Kirsty Muir dropped in to a different Olympic ultimate together with her favorite Artic Monkeys tune ringing in her headphones.
And the lyric 'The center of an journey, such an ideal place to start out' by no means appeared extra acceptable.
These have been a tricky Video games for Crew GB, medals have been a bit just like the snow - distinctly brief in provide.
Certainly with 5 days of competitors to return the scorers have but to be anxious, elevating the prospect of a primary Olympics and not using a medal in three many years … no strain then Bruce Mouat within the males’s curling.
That inquest will begin quickly sufficient however there isn't a doubt that Muir will survive unscathed, the undisputed breakthrough act of Crew GB's Beijing travellers.
Freestyle skier Muir might be again to high school subsequent week however admits she's realized some massive classes from her debut Olympic expertise, as Crew GB's youngest member, aged simply 17, adopted her fifth place within the Large Air with an eighth within the ladies's slopestyle.
Muir's silver medal on the Youth Olympics in Lausanne two years in the past underlined her potential, this was a formidable massive stage commencement.
"I used to be glad to make one other ultimate however the general feeling might be nonetheless disappointment," she mentioned.
"The ladies up there have smashed it however I actually hoped I could possibly be within the working too.
"I've realized lots and I've acquired lots to work on, this sport is transferring at such a quick fee and that offers me the motivation to maintain coaching laborious."
Along with her thousands and thousands of followers on social media, China's Eileen Gu, who scored slopestyle silver so as to add to Large Air gold, helps to lift the profile of the game.
Muir was once more the youngest on this Olympic ultimate however Gu is just some months older - and would be the one to chase because the Olympic countdown resets to Milano-Cortina in 4 years’ time.
"I believe we will undoubtedly get some extra folks simply seeing our sport and getting concerned," mentioned Muir. "I actually hope some younger folks can become involved with it, I hope this possibly impressed them."
Muir expects she'll be again at Bucksburn Academy, the place she is finding out her Highers, subsequent week.
From flying excessive on the Olympics, and being tweeted on social media by Judy Murray, it's going to be again to earth with a bump.
"I've acquired a number of work to make amends for," she added.
"That is my final 12 months at school and I am considering I'd take a niche 12 months to give attention to my snowboarding, we'll simply see."
After two seventh locations in her earlier Olympic finals, team-mate Katie Summerhayes was nonetheless smiling after ending one place behind Muir in ninth, Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud taking gold.
"I assumed that I might get on that podium," she admitted.
"However the factor that has modified for me is simply that I had a lot enjoyable, it was a distinct form of vibe for me. I needed to exit and revel in myself and I really feel like I did that.
“The previous two Olympics I’ve been in tears on the backside and I’m completely cheesin’ now, so I’m actually glad."
Summerhayes, now 26, is aware of what it is prefer to be dubbed the 'subsequent massive factor' after changing into the youngest British lady to win a World Cup snowboarding medal aged 19.
However she's little question Muir has what it takes.
"She will undoubtedly be up there on the rostrum," she added. "She simply must preserve coaching and preserve having fun with it. She is aware of precisely what she must do."
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