More of the same today; GS in the morning and slalom in the afternoon. We had parallel courses for both sessions so were racing head to head. No doubt that I’m improving but so is everyone else and I only won when my opponent missed a gate.
We finally got some new snow today, although from what I hear England (or at least the Chilterns) have had more. Anyway there’s more forecast for the next few days so with a bit of luck there’ll be some decent powder next week.
We’re staying in a Thomson chalet (Nathalie) that normally accommodates 16 and the chalet staff normally live out; we’re 18 and the chalet staff are occupying one room ! The rooms themselves are pretty small, even by French standards, so all in all it’s probably best described as ‘cosy’.
The location isn’t bad though, about a 5 minute walk to/from the nearest piste and there’s a bus stop just a couple of minutes away if we’re feeling lazy. It takes about 15 minutes to walk down to the centre of Méribel (but about 20 minutes to walk back up so if there’s a bus due I’ll often be lazy).
Today I was lazy because my legs are beginning to feel the strain of the last few days training. Tomorrow will be a timed course and then I’ll have a day off.
