L plates

Day 2. Hospital visit. 

This is not what I'd envisioned my first few days back sliding being like. In terms of ability I'd reckoned on having green P plates maybe. After my first four slides I'm firmly back with my L plates. 

I knew Lillehammer was going to be a challenge. I knew that because I hadn't gone from the top many times previously (due to missing a camp in March 2015) I'd be playing catch up. I expected to find the speed fast, and my awareness be not where it should be. But now it's actually happening it's RUBBISH. 

My first slide was overwhelming in pressure and speed. I crashed in my second but held on in the third. Not an excellent first day but the crash didn't hurt and I'd not had high expectations. After video analysis I was reasonably confident that tomorrow (today) I could sort it out. Big thing was just to relax and breathe (easy at 110-115 kph right?) and even ease off some steers. 

I'm currently sat with my foot in the sink which is full of cold water. So clearly I didn't manage to relax and breathe. Instead I clattered my right ankle out of the 13th corner at 115 kph :( I'm not going to lie it HURT! That ended the session for me as I couldn't walk let alone run and it wasn't worth risking me hitting it again. 

Anyway a hospital visit (they remembered me from February!) later, confirmed that there was no fracture so I was on my way with instructions to RICE. Hence the foot in cold water situation I'm currently in. But it's all part of the sport, bumps and bruises are unavoidable when you're travelling at those speeds down an icy slide!

I'm having a day off tomorrow then we will see. But the swelling has gone down so I'm hopeful I can get back on and sort it out! For now, it's nothing some fancy chocolates and Pitch Perfect can't fix.