06/02/2025
Our Sponsored Skeleton athlete Chris is back from his recent camp: here he talks about his time away:
Since being sponsored by Banbury Private Physiotherapy I have been able to able to reach the targets set in order to perform at my best. My sessions with Marcus, which included PNF stretching and soft tissue massage, and highlighted areas which I have needed to focus on, to allow me to execute my goals.
Having been back in the UK for 3 weeks after my last camp, in late November I flew to Winterberg, Germany to compete in my first international competition for Great Britain. It was a new track for me so it was quite hard to get used to as I only completed 5 days of training before having to race! It was a great experience and allowed me to see other elite athletes in a race environment. After the race, we then drove to Lillehammer, Norway over the course of 2 days to train for 3 days during the week and then complete a double race at the weekend. Having already been there during pre-season, it was a deal of getting used to the track again and making minute changes through those sessions. My result from the race was better than that from Winterberg the previous weekend, so I am happy with the progress I managed to make - even between races at the weekend. We stayed for a few days after racing was finished, to allow us to train for a few more days and continue to work on our own goals and experiment with different options. On the day that we arrived, there was a World Cup race which included several other GB athletes so we went up to the track to support them and watched them have a very successful race. We then got a few days off to relax and set-up our sleds ready for the final days of training before returning home for Christmas. After a couple of days of sliding from corner 4 of the track, I decided to move to the top of the track and managed to get down safe which was the primary focus as it is one of the hardest tracks in the world! Given that, I was very happy with the progress I managed to make, especially towards the end of the camp.
