The time has come to buckle down the notches in the belt again and lose the weight needed to compete. If you are not aware, the only reason I came back to ski jumping was to compete in a ski flying event. There are three events this year, Kulm, Vikersund, and Planica. All of these jumps are capable of flights over 200 meters! One catch, I have to score points in a World Cup event before I can enter the flying events. This means a top 30 result, which does not come easy.
As you may know Ski Jumping is the only Olympic winter sport not funded by own the podium. This makes this challenge staggering, leaving us with the bare minimum if coaching, training, and equipment. The entire team is in limbo and unaware of what to expect and where to go. Although we are classified as a individual sport we still need each other to push and pull.
We have set a plan to get 2 guys and 2 girls to the world championships in Falun, SWE. The new Mix team event has been really good to us and allows us to be very close to the podium a couple times now. Getting a world championships medal would be a huge help in our fight for funding.
This will be the season of "lets see what happens". I am fully committed to this sport for the next 6 months. If I am honest with myself that I have given all I can to the sport, I believe I can achieve something great. Also knowing that I have done everything I could do to be great, I know ill be able to retire from this sport and not let it haunt me for years to come.
Thanks for reading these rambles,
Trevor
P.S. my hair: I have decided to flip a coin on December 1st to see if ill shave it or keep it for the winter.
0 comments: