Storytime with Marcus

Day 4 is done and dusted. We have had our busiest, longest and sweatiest day yet but its's been a goodun. Briefly we had gym at 9 am, push at 11 am, lunch with sponsors at 1 pm, then we helped out Ignite (our sponsors) on the push track; they were having a corporate day. For Maddy and I this was basically a third training session as we were running the sled back up the hill - this is where it got sweaty; the track was scorching hot! Back home and we'd decided tonight was the night to have a BBQ! The weather has been incredible and it was a great evening with Olly's bobsleigh team.

Post session 3 - hot, sweaty and tired

Anyway chat around the table turned to my blog and tonight's topic.... it was at this point that I had the idea to get a teammate to write a guest blog! Marcus was my willing volunteer and so here is his blog..... (more to follow).

After much deliberation I decided to write my guest blog post on some of the inside or lesser known things about skeleton and our talent group in particular. Hopefully these should give you a better insight as to what we are like as people and what we get up to when together.

Firstly, when on tour you spend so much time with each other conversation quickly ends up having no boundaries and you learn every horrific secret about every member of the team. Including their preferential toilet routines.

You will also have the piss taken out of you at every single opportunity and major stories will be re-lived every month or so. i.e. Craig slipping off the top of a Luge ramp in Koningssee.

Everyone has a nickname, which can be based on anything from physical size - Tiny Tina (Tim) to the way you play a game - Flicky McGee (Chris) or to ones based on another sportsperson - Kimbo Slide (Kim)

We are all super competitive which can make things like card games very interesting and occasionally aggressive (Spoons).

I will make up games on tour to keep myself occupied and everyone will be forced to play at some point. Football Golf in Igls is by far the greatest to date closely followed by Frisbee Golf in Bath.

At least two of us at any point will be injured. Current number as of 11/6/15 - 4 of us

Most of us shared our deepest darkest secrets within about 3 weeks of being away in January. 

Craig is incredible at table football.

A lot of us already have scars in various places on our bodies from the hits we have taken not only on the ice but also from early goes on the push track. For example I have a scar on my knee from my first ever push and Maddy has a scar on her hand from corner 13 in Lillehammer.

It may seem obvious but skeleton is a constant topic of conversation to the point of which at some times we have to actively try to not talk about it to 'switch off' from the sport.

Kim's meet the team blog was originally going to contain Zoolander esque pictures of the team. Of which I have some VERY incriminating (nudity wise) shots on my phone. But they shall remain private.

Thanks Marcus :) and he isn't wrong; we really are very comfortable around each other and know more about one another than some of our closest mates do. For example he is currently on the GameReady in his boxers which have holes in them; and on that note it is bedtime. Night x

Craig trying out a new look

How many elite winter sports men does it take to light a BBQ?

And the food!!