Sunday, February 10, 2008

Ben came 4th in the World Cup final!!! What a fantastic finish to a great World Cup season for him.

Ben, Iain, Tionette and myself are all off to Altenberg next weekend.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Winterberg

I am now in Winterberg Germany, I am forerunning for the World Cup final here, after this I will head to Altenberg for the World Championships.

I have been rather poor at updating my blog this season, so to sum it up, I have had my best season ever as far as sliding goes, and probably my 2nd best as far as resutls go (to this point), my sliding has improved and my understanding of what it takes to go fast and a how to apply it has improved, thanks to my coach, Tim who has helped me make these important steps forward.

My results in the 9 races I have competed in so far were a mixed bag, at times rather inconsistent, but at other times fantastic and in Konigsee, I had the best half run of my life. I have be competing on the new Intercontinental Cup series, which had about 20 women who were supposed to be comparable to the athletes ranked 9th -25th on the World Cup.

This was the first year that they split the field into two major race series, to start with we were all unsure how the quality of the two fields compared. Athletes on IC have been breaking track records, showing that the best are certainly as good as the top WC athletes, and this week I have been forerunning for the World Cup Final (being the first athlete down the track to test the timing and the groove, but not competing) and was pleasantly surprised to see that the level of ability in WC field seems to be not far above that of the IC field, two other IC athletes are competing in the WC with their times down the track showing a much smaller gap between IC and WC than the official points table suggest.

I am one of only a few athletes going to the World Championships from the IC and can not wait to race the best in the world on the demanding track in Altenberg.