I sit down on my saddle, I'm totally done. I have had maybe thousand rounds doing manuals. BMX is wonderful! Wou, just after writing the last post I were standing on back yard with shovel, ready to bury my bike. Not really, but riding hadn't been much fun for long time. What the heck? Am I pregnant? I feel my heart pumping in my throat, even that I know I'm not. My mood is going up and down like I would be.
I'm on Cambridge track. Here is deep 5meters (approx. 16 ft) similar to the one at Worlds. Suprise were that Sarah Walker is coaching me. Training unbelievable, the best I have ever had. Same for the results going from hell to heaven, can't ask much more!
We concentrate on the last straight. After every lap I see Sarah thinking about the movement I did and the move I should have done. She has her hands on front of her, like she would hold the handle bars. Then she is on the jump and does the manual and her upper body moves like she would be riding. She can't ride yet. After the olympics her shoulder got operated. She crashed in Norway Supercross race. So while she practiced for the Olympics she knew the shoulder couldn't take her fall down even once. At the same time, if she wouldn't been practicing the fullest, there wouldn't be chance to do good. She got silver in Olympic games, so I would call that good, that's winning. Right now her program includes two times a day physio. Sarah believes she will be able to jump after 6 weeks. Time for Worlds is 151 days, what would be nicer than win Worlds in home country.
Pretty much the practice is about concentrating. Sarah is working thru toughts, using lot of visualization. I realize that I have to get better with this. We also discussed about the Worlds and the first jump. That takes away my stress. It might not be the best to jump it, and most likely not to manual. "You just need to learn to manage it, there is a way", smiles Sarah. Huh huh what experiences!!! I have started to think positively about the Worlds. My class will be much harder than last year, because bunch or elite riders are coming to Challenge class. Qualification changes so some of the riders who rode elite last year don't have spot for this year.
Pretty much the practice is about concentrating. Sarah is working thru toughts, using lot of visualization. I realize that I have to get better with this. We also discussed about the Worlds and the first jump. That takes away my stress. It might not be the best to jump it, and most likely not to manual. "You just need to learn to manage it, there is a way", smiles Sarah. Huh huh what experiences!!! I have started to think positively about the Worlds. My class will be much harder than last year, because bunch or elite riders are coming to Challenge class. Qualification changes so some of the riders who rode elite last year don't have spot for this year.
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