Park City Race

World Cup Race Park City - Women's Skeleton

https://m.youtube.com/user/bobskeletv

COME WATCH NOELLE PIKUS-PACE ON HER HOME TRACK!!! 

This will most likely be her last race in Park City and she needs all of the support she can get from last weeks BLUNDER in Calgary.  Please come and make some NOISE!!!

Where:  Park City, UT
When:   Friday, December 6, 2013
Time:    10:15 a.m. - Heat 1 Noelle 11:00, 12:15 p.m. Heat 2 Noelle 1:00
Awards:  Will take place about 40 min after the last sled (1:40ish)
Watch:  Click "Live Race Online" (Yellow Box above)
Cost:      FREE!!! If you are going up to watch there is no charge :)
Start #:    It looks like Noelle will be going off last due to the 0 points that were stolen last week :(

Going to the Utah Olympic Park?

If you are going to Park City to see the skeleton race, they have asked that you park at the bottom (before the gate arm) and they will shuttle everyone to the start or finish of the track.

Thanks for your support!!

US Skeleton National Trials Race 4: Park City

Race 4 Finished a week ago with Noelle winning the 4th and final National Team Trials race.  For some reason it always seems harder to update the blog when we're home. But here are a few pictures from that night.

Thank you everyone for coming out to support Noelle!  There was an amazing crowd, one that would rival the Olympic crowd! 98% of which was there for Noelle!  Check out the night below.

 Noelle is waving to the enormous crowd at the start, just after she loaded onto her sled! 

 Noelle Pikus-Pace after her 4th and final run!

 Noelle Pikus-Pace having fun with some of the fans!

 This is just a portion of the many people there to cheer Noelle on!

This is the Noelle's perspective as she gets ready to slide down the track.  It looks pretty intimidating knowing that all of these people are expecting you to do your best!  She does a great job at that!

RACE TIME CHANGE!!! UPDATE-BAD WEATHER!!!

RACE TIME CHANGE! BAD WEATHER!
Hello Noelle Pikus-Pace Fans!!!  We JUST received news that Monday's Race Time has been CHANGED TO 8 A.M. (I know, I know, sorry to everyone that is an incredibly horrible time if you were planning on coming up, the weather is supposed to be very rainy, windy, thundery and possibly lightningy Monday night)

Park City National Skeleton Team Trials
The Park City team trials races will take place on Monday and Tuesday, October 28 & 29.
     When: Monday 28, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
     When: Tuesday 29, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
     Where: Utah Olympic Park
     What: Skeleton team trials, 2 Runs spread over about 2 hrs
     Order: There are 16 women, Noelle will be first off right about (8:00 a.m.).  17 Men will follow          the women, then they repeat in reverse order with the slowest women first.

If you can't make it up to Park City here is the link where you can watch it from home:
http://www.teamusa.org/~/link.aspx?_id=A4C5A275637C4FD3A1BFF642A2F1E6F4&_z=z

US Nationals Skeleton Race 1

AfterRace 1 Update
Race 1 is out of the way and Noelle finished in 1st Place.  She had a good weekend where she could relax and find her mental groove again.

Race #2 Tuesday Morning, Oct 22

• Race is at 6:30 a.m. MST again.
• Noelle is 1st off after The Men Go, order is based on results today. 
• Skeleton Race can be viewed here:

http://www.teamusa.org/~/link.aspx?_id=A4C5A275637C4FD3A1BFF642A2F1E6F4&_z=z

Insider Update
It is not as easy as you would think to be able to go down the track and stay 100% focused the entire time! You can't choose when that focus time is.  They tell you when to go and the clock ticks down letting you know it needs to be game time and everything has to come together in that moment.  This is what make Noelle the best at what she does!  She can focus and knows exactly what to do every inch of the track, even when things go wrong.

Lacee is doing a warm-up with Annie O'Shea.  Returning from last years warm-up bonding :)

Team Trials Race: Day 1 Lake Placid, NY

US National Team Trials Skeleton Race

For those just checking in, Noelle Pikus-Pace will be competing in the US National Team Trials.  We are in Lake Placid, NY where the race will take place Monday and Tuesday. 

The Race is set for tomorrow morning (Monday Oct. 21) beginning at 6:30 a.m. MST.  Noelle will be 1st off, so don't sleep in!!!.  The race can be viewed here at this link:

http://www.teamusa.org/~/link.aspx?_id=A4C5A275637C4FD3A1BFF642A2F1E6F4&_z=z

The 2nd run should begin about at about 8:00 a.m. MST.

The weather is finally getting a little colder but it does warm up pretty quick.  Hopefully the ice conditions will make for fast ice and fair racing.

Thanks for checking in and we hope you enjoy the race.  Noelle has been sliding well and has been focusing most of her time figuring out the push.  A push time of 5.60 or better for her would be really good the next 2 days in Lake Placid.

Igls, Austria World Cup Race

This weeks race is her in lovely Igls, Austria near Innsbruck.  The race is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. here for us so that makes it an early morning race for the die hard watchers!  She will also be competing in a team event on Saturday about 7:30 a.m. MST.  I will update this closer to the race if it changes.

Igls Race Day

Friday January 18, 2013

1:00 a.m. MST

https://www.youtube.com/user/bobskeletv

Look for the live event and remember there is heat 1 & heat 2 about 1hr 30 min apart.

Team Race

Saturday January 19, 2013

7:30 a.m. MST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJVJjhG_gH0&feature=g-high-lss

This is a one heat race for 4 disciplines.  They total the times of each racer to give the team a final time.  So there will be only 1 run from the following:
Men's skeleton
Women's bobsled
Women's skeleton
Men's bobsled

Altenberg World Cup Race - Friday at 5:30 a.m. MST

ALTENBERG WORLD CUP RACE - FRIDAY, JANUARY 4TH @ 5:35 & 7:05 A.M. MST

I have just received an update that the race will begin tomorrow morning at 5:30 a.m. MST.  It can be viewed live at the following links.

Run #1: 5:30 a.m. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydjwss2MgKc&list=LEkr7c8lwpup_LfDV7hOQWsgU

Run #2: 7:05 a.m. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBOk0BdLB1o&list=LEkr7c8lwpup_LfDV7hOQWsgU

If, by chance, the links above do not work go to this link:  http://www.youtube.com/user/bobskeletv?feature=watch and find the live event which should be skeleton at the times listed above.

Thanks for your support and good luck viewing!

Farewell Whistler! Gold Noelle!

It is really late or really early right now (1 a.m.).  We had the 2nd ICC race tonight where Noelle had the 2 fastest runs and WON it!!!  Wahoo!!  A good way to end our 2 week stay here in Whistler, Canada.  We will hit the road tomorrow morning for Winterberg, Germany where Noelle will compete in her 2nd World Cup race next week.  Stay tuned to the blog and I will keep it updated with her schedule and race times.  Just a heads up though, these races in Europe will most likely be at the weee hours of the morning.  I know there might be a few die hards out there, so if you're one of them, the races might be broadcast live on youtube or the ipad app.
Thanks for all the prayers, thoughts and support we couldn't do this without you all!  Here are some highlights from the last couple of days.

Noelle made a top 25 list we just heard about today:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1420624-the-25-hottest-female-winter-sports-athletes

 He was a handful, so I had to stuff him in the stroller!

 Us in front of the Whistler start house.

 You can't ever run out of toys- just find a pillow bag and walah!  

 Tired, plus really cold, plus really wet, plus a delay on the track, plus really hungry =, this.

 Noelle pushing on her 2nd run on the 2nd ICC race.

 Awards on the first night where Noelle placed 2nd.

 Day 2, rain stopped and snow started!  Lacee found a natural elephant to ride.

 We made a mini snowman, and yes he has an apple for a mouth and a banana peel for a hat.

 Race 2, Noelle placed 1st and claimed the Gold in style!

Team USA on ICC in Whistler.

Either the kids found the podium or Noelle and I shrunk!

Can you see 4 people in the picture?  Once you find the 4th, go watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas  and tell me who it is.  (Not planned, somehow Traycen uncovered the beast!)

Noelle finishes 6th in her 1st World Cup Race

Noelle pushed her fastest ever on this track on both runs. We are really proud of her, she did a great job. 
We stay here in Whistler for the ICC races next week.

Preview: Whistler World Cup Nov. 23, 2012

For those interested in watching Noelle's first World Cup race this year in Whistler, BC you can tune into Universal Sports channel or on the IPAD App.  Her race will be this Friday, Nov. 23 at 10:00 & 11:30 a.m.

• 402 for DISH Network
• 625 Direct TV
• Live+ App for IPAD & IPOD only (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/live+/id472736696?mt=8)
• If you do not have one of these options you can try www.universalsports.com and search for skelton, or
• You can watch the times populate live on www.FIBT.com (no video coverage, times only)

Thank you all for your support.  This will be an exciting week to see how Noelle will compete against the best in the World.

Noelle wins race #3

Noelle had another excellent race in team trials last night winning the 3rd of 4 races with a 2 second margin over 2nd place.  Way to go Noelle and thank you all for your support.

Here is the press release:

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/pikus-pace-daly-win-us-selection-races-again

Oh, by the way, it was Halloween!  As you can see by the picture; you can take the girl out of Halloween, but you can't take the Halloween out of the girl!

Mid Trials update

Noelle came away from the NY races with 2 wins and has 2 more races in Park City before the team is officially named.  These races are on Oct 31st (Halloween) at 5pm and Nov 1st at 4 pm.  Thank you all for your support, this has been an amazing journey so far and there are amazing things yet to happen.  We couldn't do this without all of you.

The night before the race!

We have 2 days left here in NY; tomorrow is the first race of team trials in Lake Placid and Noelle's training runs have gone really well.  I will attach a few photos from the track and from our backyard here in NY.

 This is an amazing train set in the basement of the Peters home where we are staying.  The kids love it!

 Just part of the backyard where we went on a 3 mi loop today, pushing our double stroller by the way, over this bridge and through rough trails.  Amazing!

This is a view from the top of the track

 This is Noelle's 2 handed push, since changed to a 1 handed approach

This is Noelle's new pod, she's coming back in style!

Tomorrow is the first race of team trials in Lake Placid and Noelle's training runs have gone really well.  I will attach a few photos from the track and from our backyard here in NY.