It's tricky to find time to write these things, the days are pretty
packed. As I write this, the team's been pretty much on the go since
this morning. I'll try and put together a more full post tomorrow.
The
racing went fairly well today. Simon and Cam looked strong, Fiona and
Amelia powered their way through some head colds and Anais was super
zen. Do had a decent race, Elora was pleasantly surprised that she
remained almost completely pain-free, and both Alex and I managed to get
into the top ten in our respective categories.
Says
Sam about his race, "eh, it went. I was mostly racing today focusing on
not hurting my back. I'm going to try racing without the brace
tomorrow."
The waxing was tricky. There were allegedly a
few meltdowns over the grip wax, as the track was so icy that it was
difficult to find a working combination. Eventually, (after miserably
messing around with klister for a while,) we found a working hardwax
combination, and the skis ended up flying as per usual.
I
struggled today with a feeling that I was missing my usual snap. The
best way I can describe it is feeling flatfooted. Corey and I identified
a possible reason: since it was so cold in Manitoba in the last few
weeks, a lot of our usual pre-competition interval sessions were
cancelled, as we were wary of the strain put on our lungs by exertion in
the cold. I was surprised at the negative effects of not preparing
adequately in that respect, although it was to be expected.
More details and pictures to come, I'm falling into a coma.
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