Ok so here's the rundown of the "race" today.
I get up there at 7:45 and go through all the registration and all that good stuff, get out to the hill, do some practise runs in the terrain park, no big deal right?
Then at around 9:45, (15 minutes late I might add) they open the course up for our "inspection" runs. This is just the runs before our training runs, where we just slide down the course and "case the joint" so to speak.
So all is good up to that point. No issues there
Then came the "Hot runs"
This is where we gun it as fast as we can, and get to know the course better with speed. And I was feeling really ready for the race by this point. I was in control, I was getting pretty speedy through the whole course, and it just felt right.
Still no problems
That is until the time trails came around.
The way the race was set up, the FIS guys went first for their time trials. And we got through about 5 riders or so before things went wrong.
A couple of these so called pros went down fast and hard, yet they were bailing really badly at the end of the course. And one of the berms in the beginning of the race would really eat your speed.
So they decided to change up the course to make it a little less dangerous through that last 3 set.
Thus ending the race and my good feeling.
They've rescheduled the race for tomorrow, so that's good, and I got a pass for tomorrow as well, so that's all cool.
I just wish they didn't cater to the FIS guys needs. I didn't have any problems with that 3 set, mind you, I was going a bit slower.
But I thought the whole aspect of this sport is to adapt to whats built there. I didn't think they'd actually change the course to make it less hard.
But whatever.
They'll fix the problems for tomorrow, and all will be cool.
And I still have a good feeling about my chances tomorrow
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