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03.02.2011
- A Winning Start to 2011 |
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Glacierbreaker was the first race
of the season and it was a great
success for me. It is the first
time in my career that I have placed
1st in the Senior and Junior class
at this race. I was very close to
the podium last year with a 4th
place finish so I am happy to say
that this I did significantly better.
I believe that being less nervous
helped me do well at this race.
It is a very small race and I have
gotten used to it being at the beginning
of every year. My first run was
the winning one with a time of 94.86
seconds and no penalties. This felt
like an descent time but there were
a couple mistakes that cost me time.
My second run was supposed to be
focused on fixing those mistakes
but unfortunately it did not go
so well. I hit two gates at the
top of the course and everything
went downhill from there. Happily,
my first run kept me in the lead
and that's all that matters in the
end. It was a good start for me
and mainly I was just happy to be
on moving water again. Almost my
whole fall and winter has been marked
by training on a flat lake and in
the gym. It feels great to finally
transfer all of the work from the
past couple months into a competitive
mode. I have posted the results
up and I have some pictures soon
to come. |
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