Post Worlds 2012

Well Stacey’s head fixed and we did indeed survive the World Championships in Nice. We had a great qualifying round finishing in 4th place then struggled in the short programme which we’d already changed 3 times in the season because we felt it wasn’t running smoothly. Overall it was a good Championships and landed us a Grand Prix of America which is a great honour in skating. We made a lot of improvements this season and can’t wait to get out and compete again.

After we got back we took a full month off to sort ourselves out and to have a little rest. We didn’t have much time between moving from Poland to America so our whole apartment was dotted in garages all over the UK. While we were back we managed to unpack it all anyway and sort it into some kind of system, I also managed to redecorate Stacey’s room at the same time. The rest of the time we spent relaxing or doing things we enjoy like mountain climbing and seeing friends. When we got to Florida, Stacey’s mum followed us out and we managed to see a few sites that we hadn’t got chance to go to, Miami and Orlando. Then a week later we met fellow British athlete Jenna and her husband Kevin Van Der Perren and went to Disney World for the day.

Now were back in training fully rejuvenated and getting to grips with an exciting new season after the rest. Unfortunately our primary coach decided to move on, so we moved to our second in command from last season Lyndon Johnson who was a little too busy last season to take us on full time. He is a World silver medallist in Pairs skating and has a calm strength that you can rely on in a tough situation. We’ve started 2 new programme’s for this Olympic qualifying season and are trying our very best to make them our greatest ever. Obviously we try every year but Olympic qualifier is quite a motivation and to build on Olympic excitement we participated in Walk to London 2012 with American Olympians in Tampa.

This weekend has kind of blown us away with celebrating the Queens 60th Jubilee, we got right into it and felt so patriotic even though we are so far away. We had our own party and cooked British food for all our American friends while watching the pageants and concert. We often feel home sick but this really made us feel we wanted to be home. Next time we come home is for the London Olympics so I can’t complain too much.
Anyway take care and feel proud of who you are and
where your from!