Leah Walkeden

@_walkeden

🇨🇦 Canadian Brake(wo)man & A Business Woman ❄️🛷💨 Powered by @CANFund ⭐️ 📍YEG Owner Of @love.jupiter
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The good news is we found out what’s wrong with my hamstring, the bad news is we found out what’s wrong with my hamstring. With a heavy heart, I’ve had to pull out of my last World Cup race of the season as I have a tear in my upper hamstring tendon. Racing my first World Champs on a torn hamstring wasn’t on my bingo card for 2024 but we done did it. I’ll be cheering on our ladies tomorrow in the race and then off home to fix the ol’ ham before we get going on next season. 🐷 7 million thank yous to @manteomitchell for helping me get in with the Doc and get expedited imaging so we could find out what’s going on. 🙌🏽
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6 days ago
✨World Championships✨ Top 8 at worlds was my large goal heading into the season, see pic 2 for my reaction when I realized it was about to happen. When we crashed in training in Altenberg 2 weeks before Worlds, I got banged up in my hip, glute, and hamstring, I couldn’t race that weekend. During the 2 weeks of world champs, we worked tirelessly on trying to get my hamstring feeling better and each time we thought we got it figured out, something else would rear its head. Every time I tried to run I had red hot pain down my hamstring. Accelerate from a static position? Don’t think about it. Race day came and it progressed to where I couldn’t do a stride without the pain, no matter how easy I tried to go. I didn’t panic, @leti__anne and I had some tools in our belt, literally anything we could try to give some release to the pain, and I marched to the start line right from the table and rode straight adrenaline to the bottom. Four times. This was NOT how I wanted what I had been working for for years to shake out. I don’t know how many tears I shed leading up to the race knowing I wasn’t going to be able to give @thecynapps the best pushes I possibly could, but we managed to finish on our fastest push of the comp, a top 5 push. I wish I knew what we could have pushed had I been healthy, but such is life. We have 1 more race in Lake Placid, NY next weekend to tie the season up 👊🏽👊🏽 Thank you to all those helping to make my dreams become regular Saturdays and Sundays. ❄️❄️
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15 days ago
I’ve only been waiting since September 2006 to race for Canada at a non age classed World Championships, and tomorrow is the day ✨✨ Heat 1 & 2 start tomorrow (Friday at 7am MST) and Heat 3 & 4 are Saturday at 6:30am MST. Thank you to everyone who helped get me here this season, including but not limited to @nwright021 , @jeffcubos / @backontracksprucegrove , @tyson_physio , @envent_engineering , @canfund / @150women , and my family for always waking up early to watch and support all us girls. @devwanat thanks for jumping on the bandwagon supporting me while I’m busy training all summer and away all winter chasing goals I set long before we even met, it means the world. Lets go girls 🤠 📸 : @rekords #teamcanada #bobsleigh #bobsled #canfund #canfund150women #ibsf
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28 days ago
Monobob week at the World Championships is where the brakemen shine ✨ ✨✨ 2 man week starting tomorrow, can’t wait! Thank you again to @teamcanada @hillbergandberk for the gorgeous earrings gift, I haven’t taken them off since we were gifted them. They’re beautiful 🤩 #teamcanada #bobsleigh #bobsled #worldchampionships
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1 month ago
Waving HELLOOOOOOOO to World Championships in Winterberg, Germany these next 2 weeks! This is week is dedicated to the Monobob Queens and next week is for the Brake(wo)men. 👯‍♀️
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1 month ago
Mourning the loss but celebrating the life of our dear patriarch. The reason I played the trumpet, the reason I love fishing, the reason my sense of humour is what it is, the reason I love building and creating. 💙💛
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1 month ago
Have you ever wondered what brakewoman do on Women’s Monobob race days? This is it 😅🎣 #IBSF100 #ready2slide #slidingtogether #bobsleigh #brakewoman #winter
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3 months ago
Canada’s @_walkeden 🇨🇦 walked us through a little bit what goes on in between training runs and the important role of breakwoman on days when there’s only Monobob training for their pilots. 🛷 #IBSF100 #ready2slide #slidingtogether #bobsleigh #bobsled #winter #sliding #behindthescenes #laplagne #BMWIBSFWorldCup
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3 months ago
Last day in the ice house with my girls 🖤❤️🖤 1 more week at home to get some hard training in before we all head off to La Plagne, France for the first stop of the World Cup! #bobsleigh #bobsled #canfund #canfund150women #teamcanada #wintersport
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4 months ago
Weeeee I’m doing a raffle! 💜 In the last few weeks I’ve both been named to my 3rd Canadian Bobsleigh team 🛷💨❄️ and received @canfund ⭐️ to support my coming season! I am taking my #canfundpledge which is setting out to raise donations to go back into the program so more and more athletes like me can be funded in future seasons. I have donated a $200 gift certificate for my company @love.jupiter in hopes to both raise awareness for small handmade companies going into this holiday season, and to raise awareness for CAN Fund as it’s integral to athletes in Canada. To enter the raffle, I am asking for a minimum $10 donation directly to CAN Fund through the link in my bio. Please send a confirmation of your donation to me via direct message and you will be entered. Your donation will go towards all athletes in all sports, if you’d prefer your donation to go directly to a specific sport (eg Bobsleigh or Athletics), when you send your donation confirmation to me please mention this. I will help you direct your funds to the sport of your choosing. The gift certificate does not expire, can be used internationally, and should be treated as cash. #bobsleigh #bobsled #wintersport #teamcanada #canfund #150women #canfund150women #athletics #edmonton #edmontonathlete #shoplocal #yegshoplocal #smallbusiness #etsyshop #etsycanada
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4 months ago
Dynamic race prep finished up! 🚀 Selection races start today for the season, Cynthia and I are pre selected as our team had a top 3 finish in Monobob on the World Cup circuit last year. We will be forerunning the 2 Woman selection race tomorrow! Eternal thanks to the team for getting us here 💥 @canfund @150women @backontracksprucegrove @wrightptyeg #bobsleigh #wintersport #teamcanada #bobsled #yeg
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4 months ago
⭐️ So pleased to announce I have joined the @canfund team. 📣 Becoming a CAN Fund recipient changes the circumstances of hundreds of athletes like myself. Having my team program based in Calgary and living in Edmonton, I commute every week 3 hours each way to practice and push with the team, which adds a lot of financial stress to my situation. I value the support system, coaching, and family I have at my home base in Edmonton and chose to not relocate, but it’s not without its own challenges. Having CAN Fund this season to help with the financial side of the sport will make a large difference, and I can’t wait to see what the season holds. 🛷💨❄️ To learn more or to make a donation visit: www.MyCANFund.ca #CANFund #CANFund150women #teamcanada #bobsleigh #wintersport #edmonton #yegathlete
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5 months ago