Sunday, January 10, 2010

Ouch!

In every way... I pulled Scott's stitches two days ago, and last night he fell while ice skating and ate his own knee. We didn't get more stitches -- I just steri-stripped him.

We wrapped up the first Western Region Elite FIS series of the season today. The first two days were Slalom at Snowbird. They'd pumped 80,000 gallons of water into the hill and it was slick. Assembled were the top FIS athletes from the West. plus six NCAA Division I teams -- about 130 athletes. The first day the surface took it's toll, knocking out 60% of the field, including Scott (He hiked back into the course each run). The second day Scott skied better and he was 2nd place J2 with a few glaring errors. The day ended on a good note as he felt he'd mastered the ice the second run. In this sport, one must seize the small victories, for if you don't celebrate them the sport will kill you.

The following two days were Giant Slalom at Park City. Scott had an erratic first run yesterday but did OK. He flew the second run, finishing 33rd overall and 1st for J2s. Today Scott was ready to rock. He hammered the first run, finishing 19th overall and postured for a huge scoring day. He skied the hardest part of the second run perfectly, then he "booted out" and skidded off course. After a long hike up the hill he reentered and finished a crowd pleasing 52d, 7th amongst J2's. Oh well...

I must say, today's second run blow out is the single most disappointing run in Scott's career. We both could taste a big result. This was the perfect time for a big result. He was skiing fast and loose. Then BOOM, it was over. It took us a couple of hours to get over it.

So tomorrow's another day. We head to Jackson, WY for two days of training, then up to Big Sky, MT to do battle with the NCAA guys again at the FISU races. Should be fun, especially since Joy and Bonnie will join us there.

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