The first half of the season is finally finished! 

I was the only brakeman to do all five races of the half - four with Kaillie Humphries and one with Amanda Stepenko. I have established three new push-start records and we tied a fourth.  We set a track record on Altenberg - one of the most challenging tracks, and won both a bronze and a gold medal.

Yes, it was a very good first half and I appreciate all of the messages of congratulations from home. But there's still a lot of the season left to go. There are still three more races in the World Cup circuit, with the Olympic team not being announced until after two of those. So much can still happen between now and then, and that means that I can't take anything for granted.