I've done a few races since being back in France, a night slalom in Morzine, a GS in Les Gets and the French National Junior championships Super G and Alpine Combined in Les Menuires. The races were pretty good, in slalom I still feel like I'm struggling and that's reflecting in my results. In Les Gets I managed to score my best GS result, it was a huge surprise I really didn't think I deserved it from how I skied but it was a score nonetheless. The french nationals were tough but a really good experience, especially when some of the French World Cup women's team turned up to practice for the World Cup Finals in Meribel. Super G is definitely not my strongest discipline, I never manage to train gates and in comparison to slalom and GS I spend much less time on the skis. However I really enjoy skiing it so I like it when I get the chance. Results wise I've been super consistent this season no huge improvement but knocking off a couple of points here and there.
In the run up to the British Championships in Tignes training arrangements in Les Houches have been pretty difficult, it's meant we have had to train in Courmayeur, Pila and La Thuile in Italy.
Travelling further everyday has been tiring and meant I've much less time to rest and relax compared to usual. It was good to train on different pistes and in different conditions, being in Les Houches all season can get a little boring and you can get too used to training on the same hill.I've just returned from the British Champs. The results haven't been what I hoped for... I really enjoyed skiing the Super G, the course was really good. I DNF in the NC and made the same mistake in the NJC but managed to complete but the time was slow. Conditions were tough for the NC GS with really hard snow and very poor visibility. I crashed out along with many girls, I've never been to a race where 5 blood wagons were used for 50 girls.....
Onto the slalom - a race I'd rather forget. It was one of those races where when you are skiing nothing feels particularly good, but nothing feels that bad, but when you look at the time it's just disappointing. In the NJC GS it was probably the first time in the week I was actually satisfied with what I was doing, my first run put me in a good start position for the second run. On the second run though my ski released on the fourth gate, and me and my coach have no idea why. I was so frustrated, I didn't do anything wrong but I was unlucky. I ended up falling inside onto my thumb which I had surgery on in the summer. I don't think any serious damage was done, but it made slalom the next day a bit more difficult. I tried to end the week on a high, I wasn't too disappointed with how I skied in the last slalom, my second run was pretty good so I know I can do it!
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| Welsh Ski Team at the British Championships |
Usually the British Championships marks the end of the season but this year I'm lucky enough to stay out for a couple more weeks and fit in a few more races. Hopefully I'll end the season on a high!
