Stars in Danger: Competition Time!
We arrive in Greensboro, North Carolina on December 13 to compete 2 days later at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, I am not confident I will make it past the first round, but I am proud of myself for overcoming several fears and making the most of this 10 day training experience. Now it is show time!
My fellow divers are wonderfully supportive of each other, and on Competition Day it doesn’t feel so much like we were competing against each other, but that we are striving to do our best. And do our best we do. I – well watch the show and you can see how I did. Suffice it to say that I was thrilled to be there, and it was a blast taping the show. It was “live to tape” (no reshoots) but it took 5 hours to finish, with all the stopping and starting. I know it will be really fun to watch too (only 2 hours), so I hope you tune in tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan 9 at 8p/7c on Fox!
I want to thank my awesome coach, Karl Warden, for his amazing guidance, his loving patience and his diving expertise.
I also want to thank my amazing friend David Chokachi, who made me a better diver just by being next to me on the 5 meter platform. I was privileged to be his diving partner for the synchro dive.
The crew and the cast of divers were all awesome. I feel blessed. Note: it has been almost a month since we taped, and my shoulders are still stiff from those fast twitch muscles awakening ! Bruises pretty much gone, phew.
