Induction
Hey everyone! For those of you who don’t know me yet, my name is Kelly and I am one of the newest members of the CXC Elite team! I am 22 years old and just graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College on May 31st.
Right now, I am back living in Ely, Minnesota with my parents, training full time and working at Silver Rapids Lodge at the front desk and also waitressing on the side. Throughout most of my college career I primarily waitressed in the summers because it was a great way to earn a good amount of cash in such a small amount of time. But as I grew more and more serious about ski racing, I realized that waitressing was way too demanding of a job to be doing five days a week while also training. So, as of now I work the front desk at the lodge on the weekdays that I work and waitress on only the weekends, when I am able to make the most money in tips. I think it’s a pretty good plan, and seems to be working. Of course I would rather not work at all and focus JUST on training, but being on tier 5 doesn’t exactly allow that…oh well, just one more motivator to get fast, right? : )
Enough about working for now…I want to talk about being new to the CXC program. My first camp with the team was in Marine on the St. Croix just short of a week ago. From the moment I was accepted onto CXC and on I wasn’t nervous at all, just really excited, until I woke up on the day I was driving to the first camp. Then, to say the least, I was pretty nervous because it was actually real! I really was on the Elite team and I really had to attend the camp in Marine. It was such a weird feeling to be the youngest and all of a sudden having to be shown and explained what to do since just a few months ago I was the oldest (on the GAC team) and the one responsible for looking after the lower classmen. But as the week progressed I quickly caught on and by the end of the two weeks didn’t feel new at all. The camp was great and I learned so much; not just about training but also about myself. The coaches and the team are awesome! I’m really looking forward to spending more time with everyone in and out of training.
I’m already leaving for the camp in Hayward in just over a week! My goal before then is to get in some solid training while also working on the specific technique tips that I was given at camp in Marine (that is the one thing I need to focus on the most!). Stay posted for news after the Hayward camp, which starts on the 4th of July.
koskier 4:25 pm on June 29, 2009 Permalink |
i was so totally going to make fun of you for writing induction instead of introduction…but then i looked it up on webster, and turns out i’m the dummy.
1 a: the act or process of inducting (as into office) b: an initial experience : initiation c: the formality by which a civilian is inducted into military service
And here I thought it was something to do with electric fields… ;)