This past week I was at Lake Louise mountain in Alberta competing in
nationals. We had a fis slalom event earlier in the week where we did a
traditional 2 run slalom course. That's when you set a very long course
and do one run then re set the course and do another. The race was
about 55 gates which is alot compared to our usual 30 or so. That day I
came in 3rd place.
Yesterday was our nationals where I competed in a parellel giant slalom. I qualified 1st feeling really good about my runs. Went into the first heat with my soon to be teamate Kita from Nova Scotia. I moved on to top 8 going into the next heat with Lynn Ott from the american team. Had another 2 good runs and moved onto the top 4. Which meant I had another 4 runs to go. I ended up competing against another canadian Caroline Calve who's had an amazing year on the world cup circuit finishing her season with 2 fourth places. First run I won by max penalty and was in a good position at this point. I just needed to stick with her or even be slightly behind to go through. The snow was alot more soft then in the morning and the ruts were forming. I wasn't riding as well as I was in the morning and started cutting off my turns instead of riding with the rut. I hit a few ruts and everytime that would slow me down a little bit more, enough for her to make up the max penalty of 1.5. Caroline went through to the finals to compete for the win which she ended up winning. I went onto the round to decide bronze and 4th.
I talked with my coaches and they said I needed to ride with the rut and not try to go over them so I did that and won the first round by a little bit against my friend Lindsay Lloyd from the American team. Second run I needed to do the same if I wanted to walk away with the bronze but unfortunatly I crashed near the top of the run and finished in 4th that day.
I was definitly bummed to start the day off in first and finish 4th but alot of positive things came out of yesterday and I'm looking forward to taking that into the 2012 season. It's beeen an emotional roller coaster of a year but I feel as though I ended my season strong.
Yesterday was our nationals where I competed in a parellel giant slalom. I qualified 1st feeling really good about my runs. Went into the first heat with my soon to be teamate Kita from Nova Scotia. I moved on to top 8 going into the next heat with Lynn Ott from the american team. Had another 2 good runs and moved onto the top 4. Which meant I had another 4 runs to go. I ended up competing against another canadian Caroline Calve who's had an amazing year on the world cup circuit finishing her season with 2 fourth places. First run I won by max penalty and was in a good position at this point. I just needed to stick with her or even be slightly behind to go through. The snow was alot more soft then in the morning and the ruts were forming. I wasn't riding as well as I was in the morning and started cutting off my turns instead of riding with the rut. I hit a few ruts and everytime that would slow me down a little bit more, enough for her to make up the max penalty of 1.5. Caroline went through to the finals to compete for the win which she ended up winning. I went onto the round to decide bronze and 4th.
I talked with my coaches and they said I needed to ride with the rut and not try to go over them so I did that and won the first round by a little bit against my friend Lindsay Lloyd from the American team. Second run I needed to do the same if I wanted to walk away with the bronze but unfortunatly I crashed near the top of the run and finished in 4th that day.
I was definitly bummed to start the day off in first and finish 4th but alot of positive things came out of yesterday and I'm looking forward to taking that into the 2012 season. It's beeen an emotional roller coaster of a year but I feel as though I ended my season strong.
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