DECEMBER 2020
29th December 2020
SL RACES AT ST JEAN D'AULPS
Not my year. There was a problem with entries for the first slalom and the FFS (French ski federation) refused all GB, Spanish and Belgian entries. So a day off.
SL 3
Bib 44. Going OK then straddled the penultimate gate. Looking forward to the New Year !
21st December 2020
GS RACES AT ISOLA 2000
First Giant Slalom races of the season, Isola 2000
GS 1
Bib: 30 Good first run, finished 20th, on my way to a great result. Then .... they cancelled the race ! Just my luck !
GS 2
Bib: 31 When you arrive at a gate exactly how the coach told you not to, and then in the second run you do a belly flop over the finish line, it's not a good race ! But then your coach says that you're skiing well with the right attack, then things suddenly look up.
Christmas hols - well 4 days - then back to training and the next races.
16th December 2020
FIRST RACES OF THE SEASON
First races of the season. Slalom, FIS, Tignes
Slalom 1 DNF 1
Bib: 22, 1st run, wellying it on the limit of control all the way, came out 10 gates before the finish. That's slalom !
Slalom 2 DNF 1
Bib: 20. 1st run, remarkably similar to yesterday's run, but came out on the 3rd gate !
Can only get better from here !
14th December 2020
AT LAST SOME GOOD NEWS !
Training is starting in Pralognan today with first races in Tignes tomorrow and Wednesday. Two slaloms.
Watch this space!
9th December 2020
READY TO SKI BUT NOWHERE TO GO
It's difficult to find somewhere to train. Foreigners do not yet have permission to train in the Savoie, so Ed is having to train in Switzerland this week (for 3 days). Hopefully the situation in France will change next week.
And as for races, looking at races in Italy as the races in France are cancelled for the near future.
FUN START TO THE SEASON!