Well, I made it up to Lake Placid and got a chance to have one hell of an awesome time there. I got to meet the man running the show there, Steve Peters, and the development coach Amanda Bird. Both of them are amazingly good coaches and hosts. I give them alot of credit of running their program, as they both wear alot of hats and of course dont have the budget they need. They are genuinely nice people and are doing a great job. I would suggest that anyone looking for Lake Placid info to email Steve.
My claim to fame now is that I was able to slide a 1:04 on the Lake Placid track after 3 days of training. Like alot of other people here now, I'm hooked.
I'm definately going to have to make the trip out to Utah and take a school there.
To everyone's point, relaxing on the sled is the main thing. On my first start from the top, I was too tense and lost the back end coming out of a turn. Smacked my helmet off the ice and thus, my face off the inside of the helmet. Lets hear it for mouthguards. After that though, staying relaxed on the sled, I used the coaches tip to simply "look" through the turns and the sled reacted accordingly. All in all, it was awesome and I cant wait to do it again. I want a :58 on that track next time I'm there.