The season has begun! I took part in two FIS races at Copper Mountain, a two day GS series. Unfortunately, both days ended prematurely as I managed to jar my knee coming through the middle section of the course on the first day, and landing hard the second day leading to a hairline fracture on a rib on my left. All taped up and ready to get back to training now, I've found that the best way to address to mobility issues the injury brought up is to stretch, for hours at a time while listening to old jazzy music.
Here's a picture of me looking rather happy on the first day of racing. The weather cooperated, giving us two days of wonderful racing on possibly one of the best surfaces i've had the privilege of shredding down. Hopefully we'll be seeing more races coming after winter break, with lots of confidence leading into the bulk of the season. I'm hoping to lay out qualification as soon as possible, and the pre-fall moments of the last couple of races showed that it's a goal well within reach.
