After squeezing in the sleigh, I can hardly image we would have been successful in getting in the sleigh while running. It is very narrow and it was a bit of puzzling to get in. Once succeeded, the guide pushed us on the track.
The first couple of turns are easy and you have plenty of time to look around and to see how you are going down the ice track. However, while speed is being built up, after the 360 degree ‘Kreisel’ turn it became very hard to look around. Speed kept going up and near the end we reached a top speed of 119km/h. Close to the finish you have the triple turn combination where your head first bangs left, then right and then left again. At this moment it’s no longer a comfortable run and to be honest, I was a bit relieved when we crossed the finish line and our bobsleigh started to reduce speed.
The end of the track is in a tunnel below the slopes nowadays. A couple of years ago they had to make the track longer as the material keeps changing and the sleigh reach higher speeds and need longer time to stop.