7-8-9 of the track man I'm really moving here lets try not to screw this up...
6 is the curve I'm supposed to steer all the way through right? Errrr....Right...down-steer all the way throughhhhhhh......
Out ok, here comes seven.....up....down-steer...I still have no idea what to do with the up oscillation.....this curve is just like 14 in Placid so I need to drop a left toe somewhere in here....er.....where is the exit.....I think I'm going downhill this seems about right....shouldn't I be good enough to not have to guess at this shit anymore??? So embarrassing. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. I hope I don't screw this up.....toe goes......here???? Um...sure.......
Left toeeee........
Whew. Out cleanly. Here comes 8. Focus. Reset. Relax. We want a down-up-down here like Becca said, gotta hold the up steer longer than we think we are going to have to....don't be afraid to hold the up-steer...
Crap!!! In a little late, down-steer to straighten my back end out.... now up-steer!!!.....hold it! No wait! I think the turn is ending....Crap I think I'm super high....Curve is going downhill. Damn that was fast this curve just seems to be ending so quickly...I know it isn't supposed to be but I think it is.... I thought I was going to have to keep that up-steer longer but I really think this curve is ending so it's time to go......
Down-steer anddddd.......look up to see where I am in the straight....
Ummm......I'm on the floor...and there is about 30 yards of Curve left....
I'm on the freaking floor of the freaking curve just like Becca said not to be about 500000 times.....
I'm about to get sucked back up onto the curve and then it's going to end while I'm going upppppppppppp...!!!!!!
@#%^%$#@#$%@#$%@!#%@#$%@%$^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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