tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622240340655211047.post-21578772854813383862007-11-28T01:32:00.000-08:002007-11-28T01:56:48.003-08:00Finally, I mean ALREADY, it's the first week of the 2007-08 World Cup Bobsled Tour. It seemed to come a bit quick, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">unfortunately</span> I don't have much pull when it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">comes</span> to starting the process.<br /><br />The first week is always interesting, mainly because everybody wants it to start but nobody is really prepared. There are a lot of rules that we must abide by, both internationally and domestically. For us, the Americans, we have to choose our equipment before the first race. Picture this: you are given the option to drive the top 10 fastest cars ever built, but only given 60 seconds to drive each, then had to pick your car to drive on 10 different tracks around the world which are all completely different. What would you choose? How would you choose it? How many factors come in to play? That is just a scratch at what we go through as we choose our equipment.<br /><br />Wait, did I mention that you have to choose the exact tires you are going to use......at ALL of the tracks?? Well, that is exactly what we need to decide.<br /><br />Bobsledding is such a simple sport, yet so much goes into the process of getting down the track as fast as possible, everywhere.<br /><br />To be honest, the team behind my team is not much short of genius. I mean, how does a 5 year driver win the 2-man and Combined World Cup, and 2nd in the 4-man???<br /><br />Exactly!<br /><br /><br />--side note--<br /><br /><strong>We had the fastest 2-man run on the first day of training.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>We had the 2nd fastest 4-man run on the second day of training</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> Sorry for no pictures yet</span><br /><br />--end side note---Holcombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17614886730811191034noreply@blogger.com