We were supposed to be on the bobsled track tonight, but for reasons being those plans got changed. Instead, I decided to go to the gym and get my work out there.
Hopefully we’ll be back up on the track later this week.
By the way, I wrote a post about our last bobsledding adventure on Jeremy’s team blog. You should go check it out. Here’s the link.
It’s not everyday the National Enquirer writes a 100% factual story. So, when my team captain (Jeremy Holm) got a call from them asking to do an interview to find out more about our team and why I joined Team Holm Bobsled, you can only imagine our trepidation to participate. However after some thought, we decided that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it a go.
Well to make a long story short, the article ran last week. How’s that for craziness? Does this mean we’re famous? 
Craziness aside, I’ve gotta give a shout out to both Jeremy and Brad who are pictured in the article – two great guys! I would be going nowhere with all this bobsledding stuff if it weren’t for those two, as well as Matt and Dan (along all my skele friends). We all have a good time sliding. I wish everyone at the track best of luck with their goals and aspirations; you all inspire me to work harder.
Thank you!
–Don (a.k.a. Blackout)
Well in case you haven’t heard, our team got a little recognition in a local publication today. Blogging about this article may be a little shameless in self-promotion, but that hasn’t stopped me before. However, I think it is very important that I recognize a few people that truly helped to make this article come to fruition.
First, and foremost… Jeremy Holm: The man that got me involved in this amazing sport and continues to teach me important techniques to continue to improve on the track.
Brad Welch, Matt Storms, and Dan Bright for keeping the entertainment alive; even if we are freezing our butts off in Speedos.
Mark Weinberg, a very talented man behind the camera lens.
Vaudene Crosley, for driving all the way out in the middle of nowhere Utah to take pictures on “fake snow.”
…and all the friends I’ve made up at the track (of course that means the skeleton athletes!)
There are so many other people I could thank, but then this would end up sounding more like an acceptance speech for some stupid award. And, we all know how obnoxious those can get.
So, here’s the link to the article: Now that’s one speedy Osmond
Jeremy and I hit the track late yesterday evening for a couple runs down the track before taking the Thanksgiving holiday off. And, we are so glad that we did.
(Flashback) The last time we were up on the track, our best time was a 52.25. Starting off the season with that fast of a run got us very excited for this season. It means we are only getting faster.
Well… on the first run of the evening, we finished with a 52.25. Can you believe it? The exact time from our previous night’s run. We couldn’t believe it. What’s more, the skeleton athletes that had gone before told us that the track was running a little slower than before. (What does that mean for us? In theory, we’re going faster!)
Totally stoked from our first run, we set for our second of the evening. No lie. We finished the track in 52.25. Three times in a row! As we crossed the finish line, Jeremy was laughing hysterically. What are the chances?
I wish I could say that we got faster as the evening wore on, but we didn’t. However, the saving grace was that all four of our down times were nearly the same – consistency is key.
Not a bad time for the first time back on the track…
Yes, I got back in the sled on Saturday morning. It felt good to be back on the ice. Jeremy was feeling a little frisky and decided to take some strong lines. (I’m still feeling sore around the neck.)
So, there’s the bench mark for the rest of the season: 52.25. That’s the time to beat, and to keep beating everything we go sliding. We might even be heading up there during the Thanksgiving holiday. Once you get addicted to this stuff… it’s dangerous!
…we really want to be in the 51s.
I don’t wan to say it… I don’t!
Yesterday, the track was closed to bobsledding because of the luge. Tonight… I have no idea.
But this is the end of my string of bad luck. I know I’m sliding tomorrow. (I hope)
I don’t believe it! The bobsled track is closed to bobsledders tonight… (Speechless!)
I was so excited to go bobsledding last week, but due to track closures and previous plans to see my father’s show in Vegas… bobsledding didn’t happen.
Not this week! Oh no! I’m wishing upon my lucky stars and keeping my rabbits feet close by to make sure I go sledding this week.
The plan is to go up tomorrow for a 2-man refresher run; Friday we’ll be warming up the 4-man; Saturday for time trials. We ended last season pretty well, and with all the training we’ve been doing over the summer, we are hoping to beat those times – Saturday, we’ll find out.
And just because this post is about bobsledding, don’t even think that I’ve not forgotten to remind everyone to vote for my brother. Until this competition is over, you’ll find a link at the bottom of all my posts reminding you to go vote for Brandon…
— VOTE FOR BRANDON —
…we didn’t go sliding tonight. Bum deal.
Not sure the reason behind the track being closed for the evening, but that’s just what happened. There’s always another day.
…it’s bobsledding time!
We are going sliding on Thursday! All I gotta say is, “It’s about time!”
Off-season training has ended and it’s time for the spikes to meet the ice. We’ve undergone a lot of training during the summer; even endured a couple of injuries, but we’re ready for the ’08-’09 season. We’ve got a great team of guys, and we’re even going to be trying out a couple other guys.
Man, oh man… This is better than an early Christmas present.
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