Most of you know I raced the World Cup CLassic sprint in Canmore AB, this past weekend, My first world cup start and surely not my last! I did everything almost exactly the way I wanted it executed. I stayed relaxed, Skied relaxed, and skied techniquely well. I didn't crack the top 30, but I did end up 4th Canadian, one of my better results of the year. Overall I can honestly say that my firstr world cup was a success.
Well I can finally sit down on "My" couch back home in Squamish B.C. It has been almost 3 full months since being here (unless you count my less than 12 hour stop over in mid Dec!) It feels good!!! although I am soon jumping back in the car to drive to Seattle to fly to Madison, Wisconson(SP?) for 2 supertour races. After those races I will return back to the Callaghan Valley to resume training until Western Canadian Championships, in La Ronge, Sask. A first for racing there for me!
I promise from now on I will keep you updated on a more regular basis!!!
Chris
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Throwing in the towel to pick one up
Yesterday was probably the worst day of my life to date. I quit my first race. I passed the 7.5 km point heading into my last lap of classic, 2.5 km left in the classic portion. I came around the corner to see my coach Amy cheering me on with all her heart and I break down in the middle of the trail, Balling my eyes out! I could hardly breath, my muscles were shaking and I had just quit. I was losing time to the leaders worse than I had ever. I was down around 4 minutes when normally I am barely down 2 minutes after 10km.
I as most of you know my bag has been stolen. everything gone. I received a phone call last night from the air carrier last night, I was first a little excited, maybe they had found my bag? But unfortunately they were calling to ask for an email to send a declaration form to me.
Until that point in the race I really didn't think that the situation had been that hard on me but all the additional stresses added to the body was not a good combo. After talking to Amy, while balling my eyes out it helped me feel better, also talking to Amanda really helped, she really made made me feel better with a great pep talk! Mom also sent me a text message which helped me bring up my spirits!
After it was all said and done I realized that on that day it made better sense to throw in the towel and start thinking about my day, Sprint Day. I have some great boards lined up and I am ready to give it my all and try to collect my plane ticket to Europe.
I'll update you post sprint if you don't know where to look for results this link should help;
www.zone4.ca
Chris
I as most of you know my bag has been stolen. everything gone. I received a phone call last night from the air carrier last night, I was first a little excited, maybe they had found my bag? But unfortunately they were calling to ask for an email to send a declaration form to me.
Until that point in the race I really didn't think that the situation had been that hard on me but all the additional stresses added to the body was not a good combo. After talking to Amy, while balling my eyes out it helped me feel better, also talking to Amanda really helped, she really made made me feel better with a great pep talk! Mom also sent me a text message which helped me bring up my spirits!
After it was all said and done I realized that on that day it made better sense to throw in the towel and start thinking about my day, Sprint Day. I have some great boards lined up and I am ready to give it my all and try to collect my plane ticket to Europe.
I'll update you post sprint if you don't know where to look for results this link should help;
www.zone4.ca
Chris
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